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Video catches McVey’s misleading claims about disability job stats

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Employment

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Education

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 8th March 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘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 […]

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

By John Pring on 1st March 2018 Category: Employment

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) […]

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

By John Pring on 1st March 2018 Category: Employment

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 […]

‘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 […]

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

By John Pring on 1st February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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 […]

Damian Green caught exaggerating disability benefits spending in PMQs

By John Pring on 30th November 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Damian Green caught exaggerating disability benefits spending in PMQs
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The first secretary of state has been caught exaggerating the government’s spending on disability benefits while standing in for Theresa May at prime minister’s questions. Damian Green (pictured), who was work and pensions secretary until earlier this year, is already facing […]

Access to Work: ‘Scheme’s future in jeopardy through cuts and incompetence’

By John Pring on 26th October 2017 Category: Employment

Access to Work: ‘Scheme’s future in jeopardy through cuts and incompetence’
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The future of the government’s Access to Work (AtW) disability employment scheme is in jeopardy because of “bureaucratic incompetence” and a cost-cutting drive to reduce people’s support packages, according to new research. The report, commissioned by Inclusion London, found that “shocking […]

Mordaunt misleads MPs… again

By John Pring on 12th October 2017 Category: Politics

Mordaunt misleads MPs… again
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The minister for disabled people has again misled MPs, after she claimed that the UK had “volunteered” to take part in a public UN examination which concluded that her government’s disability policies had caused a “human catastrophe”. Penny Mordaunt was responding […]

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