Work Capability Assessments being scrapped? Changes to ESA.

[Dougella]

There has been an announcement as part of the government's budget that the work capability assessments for ESA (and universal credit) are going to be scrapped. Here's more information from Mind -

https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...nefits-system/

As they say in the post, the changes wouldn't happen until 2026 so no need to panic right now.

[magnolia]

Originally Posted by Dougella

There has been an announcement as part of the government's budget that the work capability assessments for ESA (and universal credit) are going to be scrapped. Here's more information from Mind -

https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...nefits-system/

As they say in the post, the changes wouldn't happen until 2026 so no need to panic right now.

2026 ha, hopefully the tories will have been kicked out by then