DWP ‘plans to move more benefits onto troubled universal credit IT platform’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been planning for years to move more…
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DWP’s links with accessible shopping day lead to boycott call
Disabled activists have called for a boycott of the UK’s first accessible shopping day because…
Minister says stopping benefit sanctions would do disabled people ‘a great disservice’
A minister has suggested that the government would be doing a “great disservice” to disabled…
DWP whistleblower from ESA helpline exposes ‘obscene’ system
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whistleblower has described how a “mismanaged” and under-funded…
Atos, Maximus and Capita forced to admit assessment failures
The three companies that carry out disability benefit assessments for the government have all been…
Labour conference: ‘We will rebuild social security solidarity’
Senior Labour figures have sent strong signals that the party will now be more willing…
‘Bizarre’ figures raise fears over ministers’ plans for ESA
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked new concerns after releasing “bizarre” figures…
Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’
Disabled people should prepare themselves for more cuts and further attacks on their rights over…
Anger after Reeves tells benefit claimants: ‘Labour is not for you’
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves has caused outrage among disabled activists after declaring…
Evidence mounts in case against government’s sanctions regime
Disturbing fresh evidence emerged this week that the government’s strict sanctions regime is harming the…