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The new secretary of state for work and pensions appears to have postponed plans to publish a crucial white paper on disability benefits. The decision to delay the white paper is likely to be a result of the chaos within the […]
Disabled campaigners have criticised a Tory MP’s failure to co-operate with an investigation into claims that government contractors were carrying out covert attempts to trick benefit claimants. Dr Ben Spencer, the Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, told a minister in July how […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to abandon an investigation into claims that its contractors were carrying out covert attempts to trick benefit claimants, after the Tory MP who sparked the probe failed to co-operate. Dr Ben […]
By Tom McDonough A user-led organisation is empowering disabled people to take more control of their finances and speak up about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Merton Centre for Independent Living (Merton CIL) has begun encouraging people to speak out […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) unlawfully prevented the release of secret reports into the deaths of at least 20 benefit claimants, the information commissioner has ruled. The commissioner, John Edwards, has found that DWP breached the Freedom of Information […]
The new minister for disabled people has deleted a social media post in which she bragged about the millions of pounds being spent on her department’s new disability employment website. Claire Coutinho posted a tweet last week which included a video […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published figures that show how many universal credit claimants are being found “fit for work” through the work capability assessment process. They show that DWP is consistently finding more disabled people claiming […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) watered down key parts of a plan drawn up to prevent suicides and learn lessons from claimant deaths, while under the leadership of deputy prime minister Therese Coffey, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted repeatedly breaching the Equality Act, after a disabled man was left needing hospital treatment three times for suicidal thoughts caused by months of failures by universal credit advisers and jobcentres. A legal […]
Disabled people are being “forgotten and effectively abandoned”, forced to rely on foodbanks, and having to cut back on how much they eat, because of the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research by 15 disabled people’s organisations in Greater Manchester. Disabled […]