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High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists
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A “groundbreaking” legal victory at the high court has provided fuel for disabled activists to fight the new government’s expected cuts to spending on disability benefits, and to call on ministers to meet their legal obligations to co-produce policy. Disabled activist […]

Ministers decided to sit on critical PIP report, just days before publishing ‘brutal’ green paper

By John Pring on 16th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers decided to sit on critical PIP report, just days before publishing ‘brutal’ green paper
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Conservative ministers decided to hide a report that exposed the flaws of the “degrading” personal independence payment (PIP) system, just five days before they published proposals to replace PIP cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, ministerial emails have revealed. Disability […]

DWP’s treatment of disabled people under Tories was ‘terrible and inexcusable crime’, says MP

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Politics

DWP’s treatment of disabled people under Tories was ‘terrible and inexcusable crime’, says MP
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The way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has treated disabled people in the last 15 years “will go down in history as a terrible and inexcusable crime”, MPs were told this week during a debate on the new government’s […]

Tories silent on why their ministers ‘sat on’ DWP research for six years

By John Pring on 10th October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tories silent on why their ministers ‘sat on’ DWP research for six years
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The Conservative party has refused to explain why its former ministers “sat on” vital research papers for up to six years while running the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Labour’s new work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, this week published […]

Campaigners welcome election defeats for DWP ministers, but frustration as key trio survive

By John Pring on 11th July 2024 Category: Politics

Campaigners welcome election defeats for DWP ministers, but frustration as key trio survive
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Campaigners have welcomed election defeats for a series of former Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers, while also expressing disappointment that three of the most unpopular figures from the last 14 years managed to survive the Labour landslide. There was […]

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator

By John Pring on 13th June 2024 Category: Politics

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator
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Three statements made by government ministers on disability benefits – including one by Rishi Sunak – have been found to be potentially misleading by the UK statistics regulator. Of the three misleading statements, one of them was made by the prime […]

Sunak faces verdict on misleading ‘fit for work’ stats, just days after his Labour tax row ‘lies’

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Sunak faces verdict on misleading ‘fit for work’ stats, just days after his Labour tax row ‘lies’
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The statistics regulator will rule tomorrow on whether the prime minister misled voters around the growth in disabled people found not fit for work, just two days after the same watchdog promised to investigate his claims about Labour’s tax plans. The […]

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Employment

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
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A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related interviews. Paul Rimmer said he believed his […]

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants
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The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support. The plans could see the Department for Work […]

PIP consultation: The key questions DWP is refusing to answer

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP consultation: The key questions DWP is refusing to answer
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say how many disabled people it expects to lose their disability benefits if it pushes ahead with controversial proposals for reforms and spending cuts. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the […]

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