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Tory plans for the sick and unemployed are dangerous and crazy

It must be loony Tuesday. The Tories have announced plans to have all 2.64 million incapacity benefit claimants reassessed by doctors and, if passed fit for work, placed on Jobseekers’ Allowance, which would mean a benefit cut of £20 a week. That is, if they win the next General Election. Presumably they’ll all be lined up in grey overalls, have their heads shaved, and be forced to file through a gate so they can all get examined by men in white coats in time for the following General Election? Insane!

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

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