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Courtesy Independent...........................
Benefits crackdown 'humiliates' disabled Army war veterans
Degrading back-to-work welfare assessments that are stripping former soldiers of their benefits
have been denounced by leading veterans' charities.
Thousands of ex-servicemen are being pushed to the breadline after being judged fit for work by
the government-appointed company Atos. Severely wounded veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan,
who were once entitled to incapacity benefits, are being told they no longer qualify under new
assessments carried out by Atos on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Danny Greeno, chief executive of the Veterans Charity, said: "It is becoming an unbearable situation.
It should not be happening to people who have served their country. The people doing these
assessments need to be properly qualified."
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