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A “sinister” government analysis of the impact of a bill to legalise assisted suicide suggests it could eventually save public bodies more than £100 million a year in health and social care costs, benefits and pensions. The figures – which the […]
Disabled activists say Labour’s plans to means-test winter fuel payments will leave many current recipients having to decide “whether to starve or freeze”, after the government admitted that 1.6 million disabled people were likely to lose their entitlement. Government figures showed […]
People with mental distress are “significantly more likely” to be affected by plans to scrap the work capability assessment than claimants with physical impairments, documents released after a freedom of information battle have revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]
The government has refused to release its assessment of how plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England would have affected disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act, even though those proposals have now been abandoned. The […]
The information commissioner has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release vital information about its decision to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA), which the watchdog says will impact millions of disabled people. DWP has refused to release […]
Campaigners have told the information commissioner of their “deep concern” over his decision to allow the Treasury to hide information that would show how last year’s budget was set to impact disabled people and other equality groups. Women’s Budget Group, Runnymede […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release a document that would show how its controversial plans to scrap the work capability assessment would impact disabled people. Despite releasing documents that estimate the impact of less controversial parts […]
The information commissioner has told the Treasury it can continue to hide information that would show how measures in a controversial spring budget were predicted to affect disabled people and other groups protected by the Equality Act. Disability News Service (DNS) […]
The Treasury is refusing to release information that would show the impact on disabled people of spending decisions in March’s spring statement because it could be too “complex” for the public to understand. The Treasury has told Disability News Service (DNS) […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is claiming not to possess documents that show estimates for the eventual impact of universal credit on disabled people, despite telling both the statistics regulator and MPs that they exist. In the latest stage […]