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The latest news and comment on consulting and managed services and systems provider Atos
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I am Daniel Blake – and there are millions more like meWriter and activist Jack Monroe knows from their own experience that Ken Loach’s portrayal of life on benefits is heart-wrenchingly accurate
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After a distressing experience she can’t even remember, Lucia’s PIP was cut. She suffered a relapse and, like dominos, more benefits were taken awayShaking, crying, panic – the trauma of a benefits assessment with PTSD
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Government to review £500m-worth of Atos contracts after IT failureCabinet Office to examine Whitehall contracts worth £10m in move suggesting lack of confidence in outsourcing company
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Emily has organ failure – yet her mother had to battle for benefitsThe DWP eventually gave a severely ill woman the help she was entitled to. But her mother felt she had to cross the country to speak to David Haley in person to make it happen
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Maximus miss fitness-to-work test targets despite spiralling costsCompany took over contract from Atos in March to carry out medical assessments of claimants for ESA. The bill for ESA and PIP assessments has now reached £579m
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So Iain Duncan Smith, what about the death of Michael O’Sullivan?Duncan Smith’s work capability tests have been blamed for causing a death. But it’s the testimony of the victim’s daughter that brings home their full spiteful horror
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Emotion is derided as a weakness of the left, but many of us have loved ones likely to suffer under the Tories – or simply feel empathy for those who willWhy it’s OK to cry about this election
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Delays and disarray shatter lives of new disability claimantsDisabled people waiting more than a year for benefits as personal independence payments (PIP) come under scrutiny by MPs
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The disability movement is readying itself for battleJohn McTernan: The Tories’ cack-handed attempts at benefit reform have united long-term sick and disabled claimants against them
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Disabled people's 'fit for work' assessments should be scrapped – MPs
Select committee finds that eligibility tests for benefits are inaccurate and system fails to help claimants back into work
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Glasgow's Commonwealth Games are going from plaid to worseKevin McKenna: It will be a relief when the Commonwealth Games begin, but don't expect everyone to be happy or benefit
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New clauses spell out how governors should demonstrate 'British values' in schools, giving the secretary of state powers to close schools if they do not comply
Martin Rowson on Michael Gove and 'British values' - cartoon -
Government U-turn over privatising child protection servicesOutcry by social work experts leads ministers to say no to private companies but to consider charities and social enterprises
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DWP denies risk of rising disability benefits breaching welfare spending capLeaked documents suggested cost of employment and support allowance left government vulnerable to breach of self-imposed cap
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Watchdog attacks the government's handling 'fiasco' of disability payouts
Outsourcing firm Atos singled out for criticism, after thousands of sick and disabled people suffered distress over their payments
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David Walker: Very few of us believe companies such as Serco and G4S can run services. So where's the public debate about what's next?
There's no evidence that outsourcing public services ever works
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At last, Labour has a plan for getting disabled people into employmentSue Marsh: Rachel Reeves and Kate Green are moving Labour away from defining the problem as one of 'shirkers' who can work but don't
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How to outsource public services: a guide to avoiding scandal
Failed contracts with Atos and A4e have shown that the public sector cannot outsource risk, but it can do more to mitigate it
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Atos contract comes to an end bringing much relief for campaignersTheir 'fit for work' test has become a byword for callousness but why has it taken so long for matters to come to a head?
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Vulnerable man starved to death after benefits were cut44-year-old died months after sickness and housing benefits were stopped following Atos fitness-for-work assessment
First thoughts Taxpayers’ cash should go to the needy. Here’s where it actually ends up