Iain Duncan Smith Urged To Rethink Cuts To Employment And Support Allowance

‘Iain Duncan Smith has been urged to rethink plans to cut Employment and Support Allowance, which campaigners say would “push disabled people further away from work and closer to poverty”.

Thirty charities and members from the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) have signed an open letter to the Work and Pensions Secretary, warning that plans to cut £30 a week to new claimants in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of ESA would also undermine the Government’s commitment to halve the disability employment gap.

Claimants in the ESA WRAG have been assessed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) as currently unable to work, but may be able to return to employment with the right support. There are currently almost half a million sick and disabled people in the ESA WRAG.’

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