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Source: BBC Website

A BBC Scotland investigation finds that tens of thousands of claimants who are genuinely sick or disabled may have been refused the new Employment Support Allowance.

It was heralded by government in 2008 as the answer to the nation's sick note mentality. But fast forward just a year and a half, and there are calls for the planned roll-out of ESA to be shelved. For the past three months, BBC Scotland has been investigating allegations that tens of thousands of genuinely sick or disabled people have been denied the benefits they're entitled to.

For more on the story go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10161017.stm

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