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Benefits and Poverty

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
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Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and […]

Court orders second Jodey Whiting inquest to probe consequences of DWP’s actions

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court orders second Jodey Whiting inquest to probe consequences of DWP’s actions
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The appeal court has ordered a second inquest into a disabled woman’s suicide so that the “consequences” of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stopping the benefits of disabled people who rely on social security can be examined in public. […]

Labour ‘shares concerns’ about government’s work capability assessment plans

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour ‘shares concerns’ about government’s work capability assessment plans
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The Labour party has raised concerns about government plans to scrap the work capability assessment and give new “fitness for work” powers to work coaches in jobcentres. Disabled activists and disabled people’s organisations have already said they believe the reforms would […]

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’
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“Heartless” government reforms that will eventually scrap the “fitness for work” assessment “defy logic” and pose significant risks to sick and disabled people who cannot work, say activists who have fought for years to highlight the test’s fatal flaws. The decision […]

DWP white paper offers mix of ‘human catastrophe’ and overdue reforms

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP white paper offers mix of ‘human catastrophe’ and overdue reforms
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Nearly four years after announcing plans to reform support for disabled people, work and pensions ministers have published proposals for sweeping changes to disability benefits and employment support. Some of the proposals – including plans to scrap the work capability assessment […]

DWP figures show 600,000 could be missing out on disability benefits

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures show 600,000 could be missing out on disability benefits
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More than 600,000 disabled people could be missing out on thousands of pounds a year of disability benefits they are entitled to, according to new figures released by the minister for disabled people. They show that 632,000 people are receiving out-of-work […]

DLA ‘disallowances’ plummeted after death of Philippa Day, DWP figures show

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DLA ‘disallowances’ plummeted after death of Philippa Day, DWP figures show
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The number of people who had their disability benefits stopped for failing to return a reassessment form plummeted following the death of a young disabled mum in 2019, new figures have revealed. The figures show that, from 2016 to 2019, there […]

DWP backs down in legal case over release of secret death reports

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP backs down in legal case over release of secret death reports
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has backed down in its fight to hide recommendations made in 22 secret reports into the deaths of benefit claimants. Ministers had been told by the information commissioner to release the recommendations to Disability […]

Concern over DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to answer scores of key questions

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to answer scores of key questions
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Work and pensions ministers have refused to answer scores of questions from MPs on issues that are vital to disabled people, research by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. In the last six months, ministers have repeatedly argued that they cannot […]

Pursglove refuses to probe rapid rise in PIP ‘disallowances’

By John Pring on 23rd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Pursglove refuses to probe rapid rise in PIP ‘disallowances’
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The minister for disabled people has refused to investigate why the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The figures, released earlier […]

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