Comment on work search exemptions for terminally ill on benefits
Comment published
Mark Jackson, Marie Curie Policy Manager, said: "Dying people should be properly supported by the benefit system, not dehumanised and made to jump through hoops to get the support they need. For these reasons we welcome the changes being announced today.
"Next, the Government must deliver on its promise to reform the 'six-month rule' for Universal Credit by April, and then introduce the same changes for Personal Independence Payments and other benefits. We must see this in this year's Queen's Speech.
"For them to simply offer 'when parliamentary time allows' as a timeframe is letting down the many terminally ill people who will now not live to see the change they and their loved ones campaigned for. And for each further day that passes, more people are at risk of dying without the benefits they need."