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MP BRANDS UNIVERSAL CREDIT SELF-CERTIFICATION RULES FOR TERMINALLY ILL 'CRUEL AND HEARTLESS'

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Post by helping_hand Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:55 pm

Terminally ill people should stop being forced to "self-certify" they have only months to live in order to claim Universal Credit, an SNP MP will tell the Commons.

Drew Hendry is set to use an adjournment debate to criticise the "heartless new requirement" for Universal Credit claimants, even if they do not want doctors to tell them the full scale of their condition.

https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/scotland/item/42939-mp-brands-universal-credit-self-certification-rules-for-terminally-ill-cruel-and-heartless
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