- She was thrilled when she got work
- at a council children’s centre
- but a routine health check
- by a company contracted by the council
- and the Department
- found
- she was not fit for work.
- She was recovering from a five-year battle
- with anorexia.
- ‘It would be inappropriate
- to be offered employment
- in this role.’
- Strapped for cash
- she applied for support
- only to be judged
- fit for work.
- ‘You do not have
- any limited capacity
- for work.
- It has been decided
- we cannot pay you’
- The same company
- carried out both assessments.
[Daily Mirror, 16/04/2010, Too unfit to work… too fit for benefits]