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New Economics Podcast: Why is the benefits system failing disabled people
Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Kaliya Franklin and Mikey Erhardt
By
Ayeisha Thomas-Smith
23 April 2024
Almost three million people in the UK are unemployed and unable to work because they are ill or disabled. According to the right-wing media, these people aren’t nearly as unwell as they claim. Meanwhile a UN committee warned that disabled people in the UK are subjected to a “traumatising” benefits system.
We have a social security system that’s been stripped