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A cross-party committee of MPs has warned the government against using the Timms Review to cut disabled people’s access to personal independence payment (PIP), which it said would only increase pressure on other services. The warning came in a letter from […]
The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson has pledged to do more to highlight that spending on social security is stable, so he can challenge right-wing politicians who claim it is spiralling out of control. Steve Darling told Disability News Service […]
New government research has exposed misleading calls by leading Conservative and Reform UK figures who have repeatedly claimed that assessments carried out remotely are more likely to lead to a successful claim for disability benefits. Politicians such as Helen Whately, for […]
Early figures from the government’s “flagship” employment support programme show that about one in eight disabled people who have begun receiving out-of-work assistance through the scheme has reached its lower “threshold” for paid work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]
A lack of knowledge about reasonable adjustments – among both employers and employees – is causing problems for a “significant minority” of disabled workers, a government study has concluded. The study found that both employers and employees continue to be uncertain […]
Some of disabled people’s fears appear to have been confirmed late last night as the government released draft recommendations from its review of personal independence payment (PIP) which suggest ministers are planning cuts to some cash payments. The document provides no […]
Political parties that have spent years calling for cuts to spending on disabled people’s benefits have stayed silent in response to new research which shows the public have ignored their rhetoric and strongly oppose any such reductions. The research shows that […]
A Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her requests for help, after a constituent threatened with sanctions over her universal credit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP […]
Six government research reports have provided strong evidence of the huge barriers that prevent many young disabled people from moving into work, training or education. They show that – contrary to hostile rhetoric in the mainstream media, and among some MPs […]
MPs have failed to question a minister on the continuing failure to introduce a legal duty for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to “safeguard” people who receive state benefits. The evidence session was reviewing progress by the department since […]