In a letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) said that such groups could be among those most at risk during the crisis. (Image: AFP via Getty Images)The DBC also said that the Government should suspend the benefit cap and the "two-child policy", while also making all UC advances for disabled people non-repayable grants. "Now more than ever, people with this condition desperately need financial support and reassurance for the future. "MS is relentless, painful and disabling, and the current crisis is making life even harder for many. The steps recommended by the DBC today will be essential to help ease people's growing anxiety in this uncertain time."

Source: Daily Mirror March 29, 2020 23:02 UTC