User:CircleGirl/ESACriticismSection

That the WCA was poorly designed, ^[1][2][3] that WCA and the criteria used to determine fitness for work did not offer a realistic perspective on a claimant's ability to work, ^[4][5][6][7] that eligibility did not consider a claimant's personal circumstances when deciding if a claimant is fit for work,^[8] the number of decisions that were being overturned on appeal, ^{[9][10][11][12][13]} that assessors were pressured to find claimants fit for work when they did not feel they were,^{[14][15][16][17][18]} that ESA is being used to conceal unemployment levels, ^[19][20] that some people were too sick or disabled to work but could not claim because they had not paid enough National Insurance contributions but their household income was too high, ^[21][22] the decision to limit contribution-based ESA claimants who were placed in the WRAG to claiming for one year,^[23], that ESA failed to make predicted savings,^[24][25][26] the cost of outsourcing the contract for conducting the WCA, ^{[27][28][29][30]} it said the cost of each WCA had risen from £115 under Atos to £190 under Maximus, to no benefit to the Exchequer.^[31] the cuts made to the amount people on ESA received, ^[32][33] difficulties with appealing a decision on eligibility, ^[8][34][35] that claimants were not incentivised to work, ^{[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]} that claimants struggled with the application process,^[52][53][54] the use of sanctions for people in the WRAG who may be too unwell to participate in their work-related activities, ^[55] that the government had unrealistic expectations for disabled people to find work, ^[56][57] that some claimants did not receive enough money to cover their living costs, ^{[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]} and that ESA WCAs and claims ending were associated with claimant deaths.^{[76][77][78][79][80][81][82]} A United Nations report has been written, which is highly critical of Employment Support Allowance.^[83][84]