DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) is still Civil Service, as it Job Centre Plus, their one in every town local branch, but with a lot of stuff subcontracted to outside agencies*, most famously medical assessments to Atos, and now Maximus - which reminds me I saw a brilliant line from Disabled People Against the Cuts at the weekend: 'Maximus - same circus, different clowns'. You've also got Capita failing at the medical assessment work alongside Atos for the PIP assessments (delays of up to a year in processing claims), plus a whole host of training companies and supposed charities (including the Salvation Army!) running compulsory workfare schemes.
*Imagine DWP as Mordor, Ian Duncan Smith as Sauron, the DWP minions as the orcs, while Atos/Maximus are Saruman and the Uruk Hai.
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Date: 2015-03-17 03:05 am (UTC)*Imagine DWP as Mordor, Ian Duncan Smith as Sauron, the DWP minions as the orcs, while Atos/Maximus are Saruman and the Uruk Hai.