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Trio of disabled women shame DWP with parliamentary call for action on safety

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trio of disabled women shame DWP with parliamentary call for action on safety
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Three disabled women whose relatives have died because of failings by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have told a parliamentary meeting of the need for urgent safety improvements to the social security system. Imogen Day, Alison Burton and Joy […]

PIP backlog has more than trebled in five years

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP backlog has more than trebled in five years
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New figures have shown how the backlog of disabled people waiting for a personal independence payment (PIP) assessment has more than trebled in the last five years. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures, secured by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Information commissioner orders DWP to release safeguarding review findings

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Information commissioner orders DWP to release safeguarding review findings
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The information commissioner has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release the results of a review of its safeguarding procedures, which it has been trying to keep secret for the last two years. The existence of the review […]

Hundreds of disabled parents lose out over universal credit ‘financial blackmail’

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Hundreds of disabled parents lose out over universal credit ‘financial blackmail’
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The government has been discriminating against hundreds of disabled parents who have been told they cannot claim vital financial support for their babies’ nutrition unless they transfer onto universal credit, NHS figures have revealed. Disability News Service (DNS) has obtained the […]

Citizens Advice silent over DWP gagging clause in £21 million agreement

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Citizens Advice silent over DWP gagging clause in £21 million agreement
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Two national advice charities have refused to say if agreements they signed with the government to provide support to universal credit claimants contain gagging clauses that might prevent them publicly criticising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). DWP announced in […]

Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA reassessments

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA reassessments
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Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat […]

Appeal hopes follow anger at universal credit £20 uplift court defeat

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Appeal hopes follow anger at universal credit £20 uplift court defeat
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Disabled people have spoken of their anger and frustration after a judge ruled that ministers behaved lawfully when failing to offer recipients of so-called legacy benefits the same £20-a-week increase given to people on universal credit during the pandemic. The long-awaited […]

DWP snubs coroner’s call for change after severely-ill patient was told to visit jobcentre

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP snubs coroner’s call for change after severely-ill patient was told to visit jobcentre
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to “make any changes”, despite admitting that a disabled patient was told to leave hospital to visit a jobcentre when he was severely ill with a condition that later killed him. The […]

Mystery deepens as DWP sends DNS 80 pages of redacted emails

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mystery deepens as DWP sends DNS 80 pages of redacted emails
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sent 80 pages of emails that have been almost entirely blacked out to Disability News Service (DNS), in a bid to avoid complying with its legal duty to release information about DNS editor […]

EHRC faces questions over failure to act on DWP benefit deaths

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

EHRC faces questions over failure to act on DWP benefit deaths
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Disabled activists have asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) why it is still failing to act over links between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) and […]

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