Benefit reform set to cause more hardship
Conviction rate for benefit fraud is low
LESS than seven per cent of Fermanagh benefit claimants accused of cheating the welfare system have been convicted of benefit fraud, it can be revealed.
Cancer patients ‘forced to work’
People with serious disabilities and health conditions, including cancer patients, are being forced back into work and stripped of benefits, an Enniskillen charity worker has claimed.
Benefit changes could take £22m out of local economy
FERMANAGH could be set to have a staggering £22 million a year stripped from its economy if the proposed welfare reforms are implemented with over 19,500 households being affected here alone.
Local households to be hit by ‘devastating’ welfare cuts
The Fermanagh Citizens Advice Bureau manager has laid bare the devastating impacts of the welfare reforms saying that local unemployment will rise pushing their advice service to the limits.