This is the Employment Support Allowance Regulation 25 in full: 25.— (1) A claimant who does not have limited capability for work as determined in accordance with the limited capability for work assessment is to be treated as having limited … Continue reading
A BBC radio star has beaten the Government in a tribunal after they wrongly claimed she was fit to work as she recovered from intensive chemotherapy and losing both breasts. Val Armstrong, of Carlisle, Cumbria, challenged the Department For Work … Continue reading
A double whammy of a revised appeals process and the abolition of legal aid threatens to deny benefits to vulnerable claimants Continue reading
I was recently awarded ESA support group, this was a direct migration from incapacity benefit without the need for a face to face assessment. I am happy with this outcome. This has made all the letters and emails … Continue reading
Mark Evans, from Daubhill in Bolton, said his incapacity benefits were cut by £440 a month and has been left with just £220 to pay his monthly rent, bills and food. The 50-year-old had received incapacity benefits, now known as … Continue reading
The tales of downright callousness continue to appear regarding Atos’s contempt for the people it’s assessing, but the case of (Alice) not her real name, are sadly becoming all too frequent. Alice who suffers with serious mental health issues has been continually … Continue reading
A SUICIDAL lorry driver who was declared ‘fit for work’ by the multinational firm Atos despite his own doctor saying it would be unsafe for him to be on the roads has won his appeal against a decision to strip … Continue reading
I think I had better start at the beginning. That dreadful time in the summer of 2010 when David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed the Condem government. A dreadful nightmare that quickly became the harsh reality. I listened to all … Continue reading