It also introduces tougher sanctions for those who refuse work and replaces the disability living allowance with a new Personal Independence Payment, which requires claimants to go through regular assessments of how their condition affects them.

BBC: Welfare Reform Bill clears Parliament

The bill also introduces tougher sanctions for those who refuse work and replaces the disability living allowance with a new Personal Independence Payment, which requires claimants to go through regular assessments of how their condition affects them.

BBC: Paralympian warns of welfare bill loophole