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Benefits and Poverty

Penning in tangle after secret order is revealed

By John Pring on 28th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Penning in tangle after secret order is revealed
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was yet again mired in confusion today (27 February) after the minister for disabled people failed to tell MPs that he had called a halt to most repeat “fitness for work” tests. The decision […]

‘Bedroom tax five’ will fight on after ‘baffling’ appeal court defeat

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

‘Bedroom tax five’ will fight on after ‘baffling’ appeal court defeat
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Five disabled people who face losing their homes because of the much-criticised “bedroom tax” have vowed to fight on, after a “baffling” court of appeal ruling that the new housing benefit regulations are lawful. The court ruled today (21 February) that […]

Government figures provide strongest evidence yet of Atos bias

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Government figures provide strongest evidence yet of Atos bias
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New official figures show that the government contractor Atos Healthcare is 50 times more likely to recommend wrongly that someone is “fit for work” than it is to make an error in finding someone not fit for work. The government statistics […]

More than 100,000 disabled people had benefits ‘sanctioned’

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

More than 100,000 disabled people had benefits ‘sanctioned’
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More than 100,000 disabled people had their unemployment benefits removed in just one year as a punishment for not complying with strict new government rules, according to official figures. The figures show that 104,200 disabled claimants of jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) were […]

Tight lips among Atos staff as protesters tell them ‘enough is enough’

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Tight lips among Atos staff as protesters tell them ‘enough is enough’
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Staff working for the outsourcing giant Atos refused to comment this week as disabled activists protested outside their head office about the company’s involvement with the government’s “fitness for work” test. The protest near Euston station in London was one of […]

Whistles, ripples… and a giant inflatable rat, as Atos faces day of action

By John Pring on 21st February 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Whistles, ripples… and a giant inflatable rat, as Atos faces day of action
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Activists have staged demonstrations at scores of locations across the country to highlight how a government contractor has “humiliated” disabled benefits claimants, and to call for the abolition of the “fitness for work” test. The national day of action saw an […]

Doctor recruitment crisis leaves Atos begging for help

By John Pring on 14th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Doctor recruitment crisis leaves Atos begging for help
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The much-criticised government contractor Atos Healthcare is openly blaming a shortage of doctors willing to work for the company for causing lengthy delays in assessing disabled people for their “fitness for work”. The recruitment crisis is now so severe that staff […]

First PIP figures ‘confirm reports of lengthy delays’

By John Pring on 14th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

First PIP figures ‘confirm reports of lengthy delays’
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The government’s first official figures on its new disability benefit appear to confirm anecdotal evidence about lengthy delays with claims, and how strictly the new eligibility criteria are being applied. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) report says that only […]

Ministers give no ground as MPs call for ‘bedroom tax’ exemptions

By John Pring on 14th February 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Housing, News Archive, Politics

Ministers give no ground as MPs call for ‘bedroom tax’ exemptions
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Two Conservative ministers have refused to consider exempting disabled people from the “bedroom tax”, despite new research that suggests many are facing eviction from their homes. Lord Freud, the welfare reform minister, and Kris Hopkins, the housing minister, were giving evidence […]

Tens of thousands face magistrates over council tax demands

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

Tens of thousands face magistrates over council tax demands
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Tens of thousands of disabled people across England have been ordered to appear before magistrates because they are in council tax arrears following changes introduced by the government, figures obtained by the Labour party suggest. The estimates are based on responses […]

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