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THOUSANDS of cancer patients struggling to pay bills have had to take out loans or sell their belongings, a charity revealed yesterday.
One sufferer, 47-year-old Cathy Simms, said that her “battle with debt has been harder than the cancer itself” and she could be forced to sell her house.
Almost 400,000 people each year living with the disease battle daily to keep up with living costs and loan payments as a result of their diagnosis, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
Seventeen years after losing her council job due to needing endometriosis surgery, Michelle Dewar’s campaign for paid menstrual leave gained 50,000 signatures in a week, reports ELIZABETH SHORT
