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Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Lloyd in front of a sign for the Liberal Democrat conference

February 15, 2018 0

The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations

A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for disabled people to ask how she plans to penalise government contractors Atos and Capita, following last week’s “devastating” revelations about their “shocking” failings in delivering disability benefit assessments. Stephen Lloyd, the work and pensions spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said last week’s revelations

Benefits and Poverty

January 4, 2018 0

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal

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More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The figures* show that, of all the PIP claims rejected by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision-makers in the year to June 2017,

Benefits and Poverty

A woman in a pink jacket at the conference in Bournemouth

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit rollout ‘will ruin lives of hundreds of thousands’

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The lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be ruined if the government does not halt its rollout of universal credit, according to a disabled Liberal Democrat MP. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told this week’s annual conference that the rollout of universal credit was increasing rent arrears and

Human Rights

Liberal Democrats delegates watching a speaker on the stage at their annual conference

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law

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The Liberal Democrats have voted to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Party members overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion that noted how the UK government was accused last month by a UN committee of causing a “human catastrophe” by cutting disabled people’s support. David Buxton, the Deaf party activist who proposed the

Benefits and Poverty

The conference centre in Bournemouth with the sea and pier in the background

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Fresh evidence of PIP lies leads to call for video evidence

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The Liberal Democrats have called for disability benefit assessments to be video-recorded, after their annual conference heard fresh evidence that healthcare professionals were writing dishonest assessment reports on behalf of the government. The party’s disabled work and pensions spokesman, Stephen Lloyd, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he was in favour of introducing pilot

Politics

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers

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A disabled Liberal Democrat MP has promised to “harry” and “shame” the government in parliament over its “shameful” record on disability rights. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he would use his own 25-year commitment to the social model – and his in-depth knowledge of

Independent Living

Paul Burstow on a panel with three other men and a woman

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: ‘Charities have failed and must now allow service-users to be heard’

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A former care services minister has called for a new social movement that is driven by the views and voices of service-users – rather than the charities that try to speak on their behalf – to push for change in the social care sector. Paul Burstow said that the current campaigning model, driven by

Human Rights

Baroness Brinton, smiling, with Kate Green sitting nearby

June 1, 2017 0

Election 2017: Lib Dems make UN convention pledge

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The Liberal Democrats have pledged that they would incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Although the policy – which would give disabled people in the UK a wave of new rights in law – was not part of the Liberal Democrat election manifesto, Disability News Service (DNS) has been told that it

Politics

Kirstein Rummery head and shoulders, with hills in the background

May 25, 2017 0

Election 2017: Elected office access fund closure was ‘undemocratic tragedy’

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Disabled politicians seeking to become MPs say the government’s decision to stop providing funding to help with their extra campaigning costs has made it harder for them to be successful in next month’s general election. They have told Disability News Service (DNS) that the closure of the Access to Elected Office Fund (AEOF) was

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