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Benefits and Poverty

Tory conference: Search is on to find seven Tory MPs to rebel over WRAG cut

By John Pring on 9th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory conference: Search is on to find seven Tory MPs to rebel over WRAG cut
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Charity campaigners are calling for disabled people to support their search for just seven Tory MPs willing to rebel against their government and so defeat plans for “appalling” cuts to out-of-work disability benefits. Several of the disability and health charities at […]

Disability Rights UK wins contract to teach equality to Maximus

By John Pring on 2nd October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disability Rights UK wins contract to teach equality to Maximus
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A national disabled people’s organisation is to provide disability equality training workshops to staff from the controversial US-owned company that won the government contract to assess people’s “fitness for work”. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) will provide training to about 1 […]

Labour conference: ‘We will rebuild social security solidarity’

By John Pring on 2nd October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour conference: ‘We will rebuild social security solidarity’
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Senior Labour figures have sent strong signals that the party will now be more willing to stand up for benefit claimants and attack the government welfare reforms that have damaged the lives of disabled people. The most high-profile example during this […]

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants
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Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if a former surgeon whose flawed assessment of a disabled man helped trigger his suicide is still testing people with mental health conditions for their eligibility for disability benefits. Disability News Service […]

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports
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The chief coroner of England and Wales has refused to act after it emerged that only one coroner has written an official report warning that lives could be put at risk by the government’s “fitness for work” test. Disability News Service […]

PIP man cannot reach hospital for cancer x-rays after loss of Motability car

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP man cannot reach hospital for cancer x-rays after loss of Motability car
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A disabled man who lost a leg to bone cancer says he has been left unable to travel to hospital for vital x-rays, after crucial evidence was ignored by an assessor testing his eligibility for the new disability benefit. Tom Carter […]

Coroner’s ‘ground-breaking’ verdict: Suicide was ‘triggered’ by ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring on 18th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner’s ‘ground-breaking’ verdict: Suicide was ‘triggered’ by ‘fit for work’ test
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A coroner has demanded that the government takes action to prevent future deaths of disability benefit claimants, after concluding in a “ground-breaking” inquest verdict that a disabled man killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit for work”. It […]

Teenager killed himself hours after Wonga cleared out his bank account

By John Pring on 18th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Teenager killed himself hours after Wonga cleared out his bank account
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A disabled teenager killed himself on the same day that pay-day loans company Wonga cleared out his bank account, leaving him without a single penny to survive on. Kane Sparham-Price, who had “numerous problems including those connected with his mental health”, […]

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work” test championed by successive Labour, coalition and Conservative governments, but there are fears that its replacement could prove even more damaging to disabled people. Duncan Smith […]

Long-awaited deaths stats ‘do not tell the whole story’

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Long-awaited deaths stats ‘do not tell the whole story’
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The long-delayed release of government figures on the deaths of benefit claimants has added fuel to years of concerns about the impact of aggressive welfare reform on sick and disabled people. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released two sets […]

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