PIP announcement should mean more claimants are spared reassessments
Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has announced measures that should mean fewer disabled people…
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UN poverty report: Newton refuses to apologise for misleading MPs about report
The minister for disabled people is refusing to apologise to MPs for misleading them about…
‘Chaotic’ universal credit led to disabled man’s death, sister tells UN poverty expert
A UN expert has heard how a man with learning difficulties died a month after…
Atos threatens to call police after claimant questions PIP assessor’s mental health training
Staff working for a discredited benefit assessments contractor threatened to call the police after a…
DWP ignores concerns from disabled people who shun activity over benefit fraud fears
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to offer a solution to disabled…
Tory conference: Newton admits DWP needs to improve
The minister for disabled people has admitted that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
DWP ‘dispute with contractor’ led to ‘months of delays’ with alternative format letters
Disabled people who need to receive letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
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)…
DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’
A disabled man who was unfairly found “fit for work”, and then saw his benefits…
DWP figures provide fresh evidence to explain PIP claim rejections
New figures show that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants are questioning only…