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Benefits and Poverty

Three firms of solicitors working with disabled people on possible benefit cuts legal cases

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Three firms of solicitors working with disabled people on possible benefit cuts legal cases
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At least three legal firms are examining ways in which they could support disabled people and their organisations to challenge some of the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits in the courts. Public Law Project (PLP), Leigh Day and Bhatt Murphy […]

Starmer faces disabled people’s fears as senior MPs quiz him over benefit cuts

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Starmer faces disabled people’s fears as senior MPs quiz him over benefit cuts
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The prime minister has been forced to face the fears of disabled people who are unable to work and have been left feeling “full of panic” and “physically sick” at the thought of benefit cuts that could leave future claimants £3,000 […]

Tory councillors silent over death of disabled man whose PIP was stopped, as council refers case for possible review

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory councillors silent over death of disabled man whose PIP was stopped, as council refers case for possible review
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Conservative councillors responsible for housing, social care, public health and safeguarding have all refused to comment on the death of a disabled man who was found dead in distressing conditions after the wrongful removal of his disability benefits. David*, from Salisbury, […]

PIP review failures were ‘significant’ factor in disabled woman’s suicide, says ombudsman… as Labour prepares £4.5 billion cuts

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP review failures were ‘significant’ factor in disabled woman’s suicide, says ombudsman… as Labour prepares £4.5 billion cuts
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A widower has said he will never forgive the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for its failings in dealing with his wife’s disability benefits, after an ombudsman ruled those failures were a “significant contributing factor” in her suicide. His wife’s […]

Chancellor raises worrying questions over PIP cuts as she suggests reassessments will open door to work support

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Chancellor raises worrying questions over PIP cuts as she suggests reassessments will open door to work support
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The chancellor has raised worrying questions about the government’s planned cuts to personal independence payment (PIP), after she repeatedly linked the disability benefit to employment when giving evidence to a committee of MPs. Rachel Reeves was being questioned by MPs on […]

Senior Labour MP calls for urgent safeguarding action after ‘harrowing’ account of PIP review tragedy

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Senior Labour MP calls for urgent safeguarding action after ‘harrowing’ account of PIP review tragedy
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An influential Labour MP has called on her government to take urgent action to safeguard benefit claimants, after a disabled man was found dead in distressing conditions weeks after the wrongful removal of his disability benefits. It is believed that David*, […]

Disabled man dies in poverty and squalor after DWP removes his benefits, just as Labour cuts PIP by £4.5bn

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled man dies in poverty and squalor after DWP removes his benefits, just as Labour cuts PIP by £4.5bn
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The body of a disabled man was found in his flat in distressing, squalid conditions, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly removed his disability benefits because he had failed to return a claim form. His sister, […]

Labour’s cuts to PIP will drag a quarter of a million people into absolute poverty, DWP figures show

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s cuts to PIP will drag a quarter of a million people into absolute poverty, DWP figures show
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The government’s decision to tighten eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP) will drag a quarter of a million working-age people into absolute poverty* by 2030, official documents have revealed. Although the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has for some reason […]

DWP make tens of thousands of life-threatening errors, while planning more interaction with disabled claimants

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP make tens of thousands of life-threatening errors, while planning more interaction with disabled claimants
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff are making tens of thousands of potentially fatal errors every month when dealing with disabled people’s universal credit claims, just as the department prepares to increase its level of interaction with claimants. Last week’s […]

DWP cannot say how many disabled people it is sanctioning, despite plans for conditions on many more claimants

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP cannot say how many disabled people it is sanctioning, despite plans for conditions on many more claimants
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted it has no figures to show how many disabled people who cannot work are having their benefits “sanctioned”, just as the government announced reforms that will expose many more to strict conditions. […]

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