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Coffey has no Disability Confidence in her own scheme, DWP list suggests

By John Pring on 5th March 2020 Category: Employment

Coffey has no Disability Confidence in her own scheme, DWP list suggests
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey appears to have failed to sign up to her own department’s flagship disability employment scheme, despite employing staff herself in her role as an MP. Coffey (pictured) has been in post since last September and […]

Tory conference: Government side-lines working-age social care… again

By John Pring on 4th October 2018 Category: Independent Living

Tory conference: Government side-lines working-age social care… again
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The health and social care secretary has side-lined the support needs of working-age disabled people while announcing new funds for the social care system at this week’s Conservative party conference. Matt Hancock announced an extra £240 million for local authorities to […]

Damian Green caught exaggerating disability benefits spending in PMQs

By John Pring on 30th November 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Damian Green caught exaggerating disability benefits spending in PMQs
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The first secretary of state has been caught exaggerating the government’s spending on disability benefits while standing in for Theresa May at prime minister’s questions. Damian Green (pictured), who was work and pensions secretary until earlier this year, is already facing […]

Government’s social care plans side-line needs of working-age people

By John Pring on 23rd November 2017 Category: Independent Living

Government’s social care plans side-line needs of working-age people
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The government has announced plans for a social care green paper that side-line both the needs of working-age disabled people and their user-led organisations, say frustrated campaigners. Damian Green, the first secretary of state, said the government would publish a much-delayed […]

PIP investigation: MPs warn of ‘broken’ system and distressed claimants

By John Pring on 16th March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: MPs warn of ‘broken’ system and distressed claimants
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MPs from across the House of Commons have raised fresh concerns about the assessment process for the government’s new disability benefit. Work and pensions secretary Damian Green faced further questioning about the personal independence payment (PIP) system yesterday (Wednesday), following his […]

Billions of pounds of PIP cuts ‘will put lives at risk’

By John Pring on 2nd March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Billions of pounds of PIP cuts ‘will put lives at risk’
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The announcement of billions of pounds of cuts to the government’s new disability benefit is a discriminatory attack on people with mental health problems, will push many of them further into poverty and isolation, and will put lives at risk, say […]

Damian Green faces fresh accusations of misleading MPs over disability benefits

By John Pring on 17th November 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Damian Green faces fresh accusations of misleading MPs over disability benefits
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The work and pensions secretary is facing accusations that he misled MPs about his government’s disability benefit reforms for the second time in a month. Damian Green was responding to an urgent question about last week’s Supreme Court ruling that the […]

Green refuses three times to apologise to Scotland for harm of benefit reforms

By John Pring on 10th November 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Green refuses three times to apologise to Scotland for harm of benefit reforms
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The work and pensions secretary Damian Green has refused three times to apologise or even acknowledge the distress and harm caused by his government’s welfare reforms and cuts, during an appearance before MSPs. Green became the first work and pensions secretary […]

Ministers set to force work-related activity on everyone in ESA support group

By John Pring on 3rd November 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers set to force work-related activity on everyone in ESA support group
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The Department for Work and Pensions is considering forcing all sick and disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits to take part in “mandatory” activity, its new green paper has revealed. The suggestion of compulsory activity is revealed in a single line […]

Ministerial duo face questions after misleading MPs over PIP

By John Pring on 20th October 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministerial duo face questions after misleading MPs over PIP
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Two ministers have refused to apologise after they both misled MPs about the impact of the government’s new disability benefit on disabled people. In the space of just 20 minutes, work and pensions secretary Damian Green and minister for disabled people […]

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