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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has started telling 500 disabled people on out-of-work benefits that they must move onto universal credit, just days after a Conservative minister assured MPs no claimants would face such a move until September. DWP […]
Disabled activists who have spent years raising concerns about universal credit have warned of its cruelty and how the system “hounds” claimants into complying with strict rules. They spoke out this week as Disability News Service (DNS) reveals how a disabled […]
Leading activists appalled by the prospect of another five years of attacks on disability rights and equality – following the election of a majority Conservative government – are working on plans to set up a new national organisation of disabled people. […]