DWP and assessors fail to refer claimants at risk of harm to social services, research finds
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private sector contractors have been failing…
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DWP handed petition of 200,000 names on benefit assessment travel
A disabled woman has handed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) a petition of…
Capita closes PIP claim after woman complains about use of 25-year-old report
A disabled woman who raised concerns that her benefits assessment was set to be based…
DWP figures provide fresh evidence to explain PIP claim rejections
New figures show that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants are questioning only…
Watchdog’s ‘issues of concern’ over regulator’s treatment of PIP complaints
A regulator has been told there are “issues of concern” about the way it deals…
Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’
The government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability…
Confidentiality concerns over DWP’s pledge to videotape PIP assessments
Campaigners have raised serious concerns about government plans to video-record all face-to-face assessments for personal…
COMMENT: Seeking claimants to take legal cases over PIP dishonesty
UPDATE: BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PIP CLAIMANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH (MORE…
DWP figures suggest tens of thousands of PIP claims could have been decided on ‘unacceptable’ assessment reports
Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had their disability benefit claims decided on…
DWP agrees to record PIP assessments but response to MPs’ report still ‘falls far short’
The government has given a mixed response to a report by a committee of MPs…