Work has begun on designing a new assessment, which will combine the work capability assessment, known as the WCA, with the PIP assessment. The WCA assesses a universal credit claimant's capability ...

What have MPs and campaigners said? While many MPs have welcomed the scrapping of the work capability assessment, some have turned their attention to the government's welfare reforms at large, which ...

News Cost Of Living DWP DWP Universal Credit and work capability assessment changes explained as cuts confirmed The government has announced its plans to change disability benefits in the UK today ...

Work capability assessment scrapped: What it means Currently, the WCA tests people to see if they can get an extra amount of universal credit by scoring them on their ability to work. This will be ...

However, work capability assessments (WCA) will be scrapped altogether in three years' time. Ms Kendall said the WCA is "not fit for purpose", describing the assessments as "complex, time ...

She criticised the work capability assessment (WCA) for "focusing on what they can't do on a worst day, not on what they would like to do or what support or help they think that they would need or ...

The Work Capability Assessment has been targetted by both Labour and Tory governments as a means for cutting the benefits bill (Image: Birmingham Post and Mail) The WCA is used by the DWP to ...

Recommendations to make work assessments at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) more rigorous have been slammed by disability advocates as 'draconian', after a parliamentary committee said ...

Plans to overhaul the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) have sparked concerns that "billions of pounds" could be taken away from disabled individuals. Scope, a disability equality charity, has ...

Money Department for Work and Pensions DWP rules for disability assessments set for reform under Labour - what this could mean Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking to cut £3billion off of the ...

Changes to disability benefit assessments are set to come into force soon as Rachel Reeves reportedly pushes ahead with plans to shave £3 billion from the welfare bill ahead of Labour’s upcoming ...