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McVey postpones hundreds of thousands of PIP reassessments

20/12/2012 – 3:00 pm

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people who claim disability living allowance (DLA) will not have to be reassessed for at least two years, after the coalition announced a major retreat on its reform timetable.
Esther McVey, the Conservative minister for disabled people, told MPs today that working-age disabled people with a lifetime or indefinite DLA award [...]

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Atos gets it wrong on one in five ‘fit for work’ recommendations

20/09/2012 – 9:00 am

New government figures show that one in five decisions to find someone “fit for work” made by the company that carries out the controversial disability benefit test is wrong.
The statistics, released this week by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show that “healthcare professionals” employed by Atos Healthcare are far more likely to make [...]

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