The "Benefits and Work community” getting the facts from DWP about cost savings from changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Contrary to the narrative that benefit claimants are cheating fraudsters, it seems the majority of savings are by reducing administrative costs, and nothing to do with more accurately checking eligibility. So, not fraud then.

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WCA.., over half of welfare savings not from claimants
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-still-going-in-2031,-over-half-of-welfare-savings-not-from-claimants

WCA still going in 2031, over half of welfare savings not from claimants

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There's something so utterly middle management about the fact that half of the government's #welfare cuts today have been done via changes to the "assessment processes" for #PIP and #LCWRA Universal Credit.

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The DWP's latest Universal Credit plans could see it stop 632,000 peoples' benefits

The DWP's latest shake-up could leave over 600,000 people who are too ill to work out of pocket even more than they already are

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