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Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard
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Disabled people have told MPs how they have been hit particularly hard by the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the benefits system. The Commons work and pensions committee carried out a survey of benefit claimants as part of an inquiry […]

Coronavirus round-up: European concerns, a Commonwealth statement and ROFA

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus round-up: European concerns, a Commonwealth statement and ROFA
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The European Disability Forum (EDF) has raised concerns that segregated residential institutions for disabled people across Europe are becoming “hotbeds of infection and abuse” during the coronavirus pandemic. EDF said the institutions face a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for […]

Coronavirus: Disabled woman fears benefits could be stripped while she fights COVID-19

By John Pring on 26th March 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled woman fears benefits could be stripped while she fights COVID-19
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to say whether it could strip out-of-work benefits from disabled people who are fighting coronavirus while trying to meet strict deadlines for assessment of their eligibility. DWP’s refusal to clarify the situation […]

DWP’s silence over drug misuse death of PIP claimant, despite coroner’s letter

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s silence over drug misuse death of PIP claimant, despite coroner’s letter
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A coroner told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent steps to prevent further deaths after a disabled man with a history of drug misuse died two months after receiving a huge back-payment in disability benefits. It is […]

News round-up: DWP phone pressure, Grenfell, Letwin… and Crip Camp

By John Pring on 5th March 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

News round-up: DWP phone pressure, Grenfell, Letwin… and Crip Camp
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A new investigation has revealed that disabled benefit claimants are being pressured on the phone to accept thousands of pounds less than they are owed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The investigation by the Guardian’s Frances Ryan claims […]

DWP silence after PIP success rate plunges by a fifth in just a year

By John Pring on 19th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silence after PIP success rate plunges by a fifth in just a year
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The likelihood of being awarded the government’s new disability benefit has plunged by more than a fifth in just a year, official figures have revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures, released the day after the election, show that […]

OECD figures expose DWP claims of disability spending ‘generosity’

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

OECD figures expose DWP claims of disability spending ‘generosity’
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Repeated claims by the government that the UK is one of the most generous major economies in the world when it comes to spending on disabled people have been exposed as highly misleading by official figures. The Department for Work and […]

DPAC warns Labour to rethink support for universal basic income

By John Pring on 31st January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DPAC warns Labour to rethink support for universal basic income
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Campaigners are warning the Labour party to rethink its support for a radical new benefit system because of risks that its introduction would further isolate and impoverish disabled people. In a new report, UBI: Solution or Illusion? The Implications of Universal […]

Police force admits passing footage of disabled protesters to DWP

By John Pring on 20th December 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Police force admits passing footage of disabled protesters to DWP
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A police force has admitted passing video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week that forces including Lancashire police had been accused of repeatedly targeting […]

PIP announcement should mean more claimants are spared reassessments

By John Pring on 13th December 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP announcement should mean more claimants are spared reassessments
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Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has announced measures that should mean fewer disabled people are forced to undergo unnecessary benefit reassessments. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, announced in June that new claimants of personal independence payment (PIP) with […]

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