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A disabled woman who sits on a social security tribunal has described how the incompetence and abusive actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have driven her repeatedly to the brink of suicide. Katherine*, who continues to sit on […]
The government’s continuing failure to allow benefit appeals to be heard via video conferencing is discriminating against disabled claimants, say welfare rights experts. Many disabled people are being forced to ask for their tribunals to be postponed, because they are only […]
The government is discriminating against disabled benefit claimants by failing to install equipment at tribunal venues that would allow them to record what happens at their social security appeals, according to university researchers. Leeds University’s International Disability Law Clinic (IDLC) has […]