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Try the ESA test

  • Posted by Vaughan
  • 17 Apr 08, 3:35 PM

From this autumn, Incapacity Benefit is being renamed , and as part of the overhaul all new claimants must complete an assessment considering their capability to work. It's a move that has proved very controversial with many disabled people, not least on Ouch's own messageboard.

Esteemed guest blogger sent me a link to the guidance and advice site, where you can try out a free that is going to be used to establish entitlement to ESA. Obviously, it won't be entirely like the real thing, since as the guidance says: "how you assess yourself and how the DWP might assess you in the future could be very different". Still, a useful insight into these forthcoming changes.

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