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Benefits and Poverty

Anger over new Atos claims on ‘threats’

By John Pring on 13th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Anger over new Atos claims on ‘threats’
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Disabled activists have responded angrily to controversial claims made in evidence to MPs by three senior executives from the company that carries out the government’s “fitness for work” tests. They are furious that the Atos Healthcare executives were again attempting to […]

DWP spends £170,000 on consultants to help clear PIP chaos

By John Pring on 13th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

DWP spends £170,000 on consultants to help clear PIP chaos
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to spend £170,000 paying consultants to help clear up the mess caused by the chaotic implementation of its new disability benefit. The introduction last year of personal independence payment (PIP) – […]

Atos tender ‘misrepresentation’ is causing ‘confusion and anxiety’

By John Pring on 13th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Atos tender ‘misrepresentation’ is causing ‘confusion and anxiety’
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Disabled people are facing “confusion, anxiety and stress” because of the “misrepresentation” that helped a company to win a £184 million disability assessment contract, according to a Labour MP. The claims have been made by Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart, who has […]

Equality watchdog’s Tory peer challenged over benefits rhetoric

By John Pring on 13th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

Equality watchdog’s Tory peer challenged over benefits rhetoric
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The Tory peer who heads the equality watchdog’s disability committee has faced tough questions over whether the hostile rhetoric of his party’s ministers has helped to fuel hate crime. Lord [Chris] Holmes, a commissioner with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, […]

DWP figures suggest ministers will struggle to slash PIP spending

By John Pring on 6th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

DWP figures suggest ministers will struggle to slash PIP spending
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Plans to slash spending on disabled people’s social security are in disarray, after government figures appeared to show that its new personal independence payment (PIP) is easier to claim than disability living allowance (DLA), the benefit it is replacing. Chancellor George […]

Disabled grandparents vow to fight on over ‘bedroom tax’

By John Pring on 6th June 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Disabled grandparents vow to fight on over ‘bedroom tax’
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Two grandparents who care for their disabled grandson and have been hit by the “bedroom tax” are to continue their fight for justice, despite a high court defeat. Paul and Susan Rutherford, who are both disabled, care for 14-year-old Warren in […]

Confusion over ‘whistleblower’s’ shocking PIP claims

By John Pring on 30th May 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Confusion over ‘whistleblower’s’ shocking PIP claims
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The government and its contractor Atos Healthcare have strongly denied claims by an alleged whistleblower that civil servants ordered assessors to make it harder for disabled people to claim the coalition’s new disability benefit. Scores of disabled campaigners saw an email […]

Court dismisses DWP delaying tactics

By John Pring on 23rd May 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Court dismisses DWP delaying tactics
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Disabled activists have accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of “deplorable” behaviour, after it tried – and failed – to delay legal attempts to reduce the discriminatory impact of its controversial “fitness for work” test. A tribunal decided this […]

DWP denies fraud cover-up, but admits it never interviewed whistleblowers

By John Pring on 16th May 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Crime, News Archive

DWP denies fraud cover-up, but admits it never interviewed whistleblowers
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that it failed to interview two whistleblowers who made serious allegations of fraud by a private sector provider within the government’s specialist work programme for disabled people. DWP supposedly launched an investigation […]

Former DWP adviser tells MPs: ‘Fitness for work’ test needs radical surgery

By John Pring on 16th May 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Former DWP adviser tells MPs: ‘Fitness for work’ test needs radical surgery
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The former government adviser who carried out three independent reviews of the controversial work capability assessment (WCA) has told MPs that the test is “not working” and must be made more “humane”. Professor Malcolm Harrington also made a string of damaging […]

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