Incapacity tests reject 37% of claimants

Jimbuna · 03-15-12, 09:36 AM

I'm wondering how fair these tests are because whilst I accept there are those who con the system I know of three people who are clearly in need of said benefit but have recently had it taken away from them.

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More than a third of incapacity benefit claimants being reassessed for the new Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) have been deemed fit to work.
Of the first 141,100 claimants reviewed since last April, 37% would no longer be paid the benefit, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17379564

Herr-Berbunch · 03-15-12, 10:45 AM

I think it should be dependent on what job it is you do/want - obviously some jobs are better suited for certain people - someone with a history of chronic back problems should not be working in a hand car wash. It's the idiots that try to con the system that fail it for all, as usual.

Jimbuna · 03-15-12, 11:59 AM

Yeah...I'm looking for something along the lines of a diecast aircraft polisher

Herr-Berbunch · 03-15-12, 12:04 PM

Sorry, that's all outsourced to china.

STEED · 03-15-12, 12:18 PM

The money grabbing cheats have done a number and they know it. And those who need real help and not pulling a fast one will suffer the broom.

To be honest the whole country is heading for the toilet U-bend.

Oberon · 03-15-12, 01:12 PM

It's not what you have, me old fruit, it's where you have it. The big smoke seems to have an easy eye on claimants but around here if you are still able to put one foot in front of the other then there's nothing wrong with you, even if doing so causes you a lot of pain and you can barely walk twenty-five meters before your hip gives way.

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I think it should be dependent on what job it is you do/want - obviously some jobs are better suited for certain people - someone with a history of chronic back problems should not be working in a hand car wash. It's the idiots that try to con the system that fail it for all, as usual. __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yeah...I'm looking for something along the lines of a diecast aircraft polisher __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Sorry, that's all outsourced to china. __________________

03-15-12, 12:18 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	The money grabbing cheats have done a number and they know it. And those who need real help and not pulling a fast one will suffer the broom. To be honest the whole country is heading for the toilet U-bend. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-15-12, 01:12 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It's not what you have, me old fruit, it's where you have it. The big smoke seems to have an easy eye on claimants but around here if you are still able to put one foot in front of the other then there's nothing wrong with you, even if doing so causes you a lot of pain and you can barely walk twenty-five meters before your hip gives way.