Losing a limb should not automatically entitle people to a pay-out, he suggests.
The rigorous new process being introduced by Mr Duncan Smith could lead to
those without limbs, including former soldiers, having their payments
reduced as their everyday mobility is not undermined by their prosthetic
limbs.
The Work and Pensions Secretary says: “It’s not like incapacity benefit, it’s not a statement of sickness. It is a gauge of your capability. In other words, do you need care, do you need support to get around. Those are the two things that are measured. Not, you have lost a limb...”
The level of potential abuse in the incapacity benefit system has shocked ministers ...
Anything like the abuse in the banking system that led to the bailouts and the recession?
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