UK: Former DWP ministers could face police investigation over fit-to-work tests

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Edit: I've just noticed that this article isn't new but is from May 2016.


The Independent.

Former DWP ministers could face police investigation over fit-to-work tests
A complaint was made against Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling
Monday 9 May 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...inisters-over-fit-to-work-tests-a7020471.html

Police in Scotland are assessing whether to launch a criminal investigation into two former DWP ministers’ handling of so-called disability fit-to-work tests.

Disabled activist John McArdle of the Black Triangle campaign lodged a complaint with police in March against Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling, according to the Disability News Service news agency.

He told police in Edinburgh that the two ministers had ignored a coronor’s concerns about the safety of the tests, which are used to judge whether a disabled person receives benefits.

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