NAWRA has responded to Dr Paul Litchfield’s call for evidence for the fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment. You can read our submission here. Thanks to all the NAWRA members who got in touch to contribute and to Eri (Ceredigion CAB) and Daphne (Bristol City Council) for collating the response.
We’ve submitted our response to the government’s consultation on the PIP mobility component. Thanks to Tom Messere and all the NAWRA members who contributed their ideas.
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) are writing to David Cameron and Nick Clegg to raise their concerns at changes to PIP, particularly the introduction of the 20 metre qualifying distance for the enhanced rate of the benefit. They, and NAWRA, believe this could cause large numbers of people to miss out on fundamental support. The DBC news story can be found here and you can sign the letter via this link
The Government are consulting further on the change from 50 metres (under DLA) to 20 metres (under PIP) as the distance for an award for a higher level Mobility. The consultation can be found here and the Rightsnet story on the consultation is here. Tom Messere, NAWRA rep for south Wales, is pulling together a NAWRA response to this by the deadline of 5th August and would be grateful for any thoughts comments from fellow members. Time is short, so perfect …
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Dr Paul Litchfield (the replacement for Malcolm Harrington) is carrying out the year 4 review of the work capability assessment. NAWRA is co-ordinating a response and would love to hear from members about their experiences. The more responses we have the better our submission will be. You know you’ve got loads of gripes and groans about it all so let us hear them! This is what Dr Litchfield says he is particularly looking for but don’t hold back if you …
