the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
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 […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted terminating the claims of more than 1,200 disabled people who failed to engage with “migrating” onto universal credit, raising fresh fears over the safety of the process. The claims were stopped despite […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to correct figures in its annual report that hugely underestimate the number of disabled benefit claimants who had their claims closed as part of the move to universal credit. DWP’s own figures, […]
New government figures show nearly 23,000 disabled people have failed to “migrate” from employment and support allowance to universal credit and have had their benefit claims closed, raising concerns over whether many of them have been left destitute. Disabled campaigners warned […]
A new Department for Work and Pensions overpayments scandal could be brewing, after a series of reports that disabled people receiving certain benefits are being overpaid universal credit. Disabled researcher and campaigner Caroline Richardson has been made aware of multiple cases […]
Disabled people’s organisations have branded Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s latest proposals to slash spending on disabled people’s support as “nonsense”, “harmful”, and a recipe for hardship and poverty. In their latest assault on social security spending, the Conservatives misleadingly claimed the […]
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 […]
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’s own social security advisers have warned a minister he may need to do more to “shift entrenched concerns” among disabled claimants that they could lose their disability benefits if they take steps towards paid work. The social security advisory […]
A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit. The legal victory could have significant implications for many other disabled people […]