Thousands of people have been given disability benefits for back pain, a Freedom of Information request reveals. 

The MailOnline report:

Tens of thousands of people have been awarded disability benefits for back pain.

Others are claiming the cash for problems such as drug or alcohol abuse and asthma.

The Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is supposed to help those who have difficulty walking or washing and dressing.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.