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New government research has highlighted the small impact on their job chances of voluntary support provided to disabled people assessed as not fit for work, days before ministers prepare to use it as an excuse to slash their benefits. Ministers have […]
Activists say the government’s decision to slash disabled people’s out-of-work benefits is a “recipe for greater hardship” and will risk claimants’ lives, as ministers this week pushed through cuts agreed last summer by MPs. Regulations laid in parliament this week implement […]
Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has failed to apologise after he misled MPs about his department’s system for pushing sick and disabled people into work. McFadden yesterday (Wednesday) exaggerated the flaws in the current system, as he attempted to persuade […]
The prime minister has been forced to face the fears of disabled people who are unable to work and have been left feeling “full of panic” and “physically sick” at the thought of benefit cuts that could leave future claimants £3,000 […]
The prime minister has suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits will be expected to look for work under his government’s plans to reform social security. Sir Keir Starmer made his comments in a BBC interview that was broadcast yesterday […]
Ministers have refused to include claimants of out-of-work disability benefits as a high-risk group in their latest suicide prevention strategy, despite “irrefutable evidence” from NHS research. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has listed “common risk factors” such as […]
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride has misled MPs about new plans to slash spending on out-of-work disability benefits by removing a vital safety net that protects those at risk of suicide. The plans, released by the Department for Work and […]
More than 600,000 disabled people could be missing out on thousands of pounds a year of disability benefits they are entitled to, according to new figures released by the minister for disabled people. They show that 632,000 people are receiving out-of-work […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been caught trying to claw back vital support from disabled people set to be “migrated” across to the new universal credit from their existing benefits. The clawback means that disabled people whose support […]
Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat […]