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Benefits and Poverty

September 13, 2018 0

Hundreds of thousands more PIP claimants would challenge awards… if they could

New government research shows that hundreds of thousands more claimants of personal independence payment (PIP) would have taken further steps to challenge the results of their claims if the system had been less stressful and more accessible. The research, carried out for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) by Ipsos MORI, has cast

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A protester in a crime scene outfit crouches by a sign saying universal credit is a crime

August 23, 2018 0

DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’

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A disabled man who was unfairly found “fit for work”, and then saw his benefits slashed by almost £180 per month after he was forced onto the government’s new universal credit benefit system, is seeking justice in the high court. It is the latest in a series of legal cases that have been taken

Benefits and Poverty

August 9, 2018 0

DWP figures provide fresh evidence to explain PIP claim rejections

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New figures show that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants are questioning only a tiny proportion of the benefit assessment reports written by discredited government contractors Atos and Capita. Campaigners have been trying for months to secure evidence that would explain why such a high proportion of personal independence payment (PIP) claims

Benefits and Poverty

July 19, 2018 0

Watchdog’s ‘issues of concern’ over regulator’s treatment of PIP complaints

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A regulator has been told there are “issues of concern” about the way it deals with complaints against health and care professionals, including those who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) agreed in January to look at concerns about the way regulators deal with complaints about nurses, physiotherapists and paramedics

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June 28, 2018 0

‘Failing’ DWP announces ‘sixth review’ of benefit records after latest foul-ups

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks set to have to carry out six separate trawls through the records of disabled people unfairly deprived of benefits because of serious errors by senior civil servants. The minister for disabled people, Sarah Newton (pictured), told MPs this week that she was “pleased” that her department

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June 21, 2018 0

PIP announcement ‘shows replacing DLA was waste of time and money’

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The government’s decision to stop regular benefit reassessments for some people with “the most severe, lifelong conditions” shows that replacing disability living allowance (DLA) with personal independence payment (PIP) was a waste of time and money, it has been claimed. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, confirmed this week that claimants with such

Transport

June 14, 2018 0

Motability calls police about disabled woman who failed to return car

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A disabled woman who refused to return her Motability car after she lost her eligibility for disability benefits was threatened with arrest by police officers after the company reported the vehicle as stolen. Mary Jenkins* was approached by two police officers in the middle of a supermarket carpark on the Isle of Wight on

Benefits and Poverty

June 14, 2018 0

Atos assessor told gay man he was ‘defective’ and needed to be cured by God

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A doctor working for the government contractor Atos told a gay disabled man she was assessing for his entitlement to disability benefits that his sexuality meant he was “defective” and that God needed to fix him like a “broken” car. Atos was forced to pay Keith Morgan compensation after he was subjected to an

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June 14, 2018 0

DWP in disarray as fresh legal defeat could mean fourth trawl through its records

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks set to carry out a fourth major search through its records to find disabled people who have been unfairly deprived of benefits, following the latest in a series of damaging legal defeats. Today (Thursday), the high court ruled that DWP had unlawfully discriminated against two disabled

Benefits and Poverty

June 7, 2018 0

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’

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The government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability benefit assessments has been branded “appalling”, “shocking” and “a complete con”. The move has also been criticised by the Scottish government. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, told MPs in a written statement this week that she planned

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