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Bedroom tax ‘is pushing disabled people in Wales into complete despair’

By John Pring on 7th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Bedroom tax ‘is pushing disabled people in Wales into complete despair’
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The “bedroom tax” is pushing disabled people in Wales into “complete despair”, according to the country’s leading disabled people’s organisation. Rhian Davies, chief executive of Disability Wales, spoke out after being accused by Harry Cole, a contributing editor to the right-wing […]

Large rise in PIP face-to-face assessments ‘has caused delays’

By John Pring on 7th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Large rise in PIP face-to-face assessments ‘has caused delays’
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Huge delays to applications for the government’s new disability benefit have been caused partly by far more disabled people than planned being forced to attend face-to-face assessments. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had intended that about three-quarters of claimants […]

Advisers outnumbered 600 to one by ESA claimants, say MPs

By John Pring on 31st January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Employment, News Archive

Advisers outnumbered 600 to one by ESA claimants, say MPs
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There are more than 600 claimants of out-of-work disability benefits to every specialist government employment adviser, according to a new report by a committee of MPs. The work and pensions select committee, which published the report into the effectiveness of Jobcentre […]

Reports show fall in number found ‘fit for work’

By John Pring on 24th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Reports show fall in number found ‘fit for work’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has given a guarded welcome to new figures that show a sharp fall in the proportion of disabled people who are turned down for out-of-work disability benefits. A second DWP report released on the […]

Council challenged over DLA in latest ‘bedroom tax’ court case

By John Pring on 24th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Housing, News Archive

Council challenged over DLA in latest ‘bedroom tax’ court case
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A disabled couple are challenging their council’s decision that their disability benefits must be taken into account when deciding the level of housing benefit they receive, in the latest legal challenge around the government’s controversial “bedroom tax”. Lawyers have been granted […]

DWP declares ‘business as usual’, despite appeal court ruling

By John Pring on 17th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP declares ‘business as usual’, despite appeal court ruling
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has caused outrage after telling senior civil servants that it was “business as usual”, despite the court of appeal ruling that its “fitness for work” test discriminated against many disabled people. The court ruled […]

‘Shocking’ PIP figure raises new Motability concerns

By John Pring on 17th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

‘Shocking’ PIP figure raises new Motability concerns
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The number of disabled people eligible for a Motability vehicle solely on the grounds of a physical impairment could be set to plunge to just one-third of its current level within four years, government figures suggest. The new concerns emerged after […]

Disabled woman ‘left in coma by welfare reforms’

By John Pring on 17th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

Disabled woman ‘left in coma by welfare reforms’
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A disabled woman has been left in a coma, apparently as a direct result of the government’s welfare reforms, MPs heard this week. Sheila Holt was among disabled people whose cases were used by Labour MPs to show the need for […]

MPs tell of six-month PIP delays

By John Pring on 17th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

MPs tell of six-month PIP delays
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People applying for the government’s new disability benefit are facing delays of more than six months, according to a disabled Labour MP. Dame Anne Begg, who chairs the Commons work and pensions committee, said she was receiving emails from people who […]

‘Unacceptable’ ruling on ‘bedroom tax’ set for court of appeal

By John Pring on 10th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

‘Unacceptable’ ruling on ‘bedroom tax’ set for court of appeal
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Five disabled people who face losing their homes because of the government’s much-criticised “bedroom tax” will ask the court of appeal later this month to rule that the policy discriminates against them. The five lost their high court case against the […]

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