New benefit rejection for 4 in 10 Scots
Daily Record|September 08, 2023
SNP under fire over disability payment fiasco after pledge to make system more humane
PAUL HUTCHEON
New benefit rejection for 4 in 10 Scots

FOUR out of 10 Scots trying to claim a disability benefit introduced by the SNP government have been rejected.

The high number of refusals for the Adult Disability Payment has led to criticism of the devolved social security system which was meant to be more "humane" than the UK disability benefit regime.

Labour MSP Paul O'Kane said: "Scots were promised a fairer social security system but this brutal rejection rate would make the Tories blush.

This story is from the September 08, 2023 edition of Daily Record.

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