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Benefits and Poverty

Roy Bard in front of a banner saying 'Is There Justice Or Just Us?'

August 10, 2017 0

DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using lost appointment letters for face-to-face assessments as an excuse for turning down disabled people’s benefit claims, to help it cut spending on social security, it has been claimed. Concerns have been raised about both the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP) – which helps meet

Benefits and Poverty

Neil Coyle speaking during a committee evidence session

August 10, 2017 0

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies

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A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who assess disabled people for the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP). Disability News Service (DNS) has been investigating allegations that healthcare professionals working for government contractors Atos and Capita have been lying in their assessment

Education

August 10, 2017 0

Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’

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Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many disabled students from entering higher education, without knowing how much money it would save or how many young disabled people would be affected. The admission came in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request that sought to clarify the potential impact of

Benefits and Poverty

August 3, 2017 0

People living with HIV ‘have been failed by PIP’

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People with HIV have been failed by the government’s new disability benefit, according to new research. The research by the National AIDS Trust (NAT) found that only three-fifths of people living with HIV were found eligible for the new personal independence payment (PIP) after being reassessed. NAT says its research has confirmed long-standing fears

Benefits and Poverty

July 6, 2017 0

PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights

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More than half of those disabled people previously eligible for the Motability vehicle scheme have lost that eligibility after being reassessed for the government’s new disability benefit, according to a freedom of information response. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show fewer than half (about 126,000) of the 254,000 people previously receiving

Benefits and Poverty

June 7, 2017 0

PIP assessment lies and distortions exposed by double apology to claimant

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A disabled teacher has told how a government contractor apologised to him for a dishonest benefit assessment, and then had to apologise again after it ordered a replacement assessment which was even worse. He says his experience is a damning indictment of the assessment process introduced by the government for its new personal independence

Benefits and Poverty

The Queen talks to a bearded man in a wheelchair, with Motability vehicles behind them

April 27, 2017

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Minister announces new PIP flexibility on Motability… but no sign of scheme extension

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Disabled people hit by the government’s benefit reassessment programme will be able to keep their Motability vehicles for up to six months while they appeal against losing their eligibility, thanks to a new series of measures. The changes will help former claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) who lose their eligibility for the higher

Benefits and Poverty

April 27, 2017

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Nursing regulator finally clarifies stats on benefit assessment complaints

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The nursing regulator has finally clarified how many disabled people have lodged complaints about nurses who have carried out disability benefit assessments for government contractors. The figure produced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is its third attempt to produce accurate statistics on how many complaints it has received about the conduct of

Benefits and Poverty

Penny Mordaunt speaking in the House of Commons

March 23, 2017

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Nearly half of PIP reviews saw award cut, according to unpublished DWP figures

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Nearly half of disabled people subject to “planned reviews” of their eligibility for the government’s new disability benefit are having their existing award either cut or removed completely, according to new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS). The unpublished Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that the proportion of claimants of

Benefits and Poverty

Frank Field speaking at a session of the work and pensions committee

March 23, 2017

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PIP investigation: MPs expand search for evidence, but again sidestep dishonesty claims

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A committee of MPs is seeking fresh evidence about a disability benefit assessment process, but again appears to be trying to dodge concerns about dishonesty among the healthcare professionals who carry out the tests. Disability News Service (DNS) has provided the Commons work and pensions select committee with substantial evidence of widespread dishonesty among

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