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Benefit sanctions聽have been reintroduced in England after being paused during the聽coronavirus聽lockdown. What do disabled people do at a time when many are still shielding?

Scope - one of the leading charities for disabled people - has written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson accusing the government of 鈥渇orgetting鈥� about disabled people in its plan for recovery.聽

This comes at a time when figures show disabled people were disproportionately affected by the pandemic.聽

UK Editor Katie Razzall looks at an issue facing one part of the disabled community: the reintroduction of benefit sanctions, penalties given to some benefit claimants who are judged not to be meeting certain conditions.