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Nearly nine in 10 Citizens Advice offices have reported problems with the accuracy of personal independence payment (PIP) assessment reports, MPs have been told. An urgent session of the Commons work and pensions select committee was hearing evidence from four welfare […]
An influential committee of MPs is to examine claims of widespread dishonesty by healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of disability benefit claimants. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) published the results of a two-month investigation that suggested a serious, […]
A committee of MPs has called on the government to stop local authorities discriminating against disabled people who need financial help following the introduction of the “bedroom tax”. The work and pensions select committee’s report on the local welfare safety net […]
The prospect of a former Tory minister for disabled people chairing a new Commons select committee on women and equalities has horrified disabled activists. Maria Miller was the first minister for disabled people under the last coalition government, and became a […]