'Fit for work' test changes due as new minister quizzed on deaths

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Published by 24publishing for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Legal, Local Government, Tenure

Critics of the Government's work capability assessments (WCA) - which sees private firm Atos administer the medical side of the 'fit for work' tests - wasted no time in grilling new employment minister Mark Hoban about the urgent need for reform. The tests - and the Government's contract with Atos - came under close scrutiny in Westminster Hall last week in a debate called by Labour MP Tom Greatrex. He urged the Government to get tough with Atos and revealed that the cost of appeals relating to ...

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