SocialMarket Foundation recommends abolition of the WCA

see News item

I was particularly entertained by this recommendation (p45):

“To deliver this, the existing costs of PIP / DLA and the Support Group element of ESA should be brought together to finance a new extra costs benefit. Eligibility for this benefit should be determined on the basis of need, with an assessment replacing the WCA and PIP assessment and designed with extensive consultation.”

And (p38):

“While the Government will, no doubt, be keen to progress ideas quickly and legislate soon, previous attempts at significant policy changes have shown the dangers of rushing reform. Examples include reform of tax credits,21 the Child Support Agency,22 the design of the Work Capability Assessment23 and, more recently, Universal Credit.24 Each has been plagued with issues including implementation delays, IT failures and project management conditions, undermining confidence in the programmes and costing the Government more than they should.”

So the ‘design with extensive consultation’ for this new assessement is more likely to succeed in the way the ‘design with extensive consultation’ process for the WCA and PIP did not because ........ ?

PS is there any more info on what proposals will be in the forthcoming White Paper?