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Some positive news on the Work Capability Assessment

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 2nd August 2012 - 6:56 pm

One of the most difficult aspects of the welfare reforms for many Liberal Democrat activists to bear was the removal of Employment and Support Allowance after a year from those placed in the Work Related Activity Group. Our anxiety is compounded by what we see as a deeply flawed assessment system which does not take fluctuating conditions seriously. I wrote a critique of the application form earlier this year which explains some of the problems.

The Work Capability Assessment was introduced by Labour in 2008. The Coalition has improved it under the guidance of Professor Malcolm Harrington, but not to …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged department of work and pensions, diary of a benefit scrounger, mind, tim pollard, welfare reform and work capability assessment | 20 Comments

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