Welfare Reform on the Web (December 2001): Social Security - UK

TESTS FOR DISABLED "SLIP IN BY BACK DOOR"

M. Kite

Times, Sept. 26^th 2001, p. 15

Reports government plans to table a Commons Order during the recess to require people on Incapacity Benefit to undergo an employment interview every three years. The Conservatives have indicated they will oppose the Order, forcing a debate which the government had apparently hoped to avoid.