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A minister has admitted that it is not government policy to warn health or social services when “vulnerable” service-users have had their benefits “sanctioned”. The admission by the Conservative employment minister Esther McVey comes just weeks after her department admitted to […]
The charity that oversees the Motability car scheme for disabled people is facing possible legal action over new rules that appear to discriminate against drivers with high support needs. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) told how the rules – introduced […]
An agreement between the leading political parties over devolving further powers to Scotland “falls far short” of what was demanded by disabled people, say campaigners. The Smith Commission which reported last week, secured an agreement backed by the five parties represented […]
A disabled widow has accused the government of subjecting her and her late husband to “inhumane and cruel” treatment, after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) argued that it was not responsible for supporting them. Laurel Duut’s husband Peter died […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has carried out 60 secret reviews into benefit-related deaths in less than three years, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. DWP released the figures in response to a series of Freedom of Information Act […]
Ministers have again refused to offer any explanation for the soaring use of sanctions against claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. Figures published this week by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that the number of decisions to sanction claimants […]
The minister for disabled people has apologised to MPs for the government’s botched reforms to a vital employment support programme for disabled people. Mark Harper, the Conservative minister for disabled people, was told by MPs that the changes to Access to […]