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Years of government policies ‘have had little or no impact on job discrimination’

By John Pring on 22nd June 2023 Category: Employment

Years of government policies ‘have had little or no impact on job discrimination’
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Mounting evidence suggests that years of government employment policies have had little or no impact on reducing the discrimination disabled people face in the jobs market. Government figures and new analysis show instead that disability equality for disabled people has remained […]

PIP phone waiting-times even higher than previously thought, DWP admits

By John Pring on 22nd June 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP phone waiting-times even higher than previously thought, DWP admits
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Waiting-times faced by disabled people trying to use a benefit enquiry line are even higher than previously thought, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last week that the “average speed of answer” for […]

DWP breaks law over secret reports on universal credit deaths

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP breaks law over secret reports on universal credit deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release evidence that would show how many secret reports it has compiled into the deaths of claimants of its new universal credit, in a fresh breach of freedom of information laws. […]

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