The minister for disabled people is facing calls to resign after posting a hostile and “dangerous” post on social media that warned benefit claimants his department would “track you down” and “bring you to justice”. Tom Pursglove and the Department for […]
Dr Jay Watts
NHS England’s StopSIM ‘betrayal’ is ‘ticking time bomb’ on co-production
Citizens Advice signed ‘gagging clause’ in exchange for £21 million from DWP
Citizens Advice signed gagging clause in return for share of £51m from DWP
‘Utterly disgraceful’ Public Health England refuses to warn councils of ESA suicide risk
Suicide prevention minister could be ‘legally compromised’ over silence on ESA risk
Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’
Improving Lives: Fears over strategy’s ‘unacceptable’ work and health links
Improving Lives: Ministers back down on ‘mandatory’ activity for ESA support group
Ministers have backed down – at least temporarily – from plans to force all sick and disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits to take part in compulsory work-related activity. There was an outcry among disabled campaigners last year when the government’s […]