Those on #ESA #benefit are to receive same amount as #JSA plus extra 50p - persecution continues @Dis_PPL_Protest 10 Downing Street ministers are considering drastically cutting the main Employment and Support Allowance #ESA #sickness #benefit, governmental internal documents suggest. New claimants, judged to be capable of work with appropriate support, could be given just 50p more per week than people on job seekers allowance. Current recipients get almost £30 per week more. The papers reveal that David Camerons government has also been forced to hire extra staff to clear the backlog on the #benefit. Some 100 healthcare professionals are being hired to carry out fitness-for-work tests. The staff, who will be employed through the Pertemps Network Group, are aiming to reduce a backlog of more than 600,000 cases. They will be in addition to any extra staff brought in when a new contractor is announced shortly to replace Atos Origin. The BBC understands that the American firm, #Maximus, has been selected. The Labour Party Dame Anne Begg, who chairs the Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee, said she would support overhauling the delivery of ESA but did not envisage any reduction in the value of the benefit. Thats not reform, that is just saving money. I hope that is not something the government is going to come forward with.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:51:22 +0000
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