Tuesday 27 July 2010

 
New benefits system forces three-quarters of claimants back to work
I have a problem with this issue on several levels:

1) "were forced to take part in work schemes" 
forced at the barrel of a gun, or does "force" just mean the public's right to get something back for the money they pay?
2) "more and more people are being found 'fit to work' when in fact they are living with severe health symptoms and disabilities" News Flash: having a disability does not mean one cannot do meaningful and valuable work - implying that it does is a serious insult to the disabled.
3) "Charity campaigners warned that the official figures published yesterday by the Department for Work and Pensions showed the new system was wrongly concluding that seriously ill people were ready to work." 
Based on any evidence at all, or just a feeling they have? The "wrong" decisions, based on the appeal record, seems to be about 5% - a bit high, but it is a new programme.

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