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How many sickness benefit claimants are fit for work?

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Some, but I wouldn't like to say how many. Right through my working life I have come across people claiming benefits who were fit to work, and I still know one or two. I would not "dob" them in but do know of someone who has been "dobbed"in by a relative. Her immediate reaction when she found out was to take legal advice to sue the person who did it ! I also know that particular person has been done before for making false claims.

There are lots of you on this site dependent on benfit money which as a fibro sufferer myself I understand. What these other people with their false claims are doing is spoiling it for the genuine needy.

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