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Treasury hides documents that show equality impact of Sunak’s spring statement

By John Pring on 5th May 2022 Category: Politics

Treasury hides documents that show equality impact of Sunak’s spring statement
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The government is refusing to release information that would show the impact on disabled people and other equality groups of the chancellor’s spending decisions in March’s spring statement. Disabled people reacted with disbelief in March to the chancellor’s “cruel” decision to […]

Hostile assessment system needs fundamental overhaul, MPs are told

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Hostile assessment system needs fundamental overhaul, MPs are told
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Disabled leaders have told MPs that there needs to be a fundamental overhaul of the “hostile”, “harmful” and “traumatic” system that assesses disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Members of the Commons work and pensions committee heard that the work […]

Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA reassessments

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA reassessments
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Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat […]

Secret DWP report reveals unmet needs of disability benefit claimants

By John Pring on 10th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret DWP report reveals unmet needs of disability benefit claimants
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Many disabled people who receive disability benefits have been unable to afford essential living costs such as rent, heating or food, even before the current cost-of-living crisis, according to a report that ministers had fought to keep secret. A watered-down version […]

Coffey given one last chance to publish ‘unmet needs’ report

By John Pring on 22nd December 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey given one last chance to publish ‘unmet needs’ report
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has been given a “final chance” to release a report that found disabled benefit claimants had “unmet needs”, before MPs use their powers to publish it themselves. Stephen Timms, the Labour chair of the Commons […]

Overwhelming support for user-led commission’s new vision for social security

By John Pring on 14th October 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Overwhelming support for user-led commission’s new vision for social security
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Proposals by a user-led commission for sweeping reform of the social security system – including a new “extra costs” benefit for disabled people – have secured overwhelming support in a consultation exercise. More than 1,100 people responded to a draft plan […]

Watchdog says government has made zero progress on social security and rights

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog says government has made zero progress on social security and rights
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The UK government has made no progress in improving the way its social security system protects the rights of disabled people and other groups, according to a new assessment by the equality and human rights watchdog. In its assessment of progress […]

Minister rejects call for extra time to respond to controversial disability benefits proposals

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister rejects call for extra time to respond to controversial disability benefits proposals
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The minister for disabled people has ignored calls to give disabled people more time to respond to controversial proposals in his disability benefits green paper. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and allies have written an open letter to Justin Tomlinson, to warn […]

‘Deep concern’ over government’s disability benefits green paper

By John Pring on 30th July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Deep concern’ over government’s disability benefits green paper
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and others have raised serious concerns about suggestions that ministers want to cut future spending on disability benefits and merge personal independence payment with universal credit. The big disability charities have so far remained silent about the […]

Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future spending, says green paper

By John Pring on 22nd July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future spending, says green paper
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Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper has revealed. The health and disability green paper, Shaping Future Support, focuses on reforming […]

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