Work news
Committee publishes doctors' views on “Fit Notes” and ESA appeals
British Medical Association and Royal College of GPs both deny “agreeing” DWP advice to doctors on “Fit Notes” for ESA claimants
29 April 2019
“Second betrayal” of slavery victims must be eradicated
Committee concerned over victims of modern slavery being failed by criminal justice and welfare systems
19 February 2019
Claiming benefits should never be a humiliating, distressing experience
Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government response to inquiry into PIP and ESA
14 September 2018
Frank Field comments on update to ESA underpayment claims
Work and Pensions Committee Chair comments on ESA error repayments
18 July 2018
Committee concerns over DWP contractors' cash incentives to rush already “shoddy, error-ridden” PIP and ESA reports
Work and Pensions Committee publishes letters to ATOS, Capita, Maximus and disability Minister on PIP and ESA reports
11 June 2018
PIP assessments: Atos and Capita on notice to “start delivering, or else”
Frank Field welcomes Government development of in-house PIP IT capacity
5 June 2018
Government responds to reports on PIP and ESA assessments
Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government response to PIP and ESA reports
23 April 2018
ESA claimants 'failed by DWP over period of years'
Work and Pensions Committee Chair comments on National Audit Office's investigation into errors in ESA
21 March 2018
PIP, ESA trust deficit fails claimants and the public purse
Work and Pensions Committee publishes report on PIP and ESA assessments
14 February 2018
PIP and ESA claimants' stories set out in report
Work and Pensions Committee publishes report on PIP and ESA assessments and claimant experiences
8 February 2018
Atos, Capita and Maximus questioned further on PIP and ESA assessments
Work and Pensions Committee writes to the Department of Work and Pensions' contracted PIP and ESA assessors
20 December 2017
Government response on PIP assessments “a terrible missed opportunity"
Work and Pensions Committee comments on the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment
18 December 2017
Victory for claimants as Government agrees to drop MR measure
Work and Pensions Committee publishes response from Department for Work and Pensions
13 December 2017
PIP and ESA assessments examined by disability groups
Work and Pensions Committee hears from specialist disability groups
11 December 2017
ATOS, Maximus and Capita questioned on ‘gruelling' medical assessments
Work and Pensions Committee questions contractors on medical assessments for disability benefits
6 December 2017
ESA and PIP claimants share experience of assessments
Work and Pensions Committee hears from claimants and frontline advisors about their experience of the assessment process
21 November 2017
Are PIP and ESA Assessments working well?
Work and Pensions Committee opens inquiry into PIP and ESA Assessments
29 September 2017
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