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Labour has pledged to scrap Conservative plans to tighten the work capability assessment – reforms described by disabled activists as “cynical” and “horrendously dangerous” – if it wins power at the next election. Although Labour offered almost no information at its […]
Conservative ministers have used their party conference to ramp up rhetoric that blames disabled people on out-of-work benefits for the country’s economic problems, just as they did in the post-2010 coalition government. Following months of media articles highlighting the growth in […]
The work and pensions secretary has sparked fresh concerns that a Conservative government would target the main disability benefit – personal independence payment (PIP) – for cuts and means-testing if it wins the next general election. Both Mel Stride and the […]
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride appears to have made a significant blunder after insisting that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty of care to disabled people who claim benefits, following years of DWP denials. DWP has […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted making no attempt to research why spending on out-of-work disability benefits has risen significantly in recent years, despite planning “horrendously dangerous” cuts after the next election. Earlier this month, work and pensions […]
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride has misled MPs about new plans to slash spending on out-of-work disability benefits by removing a vital safety net that protects those at risk of suicide. The plans, released by the Department for Work and […]
Disabled activists have raised serious concerns about “cynical” and “horrendously dangerous” government attempts to introduce new cuts to spending on out-of-work disability benefits by tightening its “fitness for work” test. The plans announced by work and pensions secretary Mel Stride could […]
A long-running legal case that reached the Court of Appeal this week will force the government to take its duty to consult with disabled people more seriously, according to one of the three disabled campaigners who have brought the case. The […]
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” 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 […]