We knew this day would come. We've known for a while that it was coming, but finally it's happened, as it always had to.
The gloves have come off between Atos and the DWP!
To
be honest, I couldn't believe it had gone this long. For months we've
known that the contract with Atos had failed, long before we heard
officially in March that they would be walking away from the detested
"work capability assessments" or WCAs. I'd been hearing of wranglings
and arguments, deadlocks and very unhappy bunnies in general. On both
sides.
To keep that quiet for so long has been quite an achievement in itself.
But
today, Atos start the long journey of rehabilitating their decimated
public reputation, by finally telling their side of the story on - wait
for it - BBC news no less! Now that the contract is broken, for the
first time, they get to defend themselves and point out the failures
that were never anything to do with them but all set in stone at the
DWP. Let's hope that at the same time they acknowledge their own very
considerable failings too.
However, today is the day when absolutely every voice in the Employment and Support Allowance debate are against the DWP...
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