Scrap benefits sanctions or risk mental health crisis, doctors warn

The Government must immediately stop suspending the benefits of hundreds of thousands of claimants each year or risk soaring rates of mental health problems, experts have warned.In an open letter to The Independent, doctors from Britain’s leading mental health organisations said that an urgent review of the system must be carried out to discover how deep an impact it is having.Ministers are facing a separate battle in Parliament over plans to slash £3.7bn of disability benefits that