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WCA death scandal: ‘DWP and Atos killed my son’

By John Pring on 9th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WCA death scandal: ‘DWP and Atos killed my son’
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The father of a man who took his own life after being found “fit for work” believes his son would still be alive if he had not been failed by the benefits system the government and its contractor, Atos. Stephen Carre, […]

Cameron quizzed again on death of Michael O’Sullivan and DWP’s secret reviews

By John Pring on 30th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Cameron quizzed again on death of Michael O’Sullivan and DWP’s secret reviews
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The prime minister has been questioned in the House of Commons for the second consecutive week about the death of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly found “fit for work”. Angus Robertson, the MP who leads […]

Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system

By John Pring on 23rd October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system
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The shocking failings of the work capability assessment system – and the healthcare assessors who are paid to police it – have been exposed by the family of one of its victims. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last month how a […]

Ministers reject three key calls from MPs on sanctions safety

By John Pring on 23rd October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers reject three key calls from MPs on sanctions safety
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The government has rejected three key recommendations by a cross-party committee of MPs that were aimed at improving the safety and transparency of its benefits sanctions regime. In its response to a report published earlier this year by the work and […]

‘Fitness for work test and sanctions helped kill my brother’

By John Pring on 9th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Fitness for work test and sanctions helped kill my brother’
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The sister of a disabled man who died just three months after being found fit for work and then having his benefits sanctioned says the government’s discredited work capability assessment (WCA) system was partly responsible for her brother’s death. Luke Alexander […]

Tory conference: Anger over IDS ‘work your way out of poverty’ call

By John Pring on 9th October 2015 Category: Politics

Tory conference: Anger over IDS ‘work your way out of poverty’ call
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of insulting disabled people by telling them to “work your way out of poverty”. His speech to the Conservative conference was short on policy detail but heavy with rhetoric, including a […]

DWP exposes IDS ‘lies’ about success of Disability Confident campaign

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Politics

DWP exposes IDS ‘lies’ about success of Disability Confident campaign
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of lying to his own party conference about the success of his campaign to encourage employers to be more “disability confident”. Duncan Smith (pictured) told last year’s conference in Birmingham that more […]

Duncan Smith silent on calls for apology over ‘normal’ comments

By John Pring on 11th September 2015 Category: Politics

Duncan Smith silent on calls for apology over ‘normal’ comments
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is facing fresh calls to quit or be fired after suggesting in the House of Commons that disabled people were not “normal”. Duncan Smith (pictured) told MPs during work and pensions questions this week […]

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work” test championed by successive Labour, coalition and Conservative governments, but there are fears that its replacement could prove even more damaging to disabled people. Duncan Smith […]

Minister’s PIP actions were ‘unreasonable’, ‘irrational’ and ‘unlawful’, says court

By John Pring on 5th June 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister’s PIP actions were ‘unreasonable’, ‘irrational’ and ‘unlawful’, says court
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A court has ruled that work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith (pictured) was “unreasonable”, “irrational” and acted “unlawfully” by delaying payments of his new disability benefit to two disabled people. The high court said the delays of up to 13 […]

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