People with mental health problems will be driven into poverty by the introduction of a new benefit today, campaigners have warned. Around half of applicants for the employment and support allowance are expected to be rejected because of much stricter rules, forcing thousands of people with mental health problems on to the much less generous job-seekers allowance, or into jobs they are unable to cope with and which could lead to a relapse in their conditions.
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Benefits reforms to be introduced - BBC Health News 27th October 2008
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