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Benefits and Poverty

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise

By John Pring on 15th June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise
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The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its past failures and “appalling reputation”, after quietly announcing that it is changing the name of its disability benefit assessment arm. The company – blamed […]

PIP assessment lies and distortions exposed by double apology to claimant

By John Pring on 7th June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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A disabled teacher has told how a government contractor apologised to him for a dishonest benefit assessment, and then had to apologise again after it ordered a replacement assessment which was even worse. He says his experience is a damning indictment […]

Election 2017: Mordaunt dodges questions over ‘misleading’ WCA pledge

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election 2017: Mordaunt dodges questions over ‘misleading’ WCA pledge
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The Conservatives have refused to comment on an apparently misleading public pledge by the minister for disabled people that another Tory government would “dismantle” the work capability assessment. Penny Mordaunt was speaking at a disability hustings event in Westminster that was […]

BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules
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Appalled disabled activists have warned the British Medical Association (BMA) that it will be “complicit” in the future deaths of patients, after the doctors’ union refused to speak out about “very dangerous” new benefit rules affecting severely-ill claimants. Disability News Service […]

‘DWP’s flawed assessments and harassment’ forced woman into webcam sex work

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘DWP’s flawed assessments and harassment’ forced woman into webcam sex work
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A disabled grandmother has described how the flawed disability benefit assessment system and back-to-work harassment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) forced her into employment as a webcam sex worker. A*, who has had chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia for […]

Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity
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“Very dangerous” rules are forcing severely-ill people applying for the government’s new universal credit to look for jobs and take part in training, even though their GPs have said they are not fit for work, “horrified” disabled activists have warned. The […]

PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death

By John Pring on 18th May 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death
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The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven to kill herself by the anxiety caused by re-applying for the government’s new disability benefit has called for reform of the “barbaric” system. Diane Hullah, from east Kent, took her […]

DWP pilot failure on WCA ‘calls into question willingness to learn from suicides’

By John Pring on 18th May 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP pilot failure on WCA ‘calls into question willingness to learn from suicides’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have gone back on its promise to a tribunal to address a fatal flaw in its “fitness for work” test that has led to the deaths of multiple benefit claimants with mental […]

Lower benefit cap sees income slashed for more than 10,000 disabled people

By John Pring on 11th May 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lower benefit cap sees income slashed for more than 10,000 disabled people
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More than 10,000 disabled people have had their benefits slashed in just one month, after the government introduced a new, lower cap on the total benefits that any non-working household can receive. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures are […]

Election forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims

By John Pring on 4th May 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims
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Statements submitted to MPs have provided further evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments, but their inquiry has had to be abandoned because of the prime minister’s decision to call a general election. Despite its […]

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