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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 […]
Work and pensions ministers have refused to answer scores of questions from MPs on issues that are vital to disabled people, research by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. In the last six months, ministers have repeatedly argued that they cannot […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to investigate why the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The figures, released earlier […]
A minister has been told to carry out an urgent investigation after the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The […]
Contractors likely to be bidding for new five-year contracts to test eligibility for disability benefits are still producing a “shockingly high” number of sub-standard assessment reports, nine years after they first won contracts to carry them out. An audit of assessment […]
The minister for disabled people and the work and pensions secretary have both failed to sign up to their department’s discredited disability employment scheme, Disability Confident. The latest update to Disability Confident membership shows that neither Tom Pursglove nor Mel Stride […]
The new minister for disabled people failed to send a message of support on the UN’s international day of disabled people… although he did find time to publish a post about Small Business Saturday. The two events took place on the […]
The new minister for disabled people has been ridiculed for claiming the government has a record of providing “global leadership on disability inclusion”, six years after it was found guilty of “grave” and “systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. Tom […]
The new disability minister has failed to express any concern over figures showing Access to Work waiting-times have almost doubled, while more than 20,000 people have been waiting over six months for a decision on their disability benefit claims. Tom Pursglove […]
The new secretary of state for work and pensions appears to have postponed plans to publish a crucial white paper on disability benefits. The decision to delay the white paper is likely to be a result of the chaos within the […]