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The Times has joined a long list of organisations and individuals that are ignoring the risks posed by cuts and reforms to the social security system for disabled people who rely on benefits to survive. The newspaper this week launched The […]
The Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary may finally have accepted that spending on social security is not “out of control”, just as her party says it wants to cut more than £36 billion a year from the “welfare” budget. The […]
A Tory shadow minister has said that accusing parents of “gaming the system” to secure support for their disabled children is “populist BS*”, just hours after his leader accused many disabled adults of doing exactly that when claiming benefits. The contrasting […]
The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson has pledged to do more to highlight that spending on social security is stable, so he can challenge right-wing politicians who claim it is spiralling out of control. Steve Darling told Disability News Service […]
The Labour government risks alienating voters if it ignores new research which shows the public strongly oppose cuts to spending on disability benefits, disabled people’s organisations warned the prime minister this week. Disabled activists are now set to brief MPs about […]
Political parties that have spent years calling for cuts to spending on disabled people’s benefits have stayed silent in response to new research which shows the public have ignored their rhetoric and strongly oppose any such reductions. The research shows that […]
The former Tory minister who wants to be chancellor in a Reform UK government has been unable to provide any evidence for his repeated claim that benefit claimants with mental ill-health are “gaming the system”. Robert Jenrick ignored government figures that […]
MPs have failed to question a minister on the continuing failure to introduce a legal duty for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to “safeguard” people who receive state benefits. The evidence session was reviewing progress by the department since […]
New figures have revealed that 50 secret investigations into the deaths of benefit claimants led to internal calls for improvements within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) last year. Another 25 DWP investigations into cases of claimants suffering serious harm […]
A flagship government scheme that links NHS therapy to employment advice is pushing disabled people who are in mental distress and not in work off the benefits that provide them with a vital income lifeline, new official research suggests. The study – […]