Originally posted on Carer Watch's Blog:
Congratulations to Dame Anne Begg who has finally spoken the truth about the Employment Support Allowance “work related activity” group (WRAG).
Speaking on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Dame Anne Begg, chair of the work and pensions select committee, said last Friday that large groups of people appear to have been “parked” on the benefit in the “work-related activity” group, which covers all those found neither to be fully fit for work nor so disabled that they cannot be expected to look for employment.
Disability activists across the country will be as delighted as Pat’s Petition and CarerWatch that politicians are finally admitting to the false premise on which Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was based.
ESA is a failed experiment conducted live on sick and disabled people.
Sick and disabled people who are assigned to the WRAG are found not fully fit for work. Almost none of them are…
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