Daily Archives: 04/12/2011

Fears over sickness absence report

A government-backed report is set to make it harder for disabled people to claim out-of-work disability benefits, while potentially delivering another lucrative assessment contract to the private sector.
The authors of the report on “sickness absence” admit their proposals would “put more pressure on people to return to work”, but claim that in many cases this [...]

Miller faces angry heckling at poverty conference

A government minister and executives from the company that carries out “fitness for work” tests on disabled people have faced angry criticism from campaigners at a national conference on disability poverty.
Maria Miller, the minister for disabled people, once again faced heckling from disabled people as she tried to justify the government’s cuts and reforms to [...]