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Benefits and Poverty

February 1, 2018 0

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

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

Employment

Philip Connolly speaking at a conference

November 30, 2017 0

Industrial strategy is ‘not fit for purpose’ due to ‘missing chapter’

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The government’s new Industrial Strategy is “not fit for purpose” and has a “missing chapter” because of its failure to address the needs of disabled people, say campaigners. The strategy, published as a white paper on Monday (27 November), aims to set out the government’s “long-term vision for how Britain can build on its

Benefits and Poverty

November 16, 2017 0

Disabled woman takes DWP minister to court over PIP mental health changes

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A disabled woman is taking work and pensions secretary David Gauke to court over “unfair and discriminatory” changes that were made to a disability benefit. There was widespread anger earlier this year when Penny Mordaunt, minister for disabled people, announced new rules that made it harder for people in mental distress to secure mobility

Benefits and Poverty

November 16, 2017 0

Frustration over DWP’s response to PIP safety legal ruling

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that – despite a legal ruling – it can only pay disability benefit claimants a few months-worth of backdated payments, even if they have been missing out on the correct amount for years. Penny Mordaunt, the minister for disabled people, announced earlier this month that

Benefits and Poverty

November 9, 2017 0

Concern over government’s four-year delay on PIP ‘safety’

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Campaigners have asked why it took the government four years – and a tribunal judgement – to ensure that eligibility for a disability benefit takes proper account of whether a disabled person can carry out certain activities safely. Penny Mordaunt, the minister for disabled people, told MPs this week that as many as 10,000

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