Letter to Sarah Newton, Minister for Disabled People

Researcher ask why Government continues to insist on the use of the discredited Work Capability Assessment (WCA)

News | 22.12.17

Mo Stewart has written to Sarah Newton MP Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work asking why the Government continues to insist on the use of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) in order to assess people for disability benefits. The evidence continues to grow that the WCA is causing preventable harm and there is no case for its continued use.

The letter is available to read here.

Also see

Paper: 22.04.15 Work Capability Assessment: deaths and suicides This report from the Spartacus Network draws together accounts of death and suicide associated with the WCA.
Paper: 24.02.14 The People's Review of WCA Further Evidence This report provides additional evidence to the first People's Review of the Work Capability Assessment.
Paper: 21.04.17 State Crime by Proxy In this paper Mo Stewart continues her research into the links between the DWP, Atos Healthcare & Unum Insurance.
Paper: 02.07.14 Assessing the Assessors Independent research by disabled people on the assessment process which many are forced to undergo - the Work…
Article: 28.05.13 From the British Welfare State to Just Another American State Mo Stewart argues that the current reforms of the welfare state were inspired by bogus research and the vested…