Leaked DWP ‘corner-cutting’ plans reveal changes to checks on assessments that will cause ‘even more risk’

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**The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is secretly introducing changes to how it checks the quality of disability assessments, risking claimant safety and increasing the chance of dodgy reports slipping through the net, Disability News Service has learned.** A member of the DWP team that works on health assessments has contacted Disability News Service (DNS) to raise concerns about the plans…