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Jackie Doyle-Price shaking hands with Theresa May

October 18, 2018 0

New ‘suicide prevention’ minister evades questions on ESA suicide stats

The new “minister for suicide prevention” has refused to say if she will alert agencies across the country to NHS figures that show the high risk of suicide faced by claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. Last week, mental health minister Jackie Doyle-Price had “minister for suicide prevention” added to her job title, with prime

Benefits and Poverty

Mik Scarlet doing yoga in his wheelchair

October 11, 2018 0

DWP ignores concerns from disabled people who shun activity over benefit fraud fears

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to offer a solution to disabled people who say they are fearful of taking more exercise in case they have their support cut or are branded benefit cheats. A new report by the disability sports organisation Activity Alliance found that four-fifths (83 per cent) of

Politics

September 27, 2018 0

Labour conference: De Cordova calls for a ‘Labour alternative’ to universal credit

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Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has called on her party to come up with its own alternative to the government’s flawed universal credit benefit system. Marsha de Cordova (pictured) moved further this week than any of her shadow frontbench colleagues at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool towards the idea of scrapping universal credit

Benefits and Poverty

September 27, 2018 0

WCA tragedy woman’s mum vows to fight on for justice despite No 10 letter snub

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A disabled woman whose daughter took her own life after being wrongly found “fit for work” has vowed to continue her fight for justice, despite the prime minister’s office brushing off her request for a meeting. Joy Dove wrote in July to ask for a meeting with Theresa May to discuss the tragic death

Benefits and Poverty

September 27, 2018 0

DWP ‘dispute with contractor’ led to ‘months of delays’ with alternative format letters

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Disabled people who need to receive letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in alternative formats have been facing lengthy delays with their benefit claims, apparently because of a dispute between DWP and private sector contractors. It has been claimed that a dispute between DWP and the US print services giant Xerox,

Benefits and Poverty

A protester in a crime scene outfit crouches by a sign saying universal credit is a crime

August 23, 2018 0

DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’

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A disabled man who was unfairly found “fit for work”, and then saw his benefits slashed by almost £180 per month after he was forced onto the government’s new universal credit benefit system, is seeking justice in the high court. It is the latest in a series of legal cases that have been taken

Benefits and Poverty

August 16, 2018 0

Disability charity’s appointment of Unum boss as new chair ‘is truly disgraceful’

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A disability charity’s decision to choose as its new chair the head of a company closely linked with the government’s hated “fitness for work” test has been branded “a betrayal” of disabled people and “a truly disgraceful appointment”. United Response, which provides a range of support services to about 3,000 disabled people across England

Benefits and Poverty

August 2, 2018 0

DWP agrees to pay thousands to disabled duo in universal credit court case

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed to pay compensation to two disabled men who saw their benefits drastically reduced when they were forced onto the new universal credit. The high court had ruled in June that DWP unlawfully discriminated against the two men, known as TP and AR for legal

Benefits and Poverty

July 19, 2018 0

DWP is asked why ‘not fit for work’ universal credit claimants are being sanctioned

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A minister has been asked why the benefits of hundreds of sick and disabled claimants are apparently being sanctioned, even though they should not have to meet any of the strict conditions imposed by the government’s new universal credit system. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that more than 1,100 claimants of

Benefits and Poverty

Esther McVey speaking in the House of Commons

July 19, 2018 0

McVey’s U-turn means DWP will pay at least £100 million more to disabled claimants

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Disabled people will be paid more than £100 million extra in backdated benefits owed by the government, after a U-turn by work and pensions secretary Esther McVey on the eve of a court hearing. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had previously only agreed to offer a partial backpayment to an estimated 70,000

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