'Fit to work' tests not fit for purpose, say MPs

Select committee describes 'fit to work' assessments as 'simplistic and inaccurate' and urges complete re-design

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A government select committee has found that the government's work assessments are "crude, simplistic and fail to fulfil [their] intended purpose", the Guardian reports.

Described by disability campaigners as the "get fit or get fired" campaign, the government's system of conducting work capability assessments to 'get people off benefits and into work' conducting has proved to be highly controversial.

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