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Trekhausen (she/her) (trekhausen@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 02:55:14 JST Trekhausen (she/her)

The UK government is consulting on it's proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessments (WCA) and this closes on Monday the 30th of October.
Below are links to help with submitting a response to oppose these dangerous, ideologically driven BS proposals - please share and submit if possible.
WCA proposal overview: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/wca-changes-news
Points to consider to help with completing a WCA consultation response: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-consultation-points-to-consider
"The most important thing is to tell the DWP whether or not you are in favour of the idea of making the WCA much more difficult to score points for. You don’t have to give detailed answers or answer every question – just pick one or two points to make."
Template submission examples: https://dpac.uk.net/2023/10/template-response-to-the-wca-consultation/
and
https://meassociation.org.uk/2023/10/me-association-the-work-capability-assessment-consultation/
#NoMoreBenefitDeaths protest on Monday:
https://dpac.uk.net/2023/10/protest-against-dwp-proposals-to-tighten-the-wca-12-pm-monday-30-october/
More background information regarding the proposed long-term changes to WCA: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/why-are-people-so-worried-about-the-abolition-of-the-wca
#Disability #DisabilityJustice #ChronicIllness #LongCovid #DWP
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  WCA changes
  
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  Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.
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  WCA consultation, points to consider
  
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  Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.
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  Template response to the WCA consultation
  
  Many thanks to DPO Forum England for sharing the below template consultation response with us. Individuals and organisations are free to use all or parts of this as you need. Information about the consultation including how to respond is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/work-capability-assessment-activities-and-descriptors The deadline for the consultation is Monday 30 October 2023. Consultation Response We… Continue Reading Template response to the WCA consultation
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  ME Association: The Work Capability Assessment Consultation - The ME Association
  
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  ME Association statement and suggestions to respond to the consultation.
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  Why are people so worried about the abolition of the WCA?
  
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  Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.

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