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The scheme that assesses claimants of disability benefits faces a major overhaul, with ministers promising to extend a "revolution" of getting more people into work.

A consultation on reforming the Work Capability Assessment, external was announced on Monday.

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green said he wanted a "personalised" way to help more people find jobs.

The charity Scope said it welcomed the planned changes.

Both Employment Support Allowance (ESA), which is paid to more than two million people, and the assessments, were originally introduced by Labour and then expanded by the coalition government.

SNP MSP Ben Macpherson says it is important to consider the past and the present.

Mr Macpherson says when Damian Green published the Green Paper on Monday there was an admission of the failures of the welfare system.

He asks if Mr Green wants to apologise for these failings in welfare reform.

The UK work and pensions secretary does not apologise but discusses the issues in the Green Paper.

Committee convener and SNP MSP Sandra White says only 15% of social security powers are coming to Holyrood.

Ms White says no-one must fall through the net and asks what work is being done within the DWP on the transfer of powers.

The UK work and pensions minister says until the Scottish government proposals are revealed it is quite hard to answer that.

He hands over to Denise Horsfall from the DWP who says there has been no impact on her staff yet.

Holyrood's social security minister, Jeane Freeman, believes there are "big challenges" ahead of bringing new welfare powers to Scotland.

However, she said despite political differences between the administrations in Edinburgh and Holyrood it was important to avoid a "shouting match".

Powers, including DLA/PIP, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance, are to be transferred from Westminster.

Ms Freeman was giving an update to Holyrood's social security committee in September.

She was quizzed on recent remarks of her SNP colleagues who had highlighted the difficulties between the two governments.

• Look back on Jeane Freeman's evidence to the social security committee

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Mr Green says the Scottish government will now be accountable to its citizens in the newly devolved areas.

The UK work and pensions secretary encourages the Scottish government to set out its plans for social security as soon as possible.

He says he recognises it will take some time for the Scottish government to implement its welfare policies.

The minister says: "It is incumbent on both governments to manage the transition of powers in a sensible way."

He says the "needs of citizens must be at the centre" of the process.

Two years ago he suggested he would be retiring from film-making, but instead 79-year-old director Ken Loach won the coveted Palme D'Or award for the second time at the Cannes Film Festival.

The winning film, I Daniel Blake, marks the 13th time that Loach, the director of more than 50 movies, has competed at the event. It's also exactly 10 years since he won the same prize for his 2006 Irish drama The Wind That Shakes The Barley, starring Cillian Murphy.

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Loach uses I, Daniel Blake to expose the welfare system in the UK, and says he wants the film "to break audience's hearts, but also to make them angry".

Daniel Blake, played by stand-up comedian Dave Johns, is an older man living in Newcastle who, because of a heart attack, can no longer do his job.

UK Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green says he is pleased to be in Holyrood as the first DWP minister to appear before the committee.

Mr Green says this is a unique moment in devolution.

He says there is always room for improvement in the DWP.

Social Security Committee convener Sandra White gets proceedings underway by welcoming UK Work and Pensions Secretary.

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The Social Security Committee , externalwill shortly quiz UK Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green.

Mr Green will be joined by Richard Cornish and Denise Horsfall from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

• 10:00 am Social Security Committee
• 11:40 am General Questions
• 12:00 pm First Minister's Questions

• 12:45 pm Members' Business — Alex Rowley: The Cost of Saying Goodbye, Burial and Cremation Charges in Scotland
• 2.30-4.40 pm Scottish Government Debate: Realising Scotland’s Full Potential in a Digital World
• 4.40-5.00 pm: Approval of an SSI – Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft]
• 5:00 pm Decision Time

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After last night's defeat for the government over the Offensive Behaviour and Football Act, the SNP face another set back today, this time over the council tax.

The government wants people in the more expensive houses to pay more by changing the way the band system operates, but the opposition parties look set to unite against them.

First up today the UK Work and Pensions Secretary Damien Green can expect a rough ride when he appears before the Social Security Committee.

 After general questions, we’ll bring you our extensive coverage of first minister’s questions with all the social media reaction as it happens.

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The lunchtime member’s debate focuses on the issue of rising burial and cremation fees.

 The afternoon in the chamber will be take up with Scottish government business, with a debate entitled ‘Realising Scotland’s Full Potential in a Digital World’.

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Good morning and welcome to Holyrood Live on Thursday 3 November 2016.