Citizens Advice response to the consultation on proposed changes to the activities and descriptors of the Work Capability Assessment
Applying for disability benefits is too often complicated, distressing and can be a drain on people’s time and health. And while many people receiving disability benefits would like to work in the future with the right support, they aren’t receiving it.
The Work Capability Assessment is the source of many issues for the people we support, but we have serious concerns that almost all options under consideration would do more harm than good if implemented, and risk undermining the longer term aims of the White Paper.