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Benefits and Poverty

July 6, 2017 0

PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights

More than half of those disabled people previously eligible for the Motability vehicle scheme have lost that eligibility after being reassessed for the government’s new disability benefit, according to a freedom of information response. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show fewer than half (about 126,000) of the 254,000 people previously receiving

Benefits and Poverty

June 22, 2017 0

Woman left in her own urine has benefits slashed after ‘dishonest’ assessment report

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A disabled woman left to sit in her own urine for two hours by a physiotherapist who was assessing her benefit claim has had her benefits slashed, after the assessor wrote a report she believes is full of “lies”. Disabled people were outraged last week after Maria Lane described the “inhuman” experience she endured

Benefits and Poverty

June 15, 2017 0

Woman ‘forced to sit in her own urine for two hours’ by PIP assessor

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A disabled women says she was left to sit in her own urine for nearly two hours after her plight was ignored by a healthcare professional carrying out a disability benefit assessment. Maria Lane has spoken up about the “devastating” experience she endured during her personal independence payment (PIP) assessment, in the hope that

Benefits and Poverty

June 7, 2017 0

PIP assessment lies and distortions exposed by double apology to claimant

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A disabled teacher has told how a government contractor apologised to him for a dishonest benefit assessment, and then had to apologise again after it ordered a replacement assessment which was even worse. He says his experience is a damning indictment of the assessment process introduced by the government for its new personal independence

Benefits and Poverty

June 1, 2017 0

‘DWP’s flawed assessments and harassment’ forced woman into webcam sex work

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A disabled grandmother has described how the flawed disability benefit assessment system and back-to-work harassment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) forced her into employment as a webcam sex worker. A*, who has had chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia for the last 10 years, has been left £25,000 in debt after having to

Politics

June 1, 2017 0

Election 2017: UKIP silence after manifesto confuses PIP assessment with WCA

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UKIP’s disability spokeswoman has refused to explain both how the party has managed to confuse two key disability benefits in its election manifesto, and – for the second election running – which parts of the UN disability convention it supports. UKIP’s manifesto includes a section titled “Ending the injustice of personal independence payments”, which

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Diane Hullah head and shoulders, smiling

May 18, 2017

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PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death

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The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven to kill herself by the anxiety caused by re-applying for the government’s new disability benefit has called for reform of the “barbaric” system. Diane Hullah, from east Kent, took her own life on 21 April, and her sister is convinced that she was

Benefits and Poverty

Outside view of the Houses of Parliament

May 4, 2017

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Election forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims

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Statements submitted to MPs have provided further evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments, but their inquiry has had to be abandoned because of the prime minister’s decision to call a general election. Despite its inquiry into the personal independence payment (PIP) assessment process having to be scrapped,

Benefits and Poverty

The Queen talks to a bearded man in a wheelchair, with Motability vehicles behind them

April 27, 2017

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Minister announces new PIP flexibility on Motability… but no sign of scheme extension

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Disabled people hit by the government’s benefit reassessment programme will be able to keep their Motability vehicles for up to six months while they appeal against losing their eligibility, thanks to a new series of measures. The changes will help former claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who lose their eligibility for the higher

Benefits and Poverty

April 27, 2017

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Nursing regulator finally clarifies stats on benefit assessment complaints

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The nursing regulator has finally clarified how many disabled people have lodged complaints about nurses who have carried out disability benefit assessments for government contractors. The figure produced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is its third attempt to produce accurate statistics on how many complaints it has received about the conduct of

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