Incapacity benefit shake-up raises concerns over mental health discrimination

In advance of Government proposals to change incapacity benefit the charity Rethink has called for an 'anti-stigma campaign' to encourage employers to hire jobseekers who have suffered from a mental illness.

Under Government plans — set to be unveiled tomorrow (4 July) — employees who sign off work through stress will be targeted for therapy to get them back to work quicker.

The Welfare Reform Bill will also toughen the criteria on which people are judged fit either to seek ... (331 more words)

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