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New benefits assessments 'failing' claimants

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Sick or disabled people are being denied the benefits they are entitled to as a result of changes to the benefits system, a BBC investigation has found.

The changes were introduced to try and encourage people to work.

Scotland investigations correspondent Mark Daly spoke to unemployed people who have lost out.


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