IN response to government announcements about benefit sanctions ramping up as disabled people can now ‘work from home’.
James Taylor, Director of Strategy at disability equality charity Scope said:
“We’ve had decades of tightening sanctions, and they have never worked in the way the government says they will work.
“The Work Capability Assessment is already degrading, stressful and adversarial and has a terrible impact on people’s mental health.
“These proposals are likely to force disabled people to look for work even when they aren’t well enough.
“The government should start with upgrading its back to work support, and on creating a system that works with disabled people not against them.
“Threatening disabled people with more sanctions will not lead to more disabled people getting into and staying in work. Forcing disabled people into unsuitable jobs and cutting financial support in a cost of living crisis will be disastrous.”
