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A disabled woman who sits on a social security tribunal is set to take legal action against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for breaching the Human Rights Act, after years of “persecution” over her benefits. Katherine*, who continues to […]
Every one of a sample of about 100 disabled people forced onto universal credit is now receiving less in benefits than when they were transferred from so-called legacy benefits, analysis of their claims by lawyers has revealed. Many of the sample, […]
Three statements made by government ministers on disability benefits – including one by Rishi Sunak – have been found to be potentially misleading by the UK statistics regulator. Of the three misleading statements, one of them was made by the prime […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has started telling 500 disabled people on out-of-work benefits that they must move onto universal credit, just days after a Conservative minister assured MPs no claimants would face such a move until September. DWP […]
A disabled woman who sits on a social security tribunal has described how the incompetence and abusive actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have driven her repeatedly to the brink of suicide. Katherine*, who continues to sit on […]
The “dangerous” rollout of universal credit to half a million more claimants is a potential threat to the “safety and well-being” of disabled people who currently rely on so-called “legacy” benefits to survive, disability campaigners have warned. Tens of thousands of […]
The government has denied playing any role in deciding that a high-profile second inquest into a disabled woman’s suicide – linked closely to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – will clash with the Labour party conference. […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing fresh questions over how it carries out fraud investigations after it threatened to suspend the benefits of a disabled woman over a savings account it wrongly claimed belonged to her husband. Chris […]
New analysis of official figures appears to show – despite ministers repeatedly suggesting otherwise – that the proportion of disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits has remained roughly stable over the last 15 years. Disability News Service (DNS) has been working […]
A disabled campaigner who tried to take his own life in his local jobcentre has described how “anger and despair” at the imminent reassessment of both of his disability benefits drove him to the suicide attempt. David Rollins, from Orchardson Avenue, […]