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New government figures show nearly 23,000 disabled people have failed to “migrate” from employment and support allowance to universal credit and have had their benefit claims closed, raising concerns over whether many of them have been left destitute. Disabled campaigners warned […]
The government included a bill to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in yesterday’s king’s speech, but it also signalled a delay to any plans for further cuts to disability benefits. The education for all bill follows the […]
The Labour chair of the Commons committee that is supposed to hold the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account has refused to criticise ministers who misled parliament about a cut to the Access to Work scheme. Disability News Service […]
Self-employed disabled people are waiting nearly two years for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to even begin working on their Access to Work application if they are seen as a “non-priority” case, new figures have confirmed. The figures, obtained […]
The government should halt its cuts and reforms to Access to Work and commission new research to show exactly how important the scheme is to the disabled people who rely on it to stay working, according to a new report. The […]
The government’s social security advisers have refused to criticise ministers or take any action after official documents proved that “right to try” reforms at the heart of Labour’s “landmark” plans to push more disabled people into employment were “worthless”. Disability News […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted in a secret paper that the cumulative effect of multiple errors or “inaction” on benefit claims caused situations to “spiral out of control for vulnerable customers” and even led to their deaths. DWP […]
A new Department for Work and Pensions overpayments scandal could be brewing, after a series of reports that disabled people receiving certain benefits are being overpaid universal credit. Disabled researcher and campaigner Caroline Richardson has been made aware of multiple cases […]
The government has secretly imposed a “stealth” real-terms cut to the maximum amount disabled people can receive through the Access to Work disability employment scheme. The cut is most likely to impact disabled people with high communication support needs, particularly Deaf […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release a secret internal report that is likely to expose the flaws and failings at the heart of its under-fire Access to Work disability employment scheme. It is the department’s latest […]