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DWP minister dodges question on Kendall’s ‘exclusionary’ decision to sideline disabled people

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Politics

DWP minister dodges question on Kendall’s ‘exclusionary’ decision to sideline disabled people
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A minister has failed to explain why his boss set up a board of experts to examine “economic inactivity” without appointing a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation (DPO). Sir Stephen Timms was asked about the decision of his boss, […]

Hundreds of thousands face ‘starve or freeze’ decision after winter fuel payments cut, say disabled activists

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Hundreds of thousands face ‘starve or freeze’ decision after winter fuel payments cut, say disabled activists
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Disabled activists say Labour’s plans to means-test winter fuel payments will leave many current recipients having to decide “whether to starve or freeze”, after the government admitted that 1.6 million disabled people were likely to lose their entitlement. Government figures showed […]

Labour makes ‘unthinkable’ and ‘exclusionary’ decision to sideline disabled people from DWP ‘inactivity’ board

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour makes ‘unthinkable’ and ‘exclusionary’ decision to sideline disabled people from DWP ‘inactivity’ board
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Campaigners have criticised the Labour government’s “hugely disappointing” and “exclusionary” decision to set up a board of experts to examine “economic inactivity” without appointing a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall appears to have […]

Labour fails another transparency test, as DWP appeals order to release information on universal credit deaths

By John Pring on 15th August 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour fails another transparency test, as DWP appeals order to release information on universal credit deaths
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Labour’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has failed its latest test on transparency after appealing against a regulator’s decision that it should release vital information from secret reports into the deaths of universal credit claimants. The information will show how […]

Protesters’ message to new government: ‘We are tired of being ignored on accessible housing’

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Housing

Protesters’ message to new government: ‘We are tired of being ignored on accessible housing’
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Scores of disabled people took their demand for the new Labour government to act on accessible housing to the gates of Downing Street on Monday. They say accessible housing is the “cornerstone of independent living” and that hundreds of thousands of […]

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports
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The Labour-run Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has blocked the release of information that would show how often the “fitness for work” test has been linked to suicides and other deaths and harm over the last five years. It is […]

Labour’s DWP set to continue with appeal linked to scrapping of ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s DWP set to continue with appeal linked to scrapping of ‘fit for work’ test
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to continue with an appeal against a watchdog’s decision that it should release vital information about plans to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA). Government lawyers are set to argue in the […]

Labour’s Cabinet Office refuses to release information on Tory Disability Action Plan

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Politics

Labour’s Cabinet Office refuses to release information on Tory Disability Action Plan
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The Cabinet Office has refused to release information that would confirm how little the last government was planning to spend on its much-criticised short-term plan that it claimed would improve disabled people’s lives. The plan, which contained 32 actions across 14 […]

New disability minister pledges to put disabled people’s voices at heart of government’s work

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Politics

New disability minister pledges to put disabled people’s voices at heart of government’s work
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A senior MP with decades of social security experience has been appointed as the new minister with overall responsibility for disability issues, and has pledged to ensure “disabled people’s views and voices are at the heart of all we do”. Although […]

New disabled MP pledges to fight for inclusive education, and praises Commons staff

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Politics

New disabled MP pledges to fight for inclusive education, and praises Commons staff
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One of at least three new disabled MPs to be elected to parliament at this month’s general election says she hopes to help address the “depressing and unhappy legacy” left to disabled people by 14 years of Conservative-led governments. Dr Marie […]

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