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Universal credit protest as high court hears ‘discrimination’ case

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Universal credit protest as high court hears ‘discrimination’ case
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Disabled activists have protested outside the Royal Courts of Justice to draw attention to the continuing harm caused by universal credit, as the high court hears a legal challenge that aims to brand the government’s policy “irrational” and “discriminatory”. Members of […]

DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’
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A disabled man who was unfairly found “fit for work”, and then saw his benefits slashed by almost £180 per month after he was forced onto the government’s new universal credit benefit system, is seeking justice in the high court. It […]

McVey’s U-turn means DWP will pay at least £100 million more to disabled claimants

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

McVey’s U-turn means DWP will pay at least £100 million more to disabled claimants
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Disabled people will be paid more than £100 million extra in backdated benefits owed by the government, after a U-turn by work and pensions secretary Esther McVey on the eve of a court hearing. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]

Ministers forced into sickness benefit u-turn over ‘sanction fodder’ measure

By John Pring on 23rd March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers forced into sickness benefit u-turn over ‘sanction fodder’ measure
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Ministers have been forced to scrap a drastic change to benefit rules that meant seriously ill claimants found unfairly “fit for work” were no longer allowed to take an extended period of sickness absence, even if they had a sicknote from […]

Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Housing

Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges
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The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against disabled children, the court of appeal has ruled. The appeal court, which overturned a high court decision, was hearing the case of two disabled grandparents who care for their disabled grandson in an adapted […]

Evidence mounts in case against government’s sanctions regime

By John Pring on 23rd January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

Evidence mounts in case against government’s sanctions regime
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Disturbing fresh evidence emerged this week that the government’s strict sanctions regime is harming the health and well-being of many out-of-work sick and disabled people. A series of media reports and research publications, as well as an evidence session before MPs, […]

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