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26 Jan 2013

New ESA regulations will cheat people of support

On Monday 28 January SI 2012 No. 3096, Social Security: The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2012 come into force - unless you, and MPs, act.
17 Jan 2013

The new Employment Support Allowance emergency (#esaSOS)

On 28 January 2013 the government is due to make a set of changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The WCA is the flawed ‘fitness to work’ test which assesses whether sick and disabled people can get Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), a benefit designed to help and support very unwell or profoundly disabled people into work.
17 Jan 2013

Government proposals on ESA/WCA are flawed
17 Jan 2013

Thousands of disabled and sick people will be hit by new ESA/WCA changes

Many thousands of disabled and sick people will be wrongly found fit for work and lose vital financial support if government proposals go through, a new analysis finds.
17 Jan 2013

Latest Work Capability Assessment proposals will worsen plight of sick and disabled people

The UK government’s proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which assesses claimants’ fitness to work, will have a "huge impact" on the way peoples’ illnesses are reviewed, experts have warned.
17 Jan 2013

Briefing on Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2012
31 Dec 2012

Welfare petition aims for ten thousand backers by New Year's Day

The 'war on welfare' (WOW) petition initiative launched earlier this month needs 100,000 people to sign up to help trigger a Westminster debate on the issue.
20 Dec 2012

'War on welfare' petition tops 5,000 in less than 48 hours

Less than 48 hours after it was launched, more than 5,000 people have signed an e-petition calling for an independent assessment of welfare changes.
19 Dec 2012

Welfare reform petition campaign elicits huge online response

A petition by disabled people calling for an independent inquiry into the impact of the government's welfare changes has produced a huge surge of support.
19 Dec 2012

Mobilising against the 'war on welfare'

Yesterday evening, an ever expanding group of sick and disabled people, carers and families launched an e-petition demanding an independent, cumulative review of the impact of changes to the welfare and benefits system.

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