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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

UNCOVERED: Woman wrongly denied disability benefit for being able to do up her bra - Caught on Camera

A woman was wrongly denied disability benefits worth over £3,800 a year for being able to do up her bra backwards, a tribunal has ruled.

The anonymous applicant narrowly missed out on being awarded the personal independence payment (PIP) after assessors said “doing a bra up at the front and then swivelling it to the back” was evidence that she had no trouble dressing herself.

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