DWP handed petition of 200,000 names on benefit assessment travel
A disabled woman has handed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) a petition of…
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Reaction to Rudd’s reforms: Tinkering, crumbs and fears of a Trojan horse for cuts
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about a series of reforms to the…
Jodey Whiting: DWP ignored five ‘safeguarding’ chances before WCA suicide
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed five times to follow its own safeguarding…
Jodey Whiting: DWP continued to phone woman who took her own life, inquiry finds
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continued to phone and write to a disabled…
Inquiry call after ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘admits it has no safeguarding policy’
The government’s “fitness for work” contractor appears to have no written policy on how to…
Care watchdog criticised over abandoned bid to replace service-user contracts
The care watchdog is facing heavy criticism after being forced to abandon a year-long attempt…
Traumatised child rape survivor harassed again by DWP as he waits to give evidence
A traumatised benefit claimant has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of “sheer…
‘Fit for work’ assessor suspended for describing examination that did not take place
An occupational therapist who carried out a “misleading” benefit assessment has been suspended for a…
DWP figures on ‘unacceptable’ WCA reports cast doubt on decisions made on tens of thousands of ESA claims
Tens of thousands of “fitness for work” benefit claims could have been decided by civil…
DWP agrees to record PIP assessments but response to MPs’ report still ‘falls far short’
The government has given a mixed response to a report by a committee of MPs…