London (Reuters) - more than 80,000 British claim payments for leave long-term obesity or alcoholism or addiction, contributing to an annual bill of 7 billion pounds for disability benefits, the Government said Thursday.
Of this number, more than diagnose alcoholics and addicts have received payments for more than 10 years, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
"Be the safety net that it should be, the system benefits took the trap of thousands of people, in a cycle of addiction and the dependence on social assistance, with no hope of return to work" Employment Minister Chris Grayling said in a statement.
Reform of social protection, the Government began to reassess the circumstances of 1.9 million people off the coast of work on the benefits of the inability to see if they are fit enough to return to employment.
Ministers promised more help to people in their work but threaten sanctions against those who avoid getting a job.
The changes are politically risky and could cause a public reaction from both the rise of unemployment, State spending cuts and an economy weakened after a deep recession.
(Reported by Olesya Dmitracova;) (Editing by Steve Addison)
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