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Remploy job figures underline Work Programme’s failure

05/02/2013 – 10:00 am

The government is facing fresh criticism over the failure of its Work Programme to find jobs for unemployed disabled people.
In the same week that a BBC documentary suggested the coalition’s programme was failing, new government figures appeared to show the effectiveness of investing heavily in personalised employment support for disabled people.
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Government has ‘blood on its hands’ over ‘fitness for work’ test

24/01/2013 – 10:00 am

The government has “blood on its hands” from the deaths of disabled people caused by its “fitness for work” test, a minister has been told during the angriest and most outspoken parliamentary debate yet on the much-criticised assessment.
Several opposition MPs called for the work capability assessment (WCA) to be scrapped, with many MPs detailing examples [...]

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