ATOS exits from fit-to-work testing. Did they fail? Or just do their job: make us think vast numbers are faking disability

SOURCE BBC NEWS: Atos seeks early exit from fit-to-work tests contract

Staff carrying out work capability assessments for Atos have received death threats online and in person, according to the Financial Times. In a statement, Atos pledged to carry on undertaking the tests until a new company was in a position to take over. But the government said that standards at Atos had declined unacceptably. Disability campaigners have described the work tests as "ridiculously harsh and extremely unfair".

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