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Mel Stride says therapy or respite could be offered instead of Pip payments to those with ‘milder’ mental health issues
People with depression or anxiety could lose access to sickness benefits, the work and pensions secretary has said, as part of major welfare changes that have been described as a “full-on assault on disabled people”.
On Monday morning, Mel Stride announced the plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work and was due to address the Commons on them later in the day.
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