Campaigners call for 20-metre disability benefit rule to go

Disability charities say dropping the test is long overdue

A Fife woman living with MS says the 20-metre rule used to determine a disabled person’s benefit amount is degrading, and is calling for it to be scrapped.

The guidelines say if you can walk a step past that distance, you’re not entitled to the higher rate of payment.

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