Disability benefits reform.
“More personalised” work capability assessments are promised by work and pensions secretary Damian Green. The reform is expected in a DWP Green Paper along with other measures to help people with disabilities into work.
The announcement is a welcome response to campaigning by Citizens Advice and others.
At CA Reigate & Banstead we’ve strongly backed the call for change. In recent months we highlighted:
We also think a widely-promoted feature film may have had something to do with the government’s response: I, Daniel Blake 23/10/16