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Disabled people are fighting back against government plans that will see more than £5 billion cut from spending on disability benefits, and which are set to push hundreds of thousands further into poverty. The Pathways to Work green paper, published on […]
A tiny detail in the disability benefits green paper that suggests the government will scrap a key protection for claimants at extreme risk of harm is a “nightmarish” demonstration of the bureaucratic violence being inflicted on disabled people, say activists. The […]
Four disabled people told MPs of the life-threatening risks that would be caused by proposed cuts to disability benefits, just a day before the government confirmed the “very, very dangerous” reforms. About 10 MPs from Labour, the SNP, the SDLP and […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a second misleading press release in consecutive weeks as it tries to trick the mainstream media into supporting its controversial cuts to disability benefits. This time, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall […]
Disabled activists – and a suspended Labour MP – have told campaigners that they can win the battle to force the government into a U-turn over its planned cuts to disability benefits. But they also warned the Disabled People Against Cuts […]
The Liberal Democrats have called for the “completely broken” Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to be scrapped and replaced with a new department that is “more supportive and inclusive” for benefit claimants. The call has come from Steve Darling, one […]
New research from disabled activists has shown the huge variety of ways in which mental health impairments can cause significant extra daily living costs, just as the government appears set to announce fresh cuts to disability benefits. The grassroots, user-led mental […]
A government report has provided crucial new evidence that links longer NHS waiting-lists with increases in the number of disabled people on benefits. The research shows that more than two-fifths (41 per cent) of disability benefit claimants are on a waiting-list […]
The government is hiding figures that would show how often its civil servants are making life-threatening errors when dealing with the benefit claims of disabled people, just as media reports suggest it is planning sweeping cuts and reforms. Last Friday, The […]
A disabled MP has warned the government that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “broken” and “not fit for purpose”, and that major changes to the social security system need to be co-designed with disabled people and benefit claimants. […]