My son in law lost his leg and some fingers in an industrial accident when he was 18 and of course was on the sick for a year following the accident, he was unaware he was being spied on by an inspector holed up in a van until the police arrived to check the van out as it had been reported by neighbourhood watch
My son in law does not qualify as disabled..
Yes, I can confirm that. A chap on a bike site I use lost his leg from the knee down in a lorry accident & fails to qualify as disabled or for a badge. probablydue to the fact that he works !

Xtreme knows him better than me.
Mary, you won't find Sir Phillip Greens wife out & about as she's a non-dom , resident in Monaco. That's why all the 1,4 billion can be paid without tax. It should be a straight 25% if you are not a resident.
Many fraudulent benefit claimants are also tax dodgers , in that they are working on the side as well ! Without thinking too hard I can come up with 7 family members ( on the wife's side .lol.) who receive benefits , work on the black, sub-let council property , etc etc.
Then again I have a nephew who could ( & should imo & that of his consultant ) claim but doesn't. He suffers from Ankylosing Spondylitis & has done for the last 21 years to the extent that his spine is now ram-rod straight from the neck to waist & from shoulder to shoulder. He can't even put his own socks on yet works & drives ( even though his consultant has warned him his spine could snap just falling over ! )
It is peoples attitudes to work/benefits that are the main factor.