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The Times & Telegraph report of a backlog in the benefits system

The Times report on benefit back logs

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Man dies after Work Capability Assessment declares him fit for work

Man dies after Work Capability Assessment declares him fit for work The Derbyshire Times is reporting…that there are calls for […]

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CEO of Mind, Paul Farmer stands down from WCA panel

Paul Farmer, Chief Exeutive of the mental health charity Mind has quit his position as the charity representative on a […]

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The new Work Capability Assessment is excluding people unable to work from...

The new Work Capability Assessment excludes people from benefits The Citizens Advice Bureau is facing greater demands from those who are about to lose their sickness benefits. The Bureau […]

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WCA: unconditional support cases increase

New figures show the proportion of disabled people found eligible for unconditional support under the ​fitness for work regime is […]

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New Appointment to Work Capability Group

Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the MS Society, has been appointed to the independent scrutiny group overseeing improvements to the […]

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GPs vote against the Work Capability Assessment

GPs have voted unanimously in favour of scrapping the work capability assessment (WCA). At the annual GPs’ conference in Liverpool, […]

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High Court rules for Judicial review on Work Capability Assessment

Yesterday the High Court granted permission to two disabled people to bring a claim for judicial review against the Secretary […]

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Impose sanctions on ATOS

Citizens Advice has renewed its call for the government to impose financial penalties on Atos for every inaccurate work capability […]

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Is ATOS are getting away with under performance?

Ministers have been urged to overhaul the government’s contract with the private firm Atos Healthcare, which carries out medical assessments […]

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