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DWP urged to ‘come clean’ on how many will lose out under universal credit

By John Pring on 6th August 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP urged to ‘come clean’ on how many will lose out under universal credit
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release figures showing how many disabled people will lose out when universal credit (UC) is fully implemented, even though ministers have repeatedly stated how many will gain from the new system. […]

New figures raise fresh questions over Atos PIP assessments

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New figures raise fresh questions over Atos PIP assessments
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The amount of time that nurses and physiotherapists spend carrying out face-to-face disability benefit assessments can vary hugely, depending on where the test takes place, according to analysis of new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures. Although the figures do […]

Proportion of flawed Atos PIP assessment reports has soared in last two years

By John Pring on 8th August 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Proportion of flawed Atos PIP assessment reports has soared in last two years
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The proportion of disability assessment reports completed by government contractor Atos that were found to be significantly flawed has soared by more than 40 per cent in the last two years. The percentage of substandard Atos* personal independence payment (PIP) reports […]

Secret PIP files show one in three assessments by Capita had significant flaws

By John Pring on 11th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret PIP files show one in three assessments by Capita had significant flaws
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More than a third of disability assessment reports completed by a government contractor have been found to be significantly flawed, according to secret government files. The proportion of substandard personal independence payment (PIP) reports completed by outsourcing giant Capita has risen […]

Campaigner’s six-year battle to secure the truth about universal credit

By John Pring on 22nd November 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Campaigner’s six-year battle to secure the truth about universal credit
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A freedom of information campaigner has vowed to continue his six-year battle to uncover the grim truth about universal credit and its impact on disabled people and other groups fighting poverty. John Slater has been using freedom of information laws since […]

DWP ‘plans to move more benefits onto troubled universal credit IT platform’

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

DWP ‘plans to move more benefits onto troubled universal credit IT platform’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been planning for years to move more benefits onto the hugely-troubled IT platform that hosts universal credit, documents released through freedom of information requests appear to show. DWP deposited a substantial number of […]

Confidentiality concerns over DWP’s pledge to videotape PIP assessments

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

Confidentiality concerns over DWP’s pledge to videotape PIP assessments
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Campaigners have raised serious concerns about government plans to video-record all face-to-face assessments for personal independence payment (PIP). The move, which will begin with a pilot project, before being rolled out across the country, was announced this week by the minister […]

‘Truly appalling’ revelations ‘show DWP is subverting justice’ at appeal tribunals

By John Pring on 22nd February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Truly appalling’ revelations ‘show DWP is subverting justice’ at appeal tribunals
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officers who attend benefit appeal tribunals are being asked by their bosses how many high-level awards to disabled people they have been able to prevent. DWP has finally released information that shows that the presenting […]

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