Debbie
Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on
the Employment and Support Allowance Statistics, said:
“Nearly
two thirds of Work Capability Assessments are still being overturned at appeal,
demonstrating their total failure in adequately judging fitness for work for
sick and disabled people.
“This
not only causes unnecessary stress and anxiety for the thousands who have been
denied support unfairly, it also wastes public money by sending so many
decisions back to the courts.
“Labour
will scrap these punitive assessments and replace them with a holistic,
person-centred approach.”
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The
full release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-september-2017
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