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Stef Benstead

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Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never-ending stream

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    • Jul 5, 2014
    • 2 min

    How successful is the Work Programme?

    Compared to previous programmes, the Work Programme is not helping more people into work or keeping them in work longer. As we move into ...

    • Mar 27, 2014
    • 2 min

    Atos to leave WCA contract early

    On Thursday the DWP announced that Atos is withdrawing from its contract to run Work Capability Assessments, the controversial assessment...

    • Dec 14, 2013
    • 4 min

    Evidence-based review of the WCA

    The government has been carrying out a study of suitable descriptors to use for assessments for ESA. The results were supposed to be rele...

    • Sep 28, 2013
    • 3 min

    The benefits system, workfare and public opinion

    We cannot afford to base policy on public opinion when the public opinion is based on false information. ESA is a good example of this. P...

    • Aug 23, 2013
    • 4 min

    The importance of medical evidence for disability assessments

    When it’s their word against yours, medical evidence is what proves you’re not the one lying. Medical evidence is what says that you are ...

    • Jun 3, 2013
    • 3 min

    Who pays to employ sick people?

    Many people are disabled because they are chronically sick.  These people cannot turn up to work regularly, because any given day they ma...

    • Apr 6, 2013
    • 3 min

    Do people leave sickness benefits ‘rather than’ face an assessment?

    I received a request to write about the 878 300 people who drop their ESA claims early.  The government’s line – repeated several times –...

    • Oct 10, 2012
    • 3 min

    Sickness and suicide

    “84% of GPs say they have patients who have presented with mental health problems such as stress, anxiety or depression as a result of un...

    • Oct 9, 2012
    • 4 min

    Disability’s Not Working

    The government has plans to further sanction long-term sick or disabled people if they deem these people to not be working hard enough.  ...

    • Sep 6, 2012
    • 9 min

    Atos and the Paralympics

    A few days ago James Max wrote an article about Atos and the Paralympics.  Many disabled people and their supporters have been upset by t...

    • Jul 31, 2012
    • 5 min

    Panorama and Dispatches report on the WCA

    Last night Panorama (BBC2) and Dispatches (Channel 4) featured documentaries on the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), part of the process...