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DWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial

By John Pring on 17th August 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its promises not to harass a traumatised benefit claimant while he waits to give vital evidence in a child abuse trial. Last year, DWP publicly apologised – although not directly to David* […]

Recordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts

By John Pring on 10th August 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Recordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts
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A nurse failed to mention a disabled woman’s near-fatal asthma attacks, accidental overdoses and repeated blackouts, in one of the clearest examples yet of a dishonest benefits assessment report, secret recordings have revealed. A video recording of the assessment also shows […]

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies

By John Pring on 10th August 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies
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A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who assess disabled people for the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP). Disability News Service (DNS) has been investigating allegations that healthcare professionals […]

PIP investigation: 200 cases of dishonesty… and still DWP, Atos and Capita refuse to act

By John Pring on 3rd August 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: 200 cases of dishonesty… and still DWP, Atos and Capita refuse to act
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The government and its private sector contractors are refusing to investigate claims of widespread dishonesty in the benefits assessment industry, despite Disability News Service (DNS) collecting more than 200 such cases. The cases have been compiled during a DNS investigation into […]

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport
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Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the urgency of the social care crisis, as part of a week of action that will take place across the country, including a protest outside the Olympic Stadium. The highlight of […]

Woman left in her own urine has benefits slashed after ‘dishonest’ assessment report

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Woman left in her own urine has benefits slashed after ‘dishonest’ assessment report
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A disabled woman left to sit in her own urine for two hours by a physiotherapist who was assessing her benefit claim has had her benefits slashed, after the assessor wrote a report she believes is full of “lies”. Disabled people […]

Woman ‘forced to sit in her own urine for two hours’ by PIP assessor

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

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A disabled women says she was left to sit in her own urine for nearly two hours after her plight was ignored by a healthcare professional carrying out a disability benefit assessment. Maria Lane has spoken up about the “devastating” experience […]

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 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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