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Work Capability Assessment, Senior Disabled People research findings, National Care Service announcement

So that's Easter over then! Very nice too, plenty of good company and lots of nice food! Unfortunately the Easter eggs appear to have had a very strange effect on my waist line! My granddaughter had her first Easter egg! A momentous occasion followed by a massive cleanup operation! Chocolate is an interesting substance to remove from things!! So we now have an election date. It will be very interesting to see how much attention those seeking our votes will pay to the needs of disabled people. I have a feeling I know the answer but being an optimist I'll hope for the best. Here are the last stories untainted by election fever before we get inundated with election spin! Work test plans ‘could blight lives of hundreds of thousands’ Government plans to start using its controversial work capability assessment (WCA) to test all those still receiving incapacity benefit (IB) could “blight” the lives of hundreds of thousands of disabled people, say critics. Work and pensions secretary Y...