Marsha de Cordova

Human Rights

Sarah Newton speaking in the House of Commons

June 21, 2018 0

Minister for disabled people caught misleading MPs on cuts to support… again

The minister for disabled people has been caught misleading MPs – again – as she tried to defend her government’s repeated breaches of the UN disability convention. It was the second time in five months that Sarah Newton (pictured) has misled MPs in a House of Commons debate about the support provided to disabled

Benefits and Poverty

June 7, 2018 0

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’

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The government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability benefit assessments has been branded “appalling”, “shocking” and “a complete con”. The move has also been criticised by the Scottish government. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, told MPs in a written statement this week that she planned

Politics

Marsha de Cordova speaking in parliament

May 31, 2018 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Government ‘has created hostile environment for disabled people’

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The government has created a “hostile environment” for disabled people just as it has for members of the Windrush generation, Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has told trade unionists. Marsha de Cordova (pictured) described herself as a “grand-daughter of the Windrush generation” as she addressed the annual TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference in Bournemouth.

Employment

Esther McVey sitting at a desk, with subtitles showing the words: there are more women, black and minority ethnic and disabled people

May 17, 2018 0

Video catches McVey’s misleading claims about disability job stats

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Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has been caught making misleading claims on social media about the number of disabled people in work. McVey had recorded a short video clip (pictured) welcoming this week’s new employment figures, and it was sent out on Tuesday by her department’s press office. In the clip she welcomes

Education

May 17, 2018 0

New government rule ‘forces disabled students to choose between food and equipment’

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Thousands of disabled students are being forced to choose between having food to eat or having the equipment they need to study, because a new government rule means they must pay £200 towards the cost of computers they need for disability-related reasons. The government introduced the new rule as part of its controversial reform

Benefits and Poverty

Marsha de Cordova speaking in the House of Commons

March 8, 2018 0

‘Deeply troubling’ post-2010 fall in older people claiming disability benefit, analysis shows

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The shadow minister for disabled people has called for an urgent investigation into a fall of more than 22 per cent in the proportion of older people receiving a disability benefit designed to help them with their daily living costs. New analysis of government and Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures by Disability News

Employment

Philip Connolly speaking at a conference

March 1, 2018 0

Absence of stats ‘is killer blow to government’s disability employment pledge’

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The failure to provide up-to-date figures showing how many disabled people are in work is a “killer blow” to the government’s pledge to move one million more disabled people into work by 2027, say campaigners. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has failed to publish figures on how many disabled people were in employment

Employment

March 1, 2018 0

Government ‘must do more on disability employment’, MPs hear

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The government must do more to offer incentives to businesses to take on disabled people as employees, and to tackle the barriers that prevent them finding jobs, according to cross-party MPs. MPs from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the Conservative party all pushed the government to improve its policies. Disability Rights UK,

Benefits and Poverty

February 22, 2018 0

‘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 officers (POs) it sends to personal independence payment (PIP) appeals must report back

Benefits and Poverty

February 1, 2018 0

DWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no disabled people will have their benefits reduced because of its decision to review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims. The review follows last month’s decision by the new work and pensions secretary, Esther McVey, that she would not appeal a court ruling

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