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IDS calls for further ESA assessment reform
23 August 2015 | News
In a speech today, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith argued that employment and support allowance (ESA) was flawed because the assessment process focused on what people cannot do, not on what they can do.
Mr Smith said that the existing system forces ESA claimants “into a binary category saying they can be expected to work or they can’t”.
He added:
“So it’s not surprising that over the last two decades, the number of people on sickness benefits has stayed at around 2.5 million.
Get Yourself Active launch press release
30 June 2015 | News
... working with a range of local organisations, including health and social care professionals and sport and leisure ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...
Hate crime guidance by Disability Rights UK, with the Office for Disability Issues, for disabled people on how to report hate crime or harassment
23 February 2012 | News
... adults who had experienced hate crime reported that a health condition, illness or impairment, or disability was ...
New research highlights barriers to SEND support
15 November 2022 | News
... and Guardians 'had to fight' for their child's Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). In some Local Authorities, up ...
Energy companies let down Disabled people
24 November 2022 | News
... enable Disabled customers to be fully supported or their health and wellbeing to be sufficiently safeguarded. Energy ...
Resolution Foundation find 44% income gap for Disabled people
04 January 2023 | News
... even to eat one meal a day or to charge essential health and mobility equipment. There must be a long-term ...
Government Special Educational Needs report is released
03 March 2023 | News
... children and young people’s needs through Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) is digital-first, quicker and ...
Culture of othering found at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
03 April 2023 | News
... housing emergency. More and more of our homes are becoming health hazards, as government both nationally and locally ...
“I always wondered why someone didn’t do something about that… then I realised I was someone…”
03 July 2024 | News
... our lovely park so Disabled people and those with complex health conditions have access to safe toileting facilities, ...