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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 […]

Bedroom tax ‘is pushing disabled people in Wales into complete despair’

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

Bedroom tax ‘is pushing disabled people in Wales into complete despair’
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The “bedroom tax” is pushing disabled people in Wales into “complete despair”, according to the country’s leading disabled people’s organisation. Rhian Davies, chief executive of Disability Wales, spoke out after being accused by Harry Cole, a contributing editor to the right-wing […]

Large rise in PIP face-to-face assessments ‘has caused delays’

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

Large rise in PIP face-to-face assessments ‘has caused delays’
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Huge delays to applications for the government’s new disability benefit have been caused partly by far more disabled people than planned being forced to attend face-to-face assessments. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had intended that about three-quarters of claimants […]

Advisers outnumbered 600 to one by ESA claimants, say MPs

By John Pring on 31st January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Employment, News Archive

Advisers outnumbered 600 to one by ESA claimants, say MPs
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There are more than 600 claimants of out-of-work disability benefits to every specialist government employment adviser, according to a new report by a committee of MPs. The work and pensions select committee, which published the report into the effectiveness of Jobcentre […]

Reports show fall in number found ‘fit for work’

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

Reports show fall in number found ‘fit for work’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has given a guarded welcome to new figures that show a sharp fall in the proportion of disabled people who are turned down for out-of-work disability benefits. A second DWP report released on the […]

Council challenged over DLA in latest ‘bedroom tax’ court case

By John Pring on 24th January 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Housing, News Archive

Council challenged over DLA in latest ‘bedroom tax’ court case
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A disabled couple are challenging their council’s decision that their disability benefits must be taken into account when deciding the level of housing benefit they receive, in the latest legal challenge around the government’s controversial “bedroom tax”. Lawyers have been granted […]

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