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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The minister for disabled people is refusing to apologise to MPs for misleading them about a report by a UN human rights expert on the UK’s record on causing and addressing extreme poverty. Professor Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on […]
Disabled people who need to receive letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in alternative formats have been facing lengthy delays with their benefit claims, apparently because of a dispute between DWP and private sector contractors. It has been […]
An award-winning disabled poet, performer and stand-up is hoping that her new show – based on more than 80 interviews with disabled and working-class people and benefit claimants – will provide an antidote to reality TV “rubbish” like Benefits Street. Jackie […]