Homeless Learning Disabled Woman Forced To Live In Tent
A HOMELESS woman with learning difficulties has been forced to live in a tent for the last three weeks after being denied council accommodation.
8 Aug 2013
A HOMELESS woman with learning difficulties has been forced to live in a tent for the last three weeks after being denied council accommodation.
People with experience of the Work Capability Assessment are being encouraged to help with the fourth annual independent review into the assessment process.
More than 40 per cent of the reports carried out on disability benefit claimants by the back-to-work assessor Atos are flawed and unacceptable, according to an audit commissioned by the Government.
The cost of appeals against Employment and Support Allowance decisions (ESA) - a benefit for sick and disabled people unable to work - has soared to a record-breaking £66 million, up £21 million since 2009/10.
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