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Battling with Benefits: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC One - Battling with Benefits, Episode 2

A focus on Will Thomas's year-long battle for financial support following an injury.

Uncovering the human cost of the changes to Wales's benefits system. This edition focuses on Bridgend-born Will Thomas's year-long battle for financial support following an injury.

Series uncovering the human cost of the changes to the benefits system in Wales. Bridgend-born Will Thomas was airlifted back to the UK with serious injuries. Penniless and on crutches, he was told he couldn't claim any benefits at all. Cameras follow his year-long battle to get financial support. A young Valleys couple have their benefits sanctioned, their money cut and they struggle to cope. But it's even tougher for them when she finally gets a job. The couple's benefits stop, and they have to survive for four weeks with just £80 to pay all their bills.

How some of society's most vulnerable people battle with a changing benefits system.

A look at how some of society's most vulnerable people battle with a changing benefits system.

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