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Work Capability Assessment

Index Work Capability Assessment

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is the test designed and used by the British Government's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to decide whether welfare claimants are entitled to sickness benefits. [1]

27 relations: Atos, Atos (disambiguation), Carol M. Black, Criticism of the Work Capability Assessment, David Freud, Baron Freud, Disabled People Against Cuts, Employment and Support Allowance, George Rolph (activist), I, Daniel Blake, Incapacity Benefit, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign, 2015, Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Mansel Aylward, Mark Harper, Mark Hoban, Michael Meacher, New Deal (United Kingdom), Paul Gregg (academic), Paul Litchfield, Personal Independence Payment, Political positions of Jeremy Corbyn, Stephen Crabb, Tom Greatrex, WCA, Welfare Reform Act 2012, 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Atos

Atos is a European IT services corporation with its headquarters in Bezons, France and offices worldwide.

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Atos (disambiguation)

Atos is a multinational technology company headquartered in Bezons, France.

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Carol M. Black

Dame Carol Mary Black, (born 26 December 1939) is Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.

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Criticism of the Work Capability Assessment

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom to assess Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims and some claims for Universal Credit.

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David Freud, Baron Freud

David Anthony Freud, Baron Freud, PC (born 24 June 1950) is a British politician.

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Disabled People Against Cuts

Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is an organisation based in the United Kingdom for disabled people and allies to campaign against the impact of government spending cuts on the lives of disabled people.

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Employment and Support Allowance

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a United Kingdom welfare payment for adults having difficulty finding work because of their long-term medical condition or disability.

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George Rolph (activist)

George Rolph (born 1953) is a British activist who suffers from PTSD as a result of seven years of abuse by two separate women.

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I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake is a 2016 drama film directed by Ken Loach and written by Loach's frequent collaborator Paul Laverty.

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Incapacity Benefit

Incapacity Benefit is a British social security benefit that was introduced in 1995 in an attempt to control the rising number of people on out-of-work sickness benefits.

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Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949).

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Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn, the Member of Parliament for Islington North, stood as a candidate in the 2015 British Labour Party leadership election, in a successful campaign that made him the leader of the Labour Party.

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Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn

The Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn began when Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015, the election having been triggered by the resignation of Ed Miliband in the wake of Labour's defeat at the 2015 general election.

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Mansel Aylward

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward is Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research, Occupational and Physician Health at Cardiff University School of Medicine.

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Mark Harper

Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Mark Hoban

Mark Gerard Hoban (born 31 March 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician and a former Minister of State for Work and Pensions.

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Michael Meacher

Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 21 October 2015) was a British academic and Labour Party politician.

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New Deal (United Kingdom)

The New Deal (renamed Flexible New Deal from October 2009) was a workfare programme introduced in the United Kingdom by the first New Labour government in 1998, initially funded by a one-off £5 billion windfall tax on privatised utility companies.

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Paul Gregg (academic)

Professor Paul Gregg is a British academic, and expert on labour markets and welfare reform.

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Paul Litchfield

Dr Paul Litchfield OBE FRCP FFOM is Chief Medical Officer at the BT Group.

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Personal Independence Payment

Personal Independence Payment (abbreviated to PIP and usually pronounced as one word) is a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help with the extra costs of living with a long-term health condition or a disability.

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Political positions of Jeremy Corbyn

This article summarises the policies, views and voting record of Labour Party MP Jeremy Corbyn, who since 12 September 2015 has been the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom.

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Stephen Crabb

Stephen Crabb (born 20 January 1973) is a British politician of the Conservative Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preseli Pembrokeshire since the 2005 general election.

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Tom Greatrex

Thomas James Greatrex (born 30 September 1974) is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West between 2010 and 2015 and the Shadow Energy Minister from 2011 to 2015.

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WCA

WCA is may refer to.

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Welfare Reform Act 2012

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which makes changes to the rules concerning a number of benefits offered within the British social security system.

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2012 Summer Paralympics

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Capability_Assessment

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