Liberal Democrats

Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Lloyd sitting at a table watched by passers-by

September 20, 2018 0

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit migration is set for disaster, warns Lloyd

The impact of the “migration” of hundreds of thousands of disabled people onto universal credit from next year could prove disastrous because of the “hoops” the government will force claimants to leap through, according to a disabled MP. Stephen Lloyd, work and pensions spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said the migration process was set

Human Rights

Conference delegates watch Henry Jones make a speech from the stage

September 20, 2018 0

Lib Dem conference: Members vote for rights-based reform to mental health laws

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Liberal Democrats have called for an end to “discriminatory” laws that allow people with mental health conditions or learning difficulties who have capacity to make their own decisions to be detained against their will. Current mental health legislation means that a person assessed as needing urgent medical treatment and assessment because of a “mental

Politics

September 20, 2018 0

Lib Dem conference: Party anger over DPAC’s ‘don’t vote Lib Dem’ call

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Two leading disabled Liberal Democrats have criticised anti-cuts activists over their public call for disabled people not to vote for their party. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) published a high-profile message on social media this week during the party’s annual conference in Brighton, warning that disabled people “won’t forget” and “won’t forgive” its junior

Politics

Stephen Lloyd sitting next to Baroness Thomas who is speaking into a microphone

September 20, 2018 0

Lib Dem conference: Lloyd backtracks on support for Duncan Smith

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A Liberal Democrat MP who has supported Tory former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has admitted he gave him “more benefit of the doubt” than he should have done during the five years of the coalition government. Stephen Lloyd, who served on the Commons work and pensions committee while Liberal Democrat ministers

Benefits and Poverty

Paul Litchfield giving evidence to a Commons committee

July 19, 2018 0

Four opposition parties demand DWP answers over WCA deaths ‘cover-up’

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Two opposition parties are writing urgent letters to work and pensions secretary Esther McVey – while a third is demanding an investigation – about a possible cover-up over documents linking the “fitness for work” test with the deaths of benefit claimants. Senior figures from both Labour and the Liberal Democrats said this week that

Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Lloyd in front of a sign for the Liberal Democrat conference

February 15, 2018 0

The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations

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A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for disabled people to ask how she plans to penalise government contractors Atos and Capita, following last week’s “devastating” revelations about their “shocking” failings in delivering disability benefit assessments. Stephen Lloyd, the work and pensions spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said last week’s revelations

Benefits and Poverty

January 4, 2018 0

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal

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More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The figures* show that, of all the PIP claims rejected by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision-makers in the year to June 2017,

Benefits and Poverty

A woman in a pink jacket at the conference in Bournemouth

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit rollout ‘will ruin lives of hundreds of thousands’

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The lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be ruined if the government does not halt its rollout of universal credit, according to a disabled Liberal Democrat MP. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told this week’s annual conference that the rollout of universal credit was increasing rent arrears and

Human Rights

Liberal Democrats delegates watching a speaker on the stage at their annual conference

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law

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The Liberal Democrats have voted to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Party members overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion that noted how the UK government was accused last month by a UN committee of causing a “human catastrophe” by cutting disabled people’s support. David Buxton, the Deaf party activist who proposed the

Benefits and Poverty

The conference centre in Bournemouth with the sea and pier in the background

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Fresh evidence of PIP lies leads to call for video evidence

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The Liberal Democrats have called for disability benefit assessments to be video-recorded, after their annual conference heard fresh evidence that healthcare professionals were writing dishonest assessment reports on behalf of the government. The party’s disabled work and pensions spokesman, Stephen Lloyd, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he was in favour of introducing pilot

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