Esther McVey

Employment

April 19, 2018 0

Charities delivering DWP’s work programme ‘must promise not to attack McVey’

Disability charities that sign up to help deliver the government’s new Work and Health Programme must promise to “pay the utmost regard to the standing and reputation” of work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, official documents suggest. The charities, and other organisations, must also promise never to do anything that harms the public’s confidence

Benefits and Poverty

Esther McVey giving evidence to the social security committee

April 19, 2018 0

Mother of ESA suicide mum-of-nine praises activist for confronting McVey

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The mother of a woman who killed herself after her disability benefits were sanctioned has praised a disabled activist who confronted work and pensions secretary Esther McVey about her daughter’s death as she gave evidence to Scottish MSPs this week. The activist, David*, had told Joy Dove of his plans to question McVey about

Benefits and Poverty

April 19, 2018 0

Mother of ESA suicide woman pledges to continue fight for justice

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The mother of a woman who killed herself after being wrongly found “fit for work” has pledged to continue her campaign for justice, and for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to admit it was to blame for her daughter’s death. The case of mother-of-nine Jodey Whiting, from Stockton, was highlighted this week

Employment

David Buxton, signing, and Terry Riley give evidence to a House of Lords committee

March 22, 2018 0

Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’

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The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work (AtW) payments does not go far enough, and its “discriminatory” cap must be scrapped completely, according to disabled campaigners. They spoke out after a partial U-turn on the AtW cap by work and pensions secretary Esther McVey. The cap was first introduced in

Transport

Esther McVey speaking in the House of Commons

February 22, 2018 0

Tory peer attacks McVey over ‘litany of inaccuracies’ on Motability

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A Tory peer has accused work and pensions secretary Esther McVey of making a series of untrue statements about the Motability car scheme to fellow MPs. Lord Sterling, who co-founded Motability in 1977, has told McVey in a letter that he found the “litany of inaccuracies” in the comments made by her and fellow

Benefits and Poverty

February 15, 2018 0

DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime

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Ministers have quietly dumped their promise to test a gentler approach to dealing with claimants who breach strict benefit conditions for the first time. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) agreed in October to trial handing out warnings instead of benefit sanctions when claimants breach the conditions imposed on them for the first

Transport

February 15, 2018 0

Motability row sparks anger and demand to use huge reserves to support customers

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Disabled campaigners have reacted to the political row over the Motability car scheme by calling for the organisation that runs it to use part of its huge financial reserves to increase support for disabled people. Details emerged in a newspaper last week of the “grotesque” levels of pay and bonuses awarded to senior executives

Benefits and Poverty

February 8, 2018 0

‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit reviews. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, announced last week that DWP would review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims to

Benefits and Poverty

February 1, 2018 0

Under-fire Samaritans faces anger over advisory board crammed with Tories

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A mental health charity that refused to criticise the government for ignoring links between claimants of out-of-work disability benefits and suicide attempts is facing criticism after it emerged that more than half of its advisory board are influential Conservatives. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed in December that the Department of Health (DH) had failed

Benefits and Poverty

Protesters at the vigil, holding banners about PIP, in front of the Royal Courts of Justice

January 25, 2018 0

DWP U-turns on PIP mobility rules that were based on ‘unsupported opinions’

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A government climbdown over new disability benefit rules that were found by the high court to be unlawful and “blatantly discriminatory” demonstrates its failure to base its policies on sound research and evidence, say disabled campaigners. Esther McVey, the new work and pensions secretary, announced last Friday that she would not be appealing against

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