Disability tests 'sending sick and disabled back to work'

Prof Malcolm Harrington, the government appointed adviser on testing welfare claimants, admitted the work fitness test was “patchy”.

He said that as a result of the flaws in the 13 week assessment, which tests physical fitness as well as mental skills, some claimants who were genuinely unable to work, have suffered.

He made the comments during an investigation into the system, introduced by the last Labour government, by the BBC’s Panorama programme.

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