THE latest figures on the UK Government's controversial fitness for work test raise more questions than they answer.
THE latest figures on the UK Government's controversial fitness for work test raise more questions than they answer.
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Nobody disputes the need for reform of sickness benefits or that a welfare system funded by taxpayers needs mechanisms to prevent fraud. Also a benefit – Incapacity Benefit – that effectively discouraged many thousands from returning to employment was perverse, even if successive governments found it a handy way to keep the unemployment figures down.
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Still too many questions over fitness for work tests
THE latest figures on the UK Government's controversial fitness for work test raise more questions than they answer.
Nobody disputes the need for reform of sickness benefits or that a welfare system funded by taxpayers needs mechanisms to prevent fraud. Also a benefit – Incapacity Benefit – that effectively discouraged many thousands from returning to employment was perverse, even if successive governments found it a handy way to keep the unemployment figures down.
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