2nd April 2012: Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind, resigns from the government advisory panel scrutinising welfare policy changes – to publicise his anger at the coalition government’s refusal to listen to his and other charities’ concerns. The panel is responsible for monitoring the introduction of the Work Capability Eassessment (WCA), as Incapacity Benefit is phased out…
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/10/charity-chief-quits-over-fit-for-work-test (Guardian Society) and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17590426 (BBC News)