Fear and Loathing in Great Britain
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,197
Wednesday 09 September 2015.
Dear Mr Cameron,
Since 1994 the DWP has been infected with the UNUM virus, that is, it’s policy-making has been subject to false claims that disability and illness are ‘Malingering and Illness Deception’ and that through the application of Unum’s bogus biopsychosocial model that ‘work makes you well’. Atos assessment centres were nothing more than ‘Disability Denial Factories’, now taken over by Maximus after Atos £500m agreement to carry out work capability assessments was ended early.
Now that your government have a small majority in parliament Iain Duncan Smith has abandoned all restraint in his attacks on sick and disabled people. His latest plan to force sick and disabled people off Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) even if they can only head butt a large on/off button in a factory as a means of improving their condition…
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