An MP says, “I had a gentleman come to see me on Friday who was 60 years old, had worked from being 15, and he’d had to give it up due to a crumbling spine. He’d been put in the fit for work category when he couldn’t walk for 20 paces, and his benefits were suspended for eight months while the appeal is heard. There’s a definite link between the Government’s policies of austerity and welfare reform and the impact it’s having on people’s mental health.”