The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to pay back as much as £150 million owed to disabled people as a result of botched efforts to move them onto the new employment and support allowance (ESA). The National Audit […]
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Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’
The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work (AtW) payments does not go far enough, and its “discriminatory” cap must be scrapped completely, according to disabled campaigners. They spoke out after a partial U-turn on the AtW cap […]
DWP ‘hides impact of changes to ESA guidance that risked lives of thousands’
The government appears to be trying to hide information that could show the impact of major changes to “fitness for work” guidance that risked the lives of thousands of disabled benefit claimants. It is the second time this month that the […]
‘Deeply troubling’ post-2010 fall in older people claiming disability benefit, analysis shows
The shadow minister for disabled people has called for an urgent investigation into a fall of more than 22 per cent in the proportion of older people receiving a disability benefit designed to help them with their daily living costs. New […]
DWP ignores freedom of information laws in bid to hide universal credit impact
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has breached freedom of information laws by refusing to explain how its new universal credit system of working-age benefits will affect disabled people. Campaigners have been warning that the introduction of universal credit will […]
Mystery over shock fall in disability benefits paid to older people
“Astonishing” figures released by the government show that the number of older disabled people receiving benefits to help with their daily living costs has plummeted since 2011. The figures show that the number of recipients of attendance allowance (AA) has fallen […]
DPOs ask May for meeting over lack of progress on UN convention rights
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have accused the government of maintaining a “head-in-the-sand denial” of its failure to protect disabled people’s human rights. The criticism came from a coalition of DPOs from across the UK as they wrote to the prime minister, […]
Absence of stats ‘is killer blow to government’s disability employment pledge’
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) […]
‘Truly appalling’ revelations ‘show DWP is subverting justice’ at appeal tribunals
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officers who attend benefit appeal tribunals are being asked by their bosses how many high-level awards to disabled people they have been able to prevent. DWP has finally released information that shows that the presenting […]
Tory peer attacks McVey over ‘litany of inaccuracies’ on Motability
A Tory peer has accused work and pensions secretary Esther McVey of making a series of untrue statements about the Motability car scheme to fellow MPs. Lord Sterling, who co-founded Motability in 1977, has told McVey in a letter that he […]