An inquiry into the government’s flawed disability benefit assessment regime has produced more online evidence from the public than any other investigation ever held by a House of Commons select committee. More than 2,800 submissions had been made to the work […]
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PIP investigation: Hundreds give evidence of assessment failings to MPs
Scores of disabled people and welfare advisers have told a Commons inquiry that disability benefit assessment reports completed on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions are filled with “lies and misinformation”. The work and pensions select committee is carrying […]
Mum and new baby face Christmas eviction after WCA ‘nightmare’
Concerns over criteria for ‘fitness for work’ reassessment exemptions
Tory conference: Silence on eligibility means WCA announcement is ‘meaningless’
DWP whistleblower from ESA helpline exposes ‘obscene’ system
‘My picture is proof that healthcare professionals lie in benefit assessments’
DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’
Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’
Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many disabled students from entering higher education, without knowing how much money it would save or how many young disabled people would be affected. The admission came in response to a […]