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DWP silent on figures suggesting ‘fit for work’ deaths may have fallen

By John Pring on 14th March 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silent on figures suggesting ‘fit for work’ deaths may have fallen
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Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suggest that the proportion of disabled people dying soon after being found fit for work may have fallen since the early years of the much-criticised work capability assessment (WCA). DWP has […]

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work” test championed by successive Labour, coalition and Conservative governments, but there are fears that its replacement could prove even more damaging to disabled people. Duncan Smith […]

MP to quiz ministers over Gunnyeon’s Maximus WCA role

By John Pring on 23rd January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

MP to quiz ministers over Gunnyeon’s Maximus WCA role
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An MP is to ask ministers why a former senior civil servant had to wait just six months before working for a private sector company on two disability contracts he led on at the Department for Work and Pensions. Disability News […]

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