Apparently Professor Harrington is "​staggered and shocked"​ at the estimated annual £​50m cost of ESA appeals.

What does he expect from an allowance where the whole concept is based on the abolition of illness, where the question of fitness for work is determined by a computer, and which and even by his own admission is "​mechanis​tic."​ The full story is available from this link here:-

https://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/06/no-turning-back-work-capability-assessment

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