🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
January 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
Today our client Ellen Clifford is in the High Court, challenging the DWP over a rushed and disingenuous consultation that was held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
If these reforms go ahead, more than 400,000 people will be worse off by £416 a month.
If these reforms go ahead, more than 400,000 people will be worse off by £416 a month.
December 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Today our client Ellen Clifford is in the High Court, challenging the DWP over a rushed and disingenuous consultation that was held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
If these reforms go ahead, more than 400,000 people will be worse off by £416 a month.
If these reforms go ahead, more than 400,000 people will be worse off by £416 a month.
Oh, Hello there. It's #storytime
Today's story is The Satanic Curses & Mental Health – Anxiety Spider. by Satan
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#TickTockTerror
#MentalHealthStruggle
Today's story is The Satanic Curses & Mental Health – Anxiety Spider. by Satan
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#TickTockTerror
#MentalHealthStruggle
September 23, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Oh, Hello there. It's #storytime
Today's story is The Satanic Curses & Mental Health – Anxiety Spider. by Satan
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#TickTockTerror
#MentalHealthStruggle
Today's story is The Satanic Curses & Mental Health – Anxiety Spider. by Satan
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#TickTockTerror
#MentalHealthStruggle
In May '24 the #SocialSecurityAdvisoryCommittee received regulations on changes to #WorkCapabilityAssessment descriptors. A General Election meant scrutiny couldn't be completed. A judicial review has since found the consultation for these changes was unlawful & DWP has withdrawn the regs but... 1/2
DWP to SSAC: ‘Given the [Clifford] judgment, the draft regulations which would have delivered the WCA
descriptor changes will be withdrawn by the Department. Therefore… we
consider this to be the conclusion of SSAC’s scrutiny of the draft regulations.’
descriptor changes will be withdrawn by the Department. Therefore… we
consider this to be the conclusion of SSAC’s scrutiny of the draft regulations.’
Work Capability Assessment draft regulations: letter to Dr Stephen Brien
Correspondence from the DWP to SSAC's Chair following the judgment in the judicial review into the lawfulness of the consultation on the Work Capability Assessment descriptor changes.
www.gov.uk
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In May '24 the #SocialSecurityAdvisoryCommittee received regulations on changes to #WorkCapabilityAssessment descriptors. A General Election meant scrutiny couldn't be completed. A judicial review has since found the consultation for these changes was unlawful & DWP has withdrawn the regs but... 1/2
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #ChronicIllnesses tabled by Neil O'Brien on 09-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17398
July 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #ChronicIllnesses tabled by Neil O'Brien on 09-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17398
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #ChronicIllnesses tabled by Dr Ellie Chowns on 23-06-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-23/12598
June 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #ChronicIllnesses tabled by Dr Ellie Chowns on 23-06-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-23/12598
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #Veterans tabled by Graeme Downie on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-03/57105
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #Veterans tabled by Graeme Downie on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-03/57105
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #Veterans tabled by Graeme Downie on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-03/57106
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #Veterans tabled by Graeme Downie on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-03/57106
🚨 Petition:Don’t let UKGov scrap #WorkCapabilityAssessment This’s a direct threat to #LCWRA #ESA + #DisabilityBenefits in the Autumn White Paper. It may not stop it but silence definitely won’t
Sign & share ⬇️
#Disabled #PathwaysToWork #WCA #Disability
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72....
Sign & share ⬇️
#Disabled #PathwaysToWork #WCA #Disability
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72....
Petition: Do not scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
The Government must immediately withdraw the proposal to scrap the WCA, as detailed in its Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper.
petition.parliament.uk
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Petition:Don’t let UKGov scrap #WorkCapabilityAssessment This’s a direct threat to #LCWRA #ESA + #DisabilityBenefits in the Autumn White Paper. It may not stop it but silence definitely won’t
Sign & share ⬇️
#Disabled #PathwaysToWork #WCA #Disability
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72....
Sign & share ⬇️
#Disabled #PathwaysToWork #WCA #Disability
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72....
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Stephen McPartland on 07-11-2023 has been answered by Tom Pursglove. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/212
November 13, 2023 at 4:40 PM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Stephen McPartland on 07-11-2023 has been answered by Tom Pursglove. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/212
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
September 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Kendall ignores question on why she shared platform with company linked to DWP deaths
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claim…
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September 30, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
#Government
#UK
#Disability
#HateCrime
#Benefits
#Housing
#Community
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
The UK government gets bad marks, again
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
#UK
#Disability
#HateCrime
#Benefits
#Housing
#Community
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
The UK government gets bad marks, again
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
BREAKING: UN announces UK government has FAILED disabled people
The UNCRPD said the Tories had not even bothered to try and address 'grave' and 'systematic' human rights violations
www.thecanary.co
April 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
#Government
#UK
#Disability
#HateCrime
#Benefits
#Housing
#Community
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
The UK government gets bad marks, again
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
#UK
#Disability
#HateCrime
#Benefits
#Housing
#Community
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
The UK government gets bad marks, again
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
URGENT: STAND IN SOLIDARITY with our #Disabled communities!
Every #campaigns and #petitions against #DisabilityBenefits cuts matters. Please #SignAndShare my petition :
Do not scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment ( #WCA ) #UC #MentalHealth #DisabledVoices
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Every #campaigns and #petitions against #DisabilityBenefits cuts matters. Please #SignAndShare my petition :
Do not scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment ( #WCA ) #UC #MentalHealth #DisabledVoices
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Do not scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
The Government must immediately withdraw the proposal to scrap the WCA, as detailed in its Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper.
petition.parliament.uk
May 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
URGENT: STAND IN SOLIDARITY with our #Disabled communities!
Every #campaigns and #petitions against #DisabilityBenefits cuts matters. Please #SignAndShare my petition :
Do not scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment ( #WCA ) #UC #MentalHealth #DisabledVoices
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Every #campaigns and #petitions against #DisabilityBenefits cuts matters. Please #SignAndShare my petition :
Do not scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment ( #WCA ) #UC #MentalHealth #DisabledVoices
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Steve Darling on 28-08-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/22322
September 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Steve Darling on 28-08-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/22322
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 08-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-08/17004
July 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 08-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-08/17004
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #MentalIllness tabled by Neil O'Brien on 09-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17397
July 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #MentalIllness tabled by Neil O'Brien on 09-07-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17397
This week's IL newsletter: Shortage of disability assessors – High turnover and training dropouts are fuelling delays in #PIPAssessments and #WorkCapabilityAssessment decisions. #DisabilityAssessments #DWP #DisabilityNews #ILnews
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February 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This week's IL newsletter: Shortage of disability assessors – High turnover and training dropouts are fuelling delays in #PIPAssessments and #WorkCapabilityAssessment decisions. #DisabilityAssessments #DWP #DisabilityNews #ILnews
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This week's IL newsletter: No-one Held to Account – Mo Stewart shines a spotlight on private companies steering disability benefits policy through the WCA. #PreventableHarm #WorkCapabilityAssessment #DisabilityBenefits #DisabilityNews #ILnews
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February 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This week's IL newsletter: No-one Held to Account – Mo Stewart shines a spotlight on private companies steering disability benefits policy through the WCA. #PreventableHarm #WorkCapabilityAssessment #DisabilityBenefits #DisabilityNews #ILnews
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Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Kendall ignores question on why she shared platform with company linked to DWP deaths
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claim…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
September 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/kendall-igno...
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall refuses to say why she shared a #Labour conference platform with #Maximus, the US company linked to deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
#WorkCapabilityAssessment #DWP
Our colleagues at the Centre for Society and Mental Health Our colleagues have written on previous proposals to scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment - and the government's proposals incorporate much of the "worst case scenario" they set out for this last year:
www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/...
www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/...
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/rp3/2024-07-after-the-wca-full-report.pdf
t.co
March 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Our colleagues at the Centre for Society and Mental Health Our colleagues have written on previous proposals to scrap the #WorkCapabilityAssessment - and the government's proposals incorporate much of the "worst case scenario" they set out for this last year:
www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/...
www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh/assets/...
A question on #Veterans #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Helen Maguire on 24-04-2025 has been answered by Al Carns. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-24/48056
May 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A question on #Veterans #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Helen Maguire on 24-04-2025 has been answered by Al Carns. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-24/48056
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 29-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4374
June 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 29-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4374
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 29-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4373
June 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A question on #UniversalCredit #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Neil O'Brien on 29-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4373
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #MedicalExaminations tabled by Siân Berry on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/2995
May 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A question on #WorkCapabilityAssessment #MedicalExaminations tabled by Siân Berry on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/2995