MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferer Iain Workman fears he could lose his home if his benefits are cut.

The 52-year-old father-of-three, who lives with his partner in Greenock, said: "Twenty metres is nothing. It's basically saying if you can somehow get yourself to your front gate then you are not disabled or entitled to help. It's absolutely ludicrous.

"The people making these decisions have no idea what it is like living with a disability, and how vital support is to people with mobility issues caused by conditions like MS. It's politicians making arbitrary decisions with a stroke of a pen."

Before he was diagnosed with MS two years ago, Mr Workman was employed by electronics company Texas Instruments in the Greenock plant's fabrication lab, where he made silicon chips. He previously worked for IBM as a quality engineer.

He said: "I've always been an active person but my legs are not my own now. I can walk more than 20m on a good day but on another day I can't walk the length of my bedroom. It changes on a daily basis.

"The DLA makes things a little easier but it's still a struggle. If I lost my DLA I'd be stuck. I'd lose my car and means of getting about. I'd eventually be unable to afford my house."

He added: "It's not just me. A lot of people are affected. We didn't chose to be disabled, yet we're being penalised."