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WCA death doctor: DWP put ‘immense pressure’ on Atos to find claimants fit for work

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WCA death doctor: DWP put ‘immense pressure’ on Atos to find claimants fit for work
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A company paid to assess disabled people’s fitness for work was put under “immense pressure” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to find claimants ineligible for out-of-work disability benefits, official records have revealed. DWP has insisted for years that […]

Civil servants ‘ashamed’ to work for DWP over ‘pig’s ear’ universal credit

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Civil servants ‘ashamed’ to work for DWP over ‘pig’s ear’ universal credit
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Civil servants described to colleagues how they were “ashamed” to work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because of the experiences of their own relatives when claiming universal credit, leaked documents have revealed. The thoughts of DWP civil servants […]

Shadow chancellor backs call for criminal investigation into Duncan Smith and Grayling

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Shadow chancellor backs call for criminal investigation into Duncan Smith and Grayling
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has joined disabled campaigners in backing calls for a criminal probe into the actions of former Tory ministers and senior civil servants, following the publication of a five-year investigation into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. The 12,000-word […]

Election 2019: McDonnell says Labour government will hold inquiry into DWP deaths

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election 2019: McDonnell says Labour government will hold inquiry into DWP deaths
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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has confirmed that a Labour government would set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private sector contractors. The […]

UK ‘one of worst in European Union on disability poverty’

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

UK ‘one of worst in European Union on disability poverty’
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The UK is one of the worst-performing countries in the European Union (EU) when it comes to protecting disabled people from poverty, according to official figures. The EU figures show that the UK is the 10th worst of the 28 EU […]

Seven Tory ministers for disabled people stay silent on UN’s international rights day

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Human Rights

Seven Tory ministers for disabled people stay silent on UN’s international rights day
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Not one of the seven ministers for disabled people who have served in the post since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 issued a message of support on social media on the UN’s international day of disabled people this week. […]

Less than 80 private sector firms achieve Disability Confident top level in three years

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Employment

Less than 80 private sector firms achieve Disability Confident top level in three years
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The government’s flagship disability employment scheme has managed to sign up less than 80 private sector employers in more than three years to its highest accreditation level, new research has found. When Disability Confident was relaunched in 2016, the scheme allowed […]

Election 2019: SNP manifesto manages just three mentions of disability

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: SNP manifesto manages just three mentions of disability
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The SNP’s general election manifesto includes just three mentions of disability or disabled people, and only one of those is related to a policy it would push for in the next parliament. Many policies that have a specific impact on disabled […]

Election 2019: Plaid Cymru manifesto pledges free social care for Wales

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Plaid Cymru manifesto pledges free social care for Wales
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Plaid Cymru is promising to push for free social care in Wales and to demand full control over universal credit, in its general election manifesto. One of the party’s five headline policies includes a pledge to offer free social care through […]

Disabled duo continue universal credit ‘injustice’ court fight

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled duo continue universal credit ‘injustice’ court fight
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Two disabled men have been forced to return yet again to the Royal Courts of Justice this week to fight what they say is the injustice caused by the government’s universal credit benefit system. The men, known as TP and AR […]

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WCA death doctor: DWP put ‘immense pressure’ on Atos to find claimants fit for work

Civil servants ‘ashamed’ to work for DWP over ‘pig’s ear’ universal credit

Shadow chancellor backs call for criminal investigation into Duncan Smith and Grayling

Election 2019: McDonnell says Labour government will hold inquiry into DWP deaths

UK ‘one of worst in European Union on disability poverty’

Seven Tory ministers for disabled people stay silent on UN’s international rights day

Less than 80 private sector firms achieve Disability Confident top level in three years

Election 2019: SNP manifesto manages just three mentions of disability

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Disabled duo continue universal credit ‘injustice’ court fight

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