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Independent Living

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March 8, 2018 0

‘Extraordinary’ government response to question over social care progress

The government has failed to set up a single committee involving experts from outside the two departments examining the future of working-age social care, nearly four months after the programme of work was announced. On 16 November, Damian Green, at the time the work and pensions secretary, announced that the government would publish a

Employment

Philip Connolly speaking at a conference

March 1, 2018 0

Absence of stats ‘is killer blow to government’s disability employment pledge’

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The failure to provide up-to-date figures showing how many disabled people are in work is a “killer blow” to the government’s pledge to move one million more disabled people into work by 2027, say campaigners. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has failed to publish figures on how many disabled people were in employment

Benefits and Poverty

February 15, 2018 0

Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings

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Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit assessments, which they say highlights “serious multiple failures”, but many believe it should have done more to highlight the serious “preventable harm” caused by the system. The report by the Commons work and pensions committee concludes that there is a “pervasive culture of

Benefits and Poverty

February 8, 2018 0

‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit reviews. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, announced last week that DWP would review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims to

Benefits and Poverty

February 1, 2018 0

DWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no disabled people will have their benefits reduced because of its decision to review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims. The review follows last month’s decision by the new work and pensions secretary, Esther McVey, that she would not appeal a court ruling

Employment

Sarah Newton speaking in the House of Commons

January 18, 2018 0

Newton dodges questions on government’s disability record by pulling out of meeting

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The minister for disabled people pulled out of a meeting with MPs, peers and disabled campaigners, days after agreeing to be questioned about her government’s disability employment strategy. Sarah Newton had promised to attend this week’s meeting of the all-party parliamentary group for disability (APPGD) to discuss Improving Lives, her government’s new work, health

Independent Living

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January 18, 2018 0

DRILL funding paves the way for personal budget co-operatives

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Five user-led organisations have secured £150,000 for a research project that will set up what it is believed will be the UK’s first cooperatives for disabled people who receive care funding through personal budgets. The project, led by Cheshire Centre for Independent Living, aims to work with disabled people who receive personal care or

Employment

December 7, 2017 0

Improving Lives: Government considers financial incentives for employers

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The government is considering offering financial incentives to employers to persuade them to recruit more disabled employees, as part of a 10-year strategy to secure jobs for one million more disabled people by 2027. The long-awaited Improving Lives strategy includes proposals across social security, the workplace and healthcare, in response to a consultation that

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