Lobby aims to persuade MPs that DWP must First Do No Harm on assessments
Disabled activists are hoping to use a parliamentary meeting next month to persuade more MPs…
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‘Fit for work’ assessor suspended for describing examination that did not take place
An occupational therapist who carried out a “misleading” benefit assessment has been suspended for a…
DWP figures on ‘unacceptable’ WCA reports cast doubt on decisions made on tens of thousands of ESA claims
Tens of thousands of “fitness for work” benefit claims could have been decided by civil…
Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’
The national membership body for GPs is facing calls for it to denounce government attempts…
DWP presentation on ESA plans ‘confirms worst fears’ about green paper
Ministers have been accused of ignoring a public consultation and ploughing ahead with plans that…
Questions over DWP’s further medical evidence pilot secrecy
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over why it failed to…
New ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘discriminates against disabled staff’
The controversial US outsourcing giant brought in to deliver “fitness for work” tests for the…
Former WCA boss free to advise Maximus on ‘fitness for work’ test within weeks
The senior civil servant previously responsible for government policy on the notorious “fitness for work”…
Concern over government’s ‘dreadful’ response to MPs’ ‘fitness for work’ report
Disabled activists have condemned the government’s latest refusal to order a major reform of its…
ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract
The government has sparked fury after appointing a US company with a lengthy record of…