A company that used the online marketplace eBay to advertise a “vile” car bumper sticker that suggested disabled people were faking their impairments has been forced to apologise and withdraw it from sale. The £2.50 sticker featured the traditional wheelchair symbol, […]
Disability Rights UK
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DWP shortcuts to reduce PIP delays ‘have made it easier to reject claims’
Short-cuts introduced to reduce the backlog of applications for the government’s new disability benefit have made it easier to reject claims, according to the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff. The union’s evidence suggests that efforts to […]