Daily Archives: 08/08/2012

Decision to award PIP contracts to Atos is ‘twisting the knife’

The decision to award benefit assessment contracts to the company that carries out controversial “fitness for work” tests for the government has caused widespread shock and anger among disabled activists.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) finally announced today (2 August) that two of three regional contracts to assess claimants of the new personal independence [...]