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DWP records ‘show Tomlinson is either a liar or a fantasist’ over engagement claims

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Politics

DWP records ‘show Tomlinson is either a liar or a fantasist’ over engagement claims
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Government records have shown that the minister for disabled people significantly misled fellow MPs about his supposed engagement with a network he and his fellow ministers set up to hear disabled people’s “real lived experiences”. The newly-published records of ministerial meetings […]

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed that all disabled people being assessed for personal independence payment (PIP) will be able to have their face-to-face assessments recorded. The promise has come in a letter to the Right to […]

Tomlinson faces third angry letter from DPOs over ‘shambolic’ national disability survey

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tomlinson faces third angry letter from DPOs over ‘shambolic’ national disability survey
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Nearly 100 disability organisations and allies have called on the government to scrap its rushed, inaccessible, over-long and poorly-planned national survey of disabled people. It is the third letter sent to ministers by disabled-led organisations in the last month to raise […]

Pressure mounts on Tomlinson as second DPO letter raises disability strategy concerns

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Pressure mounts on Tomlinson as second DPO letter raises disability strategy concerns
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The minister for disabled people has been told by 10 user-led organisations of their “serious concerns and disappointment” about his efforts to engage with disabled people on the government’s proposed national disability strategy. The letter from 10 members of the Our […]

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the country say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the government’s failure to engage with them, as ministers prepare to publish their long-awaited disability strategy. The concerns came after the minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, […]

Statistics regulator refuses to push DWP over impact of universal credit

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Statistics regulator refuses to push DWP over impact of universal credit
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The statistics regulator is refusing to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for a key unpublished document that could finally show how many disabled people ministers expect to lose out from the move to universal credit. It is believed […]

Regulator investigates DWP over universal credit ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Regulator investigates DWP over universal credit ‘cover-up’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is claiming not to possess documents that show estimates for the eventual impact of universal credit on disabled people, despite telling both the statistics regulator and MPs that they exist. In the latest stage […]

Tomlinson held just a handful of external meetings every month early in pandemic

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tomlinson held just a handful of external meetings every month early in pandemic
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The minister for disabled people took part in just a handful of meetings with “external” organisations during each of the first four months of the pandemic, government figures have revealed. Analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that […]

Tomlinson misleads MPs twice about pandemic contact with disability network

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Politics

Tomlinson misleads MPs twice about pandemic contact with disability network
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The minister for disabled people has misled a Commons committee for the second time about his engagement with disabled people during the pandemic. The actions of Justin Tomlinson emerged as the Commons women and equalities committee published its report into the […]

Government’s quiet confession: We must do more to protect disabled people from COVID

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government’s quiet confession: We must do more to protect disabled people from COVID
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The UK government appears to have bowed to months of pressure from disabled campaigners and allies, after quietly revealing that it is considering taking “further action” to protect disabled people from the pandemic. It comes alongside an admission that disabled people […]

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