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Disgraced privateer Atos quit has its controversial work assessment contract early, the government confirmed yesterday.
The firm, which was hired by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver work capability assessments, has been slammed by disability campaigners and unions for allegedly forcing thousands of seriously ill people back to work and causing undue stress and anxiety to legitimate claimants.
The DWP announced that Atos is exiting from its contract to deliver assessments before it is due to end next August.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
ANSELM ELDERGILL is a member of Your Party and he suggests how the new party should reform Britain’s constitution
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY