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Department for Work and Pensions

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
23 Nov 2012

Government told it must face significant Universal Credit problems

A report on Universal Credit by the Work and Pensions Select Committee warns that the new benefits system could push low-income families into debt.
8 Dec 2010

Duncan Smith loses court battle to claw back benefit payments

Anti-poverty campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court decision to reject government attempt to claim back benefits they accidentally overpaid.

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