UK - Taxpayers shelling out £800 a MINUTE in disability benefits to people claiming to suffer from 'anxiety' - as private firms cash in by coaching claimants

Firms cash in by coaching claimants in exchange for half their payout Taxpayers are shelling out £800 in disability benefits every minute to people claiming to suffer from anxiety, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The cost of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for the disorder has rocketed from under £100million in 2019 to nearly £427million last year - under rules that allow anyone, regardless of their income, to collect the payments without ever seeing a doctor. Instead, the benefit - worth up to £194 a week - can be awarded on nothing more than a personal diary or a letter...