Bev, who lives in the north-west of England, has little confidence in the government’s proposed reforms to disability benefits: partly because the plans are so complicated, partly because as someone with experience of the system she has little trust in the government’s motives.
On the face of it she welcomes ministers’ proposal to abolish the work capability assessment (WCA). She has a rare syndrome that leaves her in permanent debilitating pain, and yet the WCA scored her with zero points and initially judged her as fit for work.
