Tag: Employment and Support Allowance

MPs call for government to delay ESA benefit cut

The government’s planned cut to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) in April…

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MPs vote to suspend £30-a-week cut to Employment and Support Allowance

MPs have voted unanimously to postpone a planned £30-a-week cut to Employment…

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Charities urge government rethink on cut to Employment and Support Allowance ahead of Commons vote

More than 70 charities have signed an open letter to the government…

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Nearly 20,000 people call for government to overhaul fit for work test

Almost 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Department for…

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Psychologists call for major reform of Work Capability Assessment

The government should commission an ‘end-to-end redesign’ of the Work Capability Assessment…

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Litchfield recommends Work Capability Assessment stays in place

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) should…

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Mental health charity criticises government’s reported proposals to cut ESA

Reported government proposals to cut sickness benefit Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)…

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Calls for fundamental redesign of Employment and Support Allowance

The flaws in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) system are so…

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Work capability assessment ‘damages health’, new research claims

The vast majority of people who have been through the work capability…

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Work capability assessment review doesn’t go far enough, charities say

The latest review of the work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and…

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