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DWP minister asked to predict how many will die due to stricter sanctions regime

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP minister asked to predict how many will die due to stricter sanctions regime
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The work and pensions secretary has been asked to “anticipate” the number of benefit claimants that he thinks will lose their lives due to government plans to reintroduce the “harsh and severe” benefits sanctions regime first launched 10 years ago. Labour’s […]

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’
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“Heartless” government reforms that will eventually scrap the “fitness for work” assessment “defy logic” and pose significant risks to sick and disabled people who cannot work, say activists who have fought for years to highlight the test’s fatal flaws. The decision […]

Minister for disabled people fails to sign up to his own disability employment scheme

By John Pring on 12th January 2023 Category: Employment

Minister for disabled people fails to sign up to his own disability employment scheme
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The minister for disabled people and the work and pensions secretary have both failed to sign up to their department’s discredited disability employment scheme, Disability Confident. The latest update to Disability Confident membership shows that neither Tom Pursglove nor Mel Stride […]

Further DWP delays on benefit deaths legal agreement ‘would be kick in the teeth’

By John Pring on 1st December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Further DWP delays on benefit deaths legal agreement ‘would be kick in the teeth’
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The new work and pensions secretary has been told it will be an “absolute kick in the teeth” for disabled people if he continues delaying a legal agreement that would force his department to improve its treatment of disabled claimants. The […]

Minister’s answers suggest disability benefits white paper has been delayed

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister’s answers suggest disability benefits white paper has been delayed
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The new secretary of state for work and pensions appears to have postponed plans to publish a crucial white paper on disability benefits. The decision to delay the white paper is likely to be a result of the chaos within the […]

New DWP boss Mel strides into trouble in first Commons appearance

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Employment

New DWP boss Mel strides into trouble in first Commons appearance
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The new work and pensions secretary has refused to apologise after misleading MPs on how many disabled people want to return to work, just days after he was appointed to the post. Mel Stride (pictured), who replaced the sacked Chloe Smith […]

Minister for disabled people deletes tweet about DWP’s £6 million website

By John Pring on 27th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister for disabled people deletes tweet about DWP’s £6 million website
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The new minister for disabled people has deleted a social media post in which she bragged about the millions of pounds being spent on her department’s new disability employment website. Claire Coutinho posted a tweet last week which included a video […]

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