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Disabled campaigners are hoping to take legal action over government cuts to the Access to Work scheme, a campaign event has heard. The A Thousand Cuts event, organised by disabled-led arts company Touretteshero, and supported by Graeae Theatre Company, saw Access […]
Many disabled people are “suffering intensely” and face the threat of destitution because they cannot meet the government’s deadline for moving onto universal credit from their existing “legacy” benefits, campaigners have warned a minister. Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written […]
Self-employed disabled people who seek support through the government’s Access to Work scheme are facing delays of up to 19 months for a decision on their claim, months longer than MPs were told in a Commons meeting earlier this month. Senior […]
New government research has highlighted the small impact on their job chances of voluntary support provided to disabled people assessed as not fit for work, days before ministers prepare to use it as an excuse to slash their benefits. Ministers have […]
A tribunal has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release a report that describes the impact of its errors on disabled benefit claimants, following a three-year fight to keep the document secret. The information rights tribunal has concluded […]
The government appears to be gearing up for fresh cuts and “radical” reforms that will increase the pressure on young disabled people to move off out-of-work disability benefits. Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden this week delivered a speech (pictured) that […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release all but a few words from scores of emails discussing its role in the deaths of hundreds, and probably thousands, of disabled benefit claimants. The information was released to Disability […]
Emails sent by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) communications staff reveal how they have grown increasingly frustrated at attempts to hold their bosses to account for years of deaths linked to their treatment of disabled benefit claimants. The information was […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now telling disabled people who need support through the Access to Work scheme that it could take 37 weeks to make a decision on their application, senior civil servants have told MPs. They […]
Ministers are facing questions over why the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using a strict screening process to filter out potential recruits with health conditions, while repeatedly complaining that too many disabled and older people are not in jobs. […]