EDM 620: Support For People During Reconsideration Of ESA Refusals
Please contact your MP and get them to consider signing this:
That this House notes that at present people who apply for employment and support allowance (ESA) and are declared fit for work can ask for this decision to be reconsidered prior to lodging a formal appeal; further notes that at present people can continue to receive ESA at the assessment rate during this period; welcomes the introduction of reconsideration in all cases as of 28 October 2013; expresses concern that people will no longer be able to claim ESA during this period; further expresses concern that their only alternative will be to apply for jobseeker’s allowance (JSA), for which being fit for work is a condition of receipt; further notes that since October 2008 four in 10 appeals have been successful; fears that in future people who are awarded ESA on appeal will be ineligible for both ESA or JSA during reconsideration; believes that the Government has a duty to support those who cannot support themselves through no fault of their own; and calls on Ministers to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that ESA claimants can continue to receive the benefit at the assessment rate during this period.
Same Difference 
That this is surely Hell..
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most Tory mp’s don’t sign EDM’S so this will fall on deaf ears not a hope in hell
the government has made it crystal clear go to work or face the consequences of a living hell at best or death at worse
i think David Cameron and IDS couldn’t be any clearer in what the sick and disabled should do. the future will be very bleak for anyone not housebound those that are housebound will continue to get their benefits in full
those who aren’t housebound will feel the pinch financially and and if you are not housebound by the time the Torys are finished you certainly will be
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