it's to help with mobility, which could be from any number of  causes -I recall a sight impaired reporter on r4 saying that a blind person might be able to claim it as it was to help them get around for example. Now if the person on the programme didn't have a back problem then that would be fraudulent, but not for the fact that he or she was working. There's another benefit that people claim who cannot work at all - incapacity benefit. Introduced as a bit of a fudge by the then Thatcher admin to massage the unemployment figures as I recall. Might be being phased out now tho.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 11:54:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 13:14:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 13:55:00	Anne England
Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 14:25:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 15:00:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 15:24:00	Andrew Craig
Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 15:30:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 16:36:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 16:42:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 16:45:00	Russell Pearson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 16:59:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 17:08:00	Russell Pearson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 17:31:00	Maggie Dodge
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 21:20:00	Keith Iddon
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 22:23:00	Anne England
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 22:39:00	Sam Hearn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Saints and Sinners	26/09/14 22:46:00	Sam Hearn

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