Reform MP admits to gaming the benefits system'

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"Before I came into politics, I worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau, he said. We used to fill the form out for clients I can tell you now, we were gaming the system. Mr Anderson described the process as a competition between the adviser and the Department for Work and Pensions. He said he knew advisers at the organisation who had a 100 per cent hit rate on benefits forms and could get the fittest man in Ashfield onto the personal independence payment (PIP)."

"Reform UK says it wants to stop people exploiting the system as part of its welfare cut proposals. Young people on disability benefits are being tossed onto a scrap heap, Reform UK head of policy Zia Yusuf has said. The party is setting out how it would end PIP for claimants with"

The Independent solicits donations to fund on-the-ground reporting across reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech while keeping reporting free of paywalls. The outlet cites investigations into the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and a documentary, 'The A Word', focused on American women fighting for reproductive rights. Reform MP Lee Anderson admitted that while working at the Citizens Advice Bureau he and colleagues filled out benefits forms for clients and described the practice as "gaming the system." He said some advisers recorded a 100 percent hit rate and could secure personal independence payment (PIP) awards. Reform UK states it aims to stop exploitation through welfare cut proposals and is outlining plans to end PIP for certain claimants, while its head of policy criticized treatment of young disabled people.

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