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Universal credit benefit reform does not make anticipated savings
Universal credit (UC) is not going to give the UK government its much-desired savings in benefit costs, according to an official report.
An Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report says that UC will save the government less than 2% of what it would have spent on benefits if UC had not been introduced.
OBR expects universal credit to save the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) just £1…
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Government, health unions and Maximus all silent over ‘590 WCA suicides’
Government, health unions and Maximus all silent over ‘590 WCA suicides’
Original Post from Disabled Go News The Department of Health, doctors’ and nurses’ unions and the contractors paid to carry out the assessments have refused to pledge to take any action following new research linking the government’s “fitness for work” test with about 600 suicides. The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research – which itself is funded by the Department of Health…
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‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame
‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame
Original post from Disabled Go News ‘…………….. Disabled activists say government-funded research, which concludes that the programme to reassess people on incapacity benefit through the work capability assessment (WCA) was linked to 590 suicides in just three years, is both “damning” and “timely”. Campaigners, doctors and psychiatrists have been warning for several years of strong anecdotal…
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Experience and empathy....
Experience and empathy….
When David Cameron became Prime Minister , telling us that the NHS was safe in his hands I and many others expected cuts yes, he is a Tory, but hoped maybe it might not be so bad, after all didn’t he have a severely disabled son, Ivan.
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David Cameron had spoken so often about the importance of the NHS in the life of his family and…
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A man who staged a stunt in which he jumped a vehicle barrier at Buckingham Palace armed with a knife as a protest against his Incapacity Benefit being stopped has been jailed for 16 months. Source: Press Association [view]
The change from incapacity benefit to Employment Support Allowance has meant an increase in our caseload
Despite what people may have heard about the new welfare reforms being delayed by computer problems, the government has brought in most of the new restrictions plus a vicious sanctioning regime well in advance. (more…)
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