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Benefits and Poverty

‘Isolated’ woman set for court action over PIP delays

By John Pring on 31st October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

‘Isolated’ woman set for court action over PIP delays
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A disabled woman left “financially and socially isolated” after waiting more than six months for her claim for the new disability benefit to be processed is taking legal action against the government. Ms C, from Kent, claims she is struggling to […]

Duncan Smith lies twice about disabled people’s support… in less than five minutes

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

Duncan Smith lies twice about disabled people’s support… in less than five minutes
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been caught lying twice in a television interview about the impact of his reforms on disabled people, even managing to contradict his own special adviser. Iain Duncan Smith has been a focus of […]

Incompetence, discrimination and ‘fraud’: the US company that could take over from Atos

By John Pring on 17th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Incompetence, discrimination and ‘fraud’: the US company that could take over from Atos
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A company with a “chilling” record of incompetence, discrimination and alleged fraud is in prime position to take over the new “fitness for work” contract from Atos Healthcare, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]

DWP contradicts its own position on benefit-related deaths… again

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

DWP contradicts its own position on benefit-related deaths… again
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked fresh anger after it finally admitted that it does carry out reviews into the deaths of some claimants of disability benefits. DWP had previously stated, in a Freedom of Information (FoI) Act […]

Life in the PIP queue: Fresh claims of chaos ahead

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

Life in the PIP queue: Fresh claims of chaos ahead
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Ministers are facing fears of fresh chaos in the system set up to administer their new disability benefit. One of the first claimants to be awarded the new personal independence payment (PIP) has warned that disabled people handed one-year awards could […]

Disabled asylum-seeker fends off government bid to make her homeless

By John Pring on 17th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Independent Living, News Archive

Disabled asylum-seeker fends off government bid to make her homeless
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A disabled asylum-seeker has successfully fought off a government attempt to evict her and leave her homeless. Wheelchair-user Manjeet Kaur was told by government contractors that she would be evicted from her home of three years in Whalley Range, Manchester, if […]

Liberal Democrat party conference: Ministers refuse to condemn Osborne

By John Pring on 10th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

Liberal Democrat party conference: Ministers refuse to condemn Osborne
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Two senior Liberal Democrat ministers have refused to criticise the Conservative chancellor for misleading voters about how he would protect disabled people from his planned benefits freeze. Both Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, and Steve Webb, the pensions minister, […]

Lib Dem minister casts doubt on DWP response on benefits deaths

By John Pring on 10th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

Lib Dem minister casts doubt on DWP response on benefits deaths
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A Liberal Democrat minister has cast doubt on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) claims that it does not collect or analyse accounts of disability benefit-related deaths. The comments of pensions minister Steve Webb at his party’s annual conference in Glasgow […]

Liberal Democrat party conference: Webb wants single assessment and less talk of fraud

By John Pring on 10th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

Liberal Democrat party conference: Webb wants single assessment and less talk of fraud
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A Liberal Democrat government would aim to reduce the stress caused to disabled people by multiple assessments, ensure ministers stop talking up the issue of benefit fraud, and provide more personalised, locally-based employment support. The party wants local authorities to be […]

Conservative party conference: Osborne ‘misled’ voters over benefits freeze

By John Pring on 3rd October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

Conservative party conference: Osborne ‘misled’ voters over benefits freeze
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The chancellor has been accused of misleading voters, after he pledged that disability benefits would not be affected by a two-year “freeze” on social security. George Osborne told a delighted Conservative party conference in Birmingham this week that working-age benefits would […]

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