People applying for disability benefits will no longer have to attend a Work Capability Assessment if a document leaked ahead of tomorrow's Budget is correct.
The information, which has been Tweeted by the boss of the independent think tank The Resolution Foundation, also contains sketchy details about the automation of the sanctions process for Universal Credit claimants.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is staying tight-lipped on the leaks ahead of the budget, but the Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell describes the scrapping of the WCA as 'easily the most-far reaching change in a decade," although he said that the changes "will take years to implement (we’re talking primary legislation) so this is really a reform for the next Parliament (Government?)"
