The "Benefits and Work community” getting the facts from DWP about cost savings from changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Contrary to the narrative that benefit claimants are cheating fraudsters, it seems the majority of savings are by reducing administrative costs, and nothing to do with more accurately checking eligibility. So, not fraud then.

#welfarebenefits #dwp #uk #wca #lcwra #pip #universalcredit

WCA.., over half of welfare savings not from claimants
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-still-going-in-2031,-over-half-of-welfare-savings-not-from-claimants

There's something so utterly middle management about the fact that half of the government's #welfare cuts today have been done via changes to the "assessment processes" for #PIP and #LCWRA Universal Credit.

When two bit company ladder climbers achieve power.

DWP responds to Universal Credit shake-up fears that claimants will lose £390
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/dwp-responds-to-universal-credit-shake-up-fears-that-claimants-will-lose-390/ar-AA1iZsOo?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f0ebbdbd50cd486ab16d74ed5712aba4&ei=7

#Disabilities
#ChronicIllness
#LCWRA
#UniversalCredit
#UC

Universal Credit: DWP plans could cut 632,000 people's benefits
#UniversalCredit
#DWP
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheDisabled
#Disability
#ChronicallyIll
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#WCA
#PIP
#LimitedCapabilityForWork
#LCWRA
#NoSickDisabilityUCWithoutPIP
#WorkCoachesAssessingWorkCapability
#WorkCoaches
#NoESAWithoutPIP
#PIPsRigidCriteria
#DenialOfBenefits
#StoppingBenefitsDoesntGetPeopleInToWork
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/05/26/the-dwps-latest-universal-credit-plans-could-see-it-stop-632000-peoples-benefits/