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johnron
johnron Online Community Member Posts: 45 Connected
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whats story way courts they lost a wca case today dwp said

Responding to today’s verdict, a government spokesperson said: “The judge has found the previous government failed to adequately explain their proposals. As part of wider reforms that help people into work and ensure fiscal sustainability, the government will re-consult on the WCA descriptor changes, addressing the shortcomings in the previous consultation, in light of the judgment.

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  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing

    The government will re-consult

    Not much has changed then. I'm glad to see the following reported because the most damaging reforms took place nearly 10 years ago -

    The DWP’s public consultation also failed to mention that recent years have seen falling use of the “substantial risk” regulations. 

    One of the DWP’s proposals is to restrict the use of these regulations on the basis that “they are no longer meeting the original intent to be applied only in exceptional circumstances”.

    But an internal graph released by the DWP as part of the judicial review proceedings showed that the proportion of decisions that were due to substantial risk had peaked in 2015 and was now as low as it had ever been back to when the WCA was introduced. This data was available to the DWP but not to the public, and the downward trend of cases was not mentioned in the consultation document.

    The DWP’s plans cut the number of people qualifying for the highest rates of disability benefit via the “limited capability for work or work-related activity” (LCWRA) group.  

    Disabled people in the LCWRA group do not have to undertake any activities related to finding work, whereas those assessed as having “limited capability for work” are expected to undertake activities preparing for employment. 

    Those who don’t qualify as either LCWRA or limited capability for work (LCW) are effectively assessed to be non-disabled and must spend up to 35 hours a week actively looking for work or risk having their benefit cut

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 16

    Anyone remember George Osborne's £12 billion cut to welfare benefits in 2015?

    It's a lot more than the £3 billion we're looking at now.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 17

    Anyone else remember lawyers, barristers and even High Court judges protesting cuts to Legal Aid?

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeeTnmLvjbE&t=3s&ab_channel=MyWayAccess

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    she won

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 17

    She won the right to a second public consultation about the proposed "new rules".

    The new rules introduced by the 2016 Welfare Reform and Work Act did the most damage. We just stopped talking about those reforms.

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/969373#Comment_969373

    it is still a very big win

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,236 Championing

    congratulations to whoever won I can't keep up with the comments

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing

    I'm not sure whether in 2025 anybody is actually listening..

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 17

    It is a hollow victory. We have not "won" anything.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 17

    Duncan-Smith is still pulling the strings from his Parliamentary seat. Still coaching Liz Kendall. Still covering nice Mr Timms' back.

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    Despite the High Court ruling, 

    the UK government is still moving ahead with £3 billion in disability payment cuts

    . The Work Capability Assessment reforms will impact hundreds of thousands of people, particularly those receiving extra Universal Credit payments due to severe health conditions.

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    guess whathe was right court case ment nothing

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    rachel reeves should not even be in power she lied on her CV get rid

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,288 Championing
    edited January 17

    Dave, the court case means a lot because DWP's latest effort to cover up the benefits fiasco has failed! We now have sight of reports they didn't want us to see. We will know even more when the public re-consultation is ready.

    The Cabinet is heaving with ex-DWP ministers/shadow ministers! I'm unsure whether Starmer knows what he's dealing with there but as domestic affairs now top his in-tray, he can give this far more attention.

    (it just doesn't mean what people want it to mean ie no changes to the WCA process)

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