[Angus]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

From the economics section of my Uni, their reading is that from what the Chancellor said if someone has disabilities and are unable to work and are on disability benefit as well, they are exempt from losing the main benefits, the limit of ESA will be up to a year if you are deemed as able to work now or in the forthcoming future, the genuinely sick and disabled will be exempt from that if its deemed they are unlikely to be able to work again.
Everyone though is going to be re-assessed though, obviously.

My advice though to anyone who has to go to the new re-asessment tests whatever is take someone with you and in the room to be examined/interviewed too, Don't trust them to do the right thing,they will have quotas of people they must sign off and list to be signed off in the near future too, if anyone is genuinely ill with a long term illness/disablilty, take someone with you,so you have a witness to what is said and done...

I would just add to this that everyone has the right of appeal to an independent adjudicator, at the hearing of which the entire transcript of the assessment will be available to be dissected and cross examined.