Dependants of welfare cheats will be protected and those on disability and sickness benefit are exempted.

BBC: People queue in a benefits office

The private firm carried out nearly three quarters of a million face-to-face assessments last year on people claiming the new sickness benefit, Employment and Support Allowance.

BBC: London

There, deep cuts in unemployment benefit and sickness pay have been made, while limited labour-market reforms have helped push down unemployment to little more than half German levels.

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