article_snippet.sent: An unemployed 32-stone woman receives £18,000 a year in benefits because An unemployed 32-stone woman claims An unemployed 32-stone woman weight-related illness makes An unemployed 32-stone woman a danger to the public.
article_snippet.sent: Pressure group the Taxpayers' Alliance has now warned that the benefit system should not become a 'comfort blanket' and that people should 'get people in shape' to work.
article_snippet.sent: the NHS haven't done enough to help me tackle my weight.
article_snippet.sent: Or the NHS could try and get me a support worker. '
article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: 'The benefit system is a valuable safety net, and those with genuine conditions must of course be caught by The benefit system, but The benefit system can never become a comfort blanket and we must ask individuals to get individuals in shape to work. '
article_snippet.sent: Taxpayers cannot afford to support individuals who simply choose not to work, so the authorities must be strict about who is deemed 'fit to work' or not.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately, The benefit system has to encourage people to take responsibility for people.'
article_snippet.sent: A DWP spokesman said: 'Being obese in itself does not entitle a person to disability benefits, although the associated long-term health effects may. '
article_snippet.sent: Decisions on whether a person is entitled to disability benefits are based on thorough assessments and consideration of any medical evidence, including from disability benefits GP.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The Billion Pound Patients on Channel 5 at 9pm tonight.