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Minister denies lying to MPs over Disability Confident history

By John Pring on 12th July 2018 Category: Employment

Minister denies lying to MPs over Disability Confident history
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The minister for disabled people has denied lying to an influential committee of MPs about the government’s much-criticised disability employment scheme. Sarah Newton’s claims about Disability Confident were exposed yesterday (Wednesday) just as her boss, work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, […]

Disability Confident employers promise less than one job each on average

By John Pring on 12th July 2018 Category: Employment

Disability Confident employers promise less than one job each on average
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Nearly 7,000 employers that signed up to the government’s much-criticised Disability Confident jobs scheme have promised to provide just 4,500 new jobs for disabled people between them, less than one per employer. The figures emerged as the minister for disabled people, […]

Charities fail to tell MPs about clauses that ‘prevent them attacking McVey and DWP’

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Charities fail to tell MPs about clauses that ‘prevent them attacking McVey and DWP’
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Representatives of disability charities have given evidence to MPs about the impact of government social security reforms on disabled people, without disclosing that they signed contracts preventing them from attacking work and pensions secretary Esther McVey. Senior figures from Shaw Trust […]

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’

By John Pring on 7th June 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’
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The government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability benefit assessments has been branded “appalling”, “shocking” and “a complete con”. The move has also been criticised by the Scottish government. Sarah Newton, the minister for […]

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs
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The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive culture of mistrust”, fuelled by widespread claims that assessors are deliberately trying to prevent disabled people receiving the support they are entitled to, according to a committee of MPs. The […]

MPs refuse to explain failure to quiz minister on ESA suicide stats

By John Pring on 11th January 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs refuse to explain failure to quiz minister on ESA suicide stats
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Nine MPs on a Commons committee are refusing to explain why they failed to ask the minister for disabled people about shocking figures that suggest attempted suicides among people claiming out-of-work disability benefits doubled between 2007 and 2014. The work and […]

PIP assessment companies admit ‘unacceptable’ failings on quality of reports

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP assessment companies admit ‘unacceptable’ failings on quality of reports
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The two outsourcing companies paid hundreds of millions of pounds to carry out disability benefit assessments have never met contractual quality standards on the reports their staff write for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), they have told MPs. Capita […]

Labour conference: Shock and outrage over Field’s minimum wage comments

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Employment

Labour conference: Shock and outrage over Field’s minimum wage comments
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Disabled party activists have expressed shock and outrage after the Labour chair of the Commons work and pensions committee suggested that employers should be allowed to pay some disabled people less than the minimum wage. Among the critics were two disabled […]

Labour MP told to quit influential post after ‘offensive’ minimum wage call

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Employment

Labour MP told to quit influential post after ‘offensive’ minimum wage call
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Disabled activists have called for a Labour MP to resign as chair of the Commons work and pensions select committee, after he called for employers to be allowed to pay some disabled people less than the minimum wage. Frank Field (pictured) […]

PIP investigation: MPs expand search for evidence, but again sidestep dishonesty claims

By John Pring on 23rd March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: MPs expand search for evidence, but again sidestep dishonesty claims
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A committee of MPs is seeking fresh evidence about a disability benefit assessment process, but again appears to be trying to dodge concerns about dishonesty among the healthcare professionals who carry out the tests. Disability News Service (DNS) has provided the […]

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