Posts tagged employment
The work capability assessment should help, not hound people back into work | Tom Greatrex
Failure to address the flaws of the Atos assessment has hurt the needy, and undermined the principle of helping people work In the 21 months since I was elected an MP, one issue is consistently raised by constituents: employment and support allowance (ESA) and the work capability assessment (WCA) that underpins eligibility for it. The principle of assessing those claiming sickness benefit is one with which I agree. As do, surprisingly, many of the people who have contacted me about problems with WCA .
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The work capability assessment should help, not hound people back into work | Tom Greatrex
Welfare reform bill – benefit cap Commons live debate
After seven defeats in the Lords, the government’s controversial welfare reform proposals return to the Commons for further discussion 12.15pm: Some excellent comments coming in below the line . My colleague Laura Oliver asked for your thoughts on the government’s proposed concessions. Wishface responds : • Families affected by the £26,000 welfare cap will be given at least nine months “grace period” to adapt to the loss of benefits, by fiinding a job or moving house
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We are right to fear proposed changes to the disability living allowance | Declan Gaffney
The reform process has been amateurish and high-handed: a review is the only way to rebuild confidence in government policy Last week’s hat-trick of government defeats in the House of Lords debate on the welfare reform bill has stoked public interest in changes to disability benefits. On Tuesday the debate will move from
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We are right to fear proposed changes to the disability living allowance | Declan Gaffney
Live discussion of Welfare reform bill
A hatrick of defeats on welfare benefits for the government in the Lords – so what happens next?
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Live discussion of Welfare reform bill
Welfare reform bill – Lords debate and live discussion
Lords prepare for critical debate on welfare benefit payments to cancer patients 12.28pm: The Macmillan Cancer charity has warned that cancer patients face more financial difficulties if the welfare reform bill proposals to limit Employment and Support (ESA) allowance to one year go through today. Mike Hobday , the charity’s director of policy and research, said: While we recognise the benefits system is in need of reform, if the Welfare Reform Bill goes through unamended it will have a devastating effect on cancer patients who are already struggling. We know many Lords oppose these proposals and hope they will show their support for cancer patients when it comes to a vote in Parliament
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No disability living allowance for me. Nowhere to turn for many more | Sue Marsh
Millions of us are living in terror of brown envelopes arriving from the Department for Work and Pensions I’m a disability campaigner.
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No disability living allowance for me. Nowhere to turn for many more | Sue Marsh
