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The Conservative party has continued to use misleading figures about “fitness for work” assessments, despite an independent watchdog finding they were potentially misleading. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has been forced to contact the party to draw its attention to […]
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 […]
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 has finally agreed to start publishing crucial figures showing how many disabled people claiming universal credit are being found “fit for work” after being subjected to the work capability assessment (WCA) process. Former DWP ministers such as Therese Coffey and […]
Newly-promoted Chloe Smith faces a claim that she misled parliament about the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish “essential” figures about its “fitness for work” assessments. The claim has emerged just days after Smith was appointed […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from the UK statistics regulator to provide figures that would show how many universal credit claimants are being found “fit for work” through the work capability assessment (WCA) process. Despite […]
The UK statistics regulator has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to explain why it has yet to provide any statistics that show how disabled people seeking to claim universal credit are experiencing the work capability assessment (WCA) process. […]
The UK statistics regulator is examining the “shameful” failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide figures that would show how disabled people seeking to claim universal credit are experiencing the work capability assessment (WCA) process. Despite ministers launching […]
The statistics regulator is refusing to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for a key unpublished document that could finally show how many disabled people ministers expect to lose out from the move to universal credit. It is believed […]
The UK statistics regulator has refused to criticise work and pensions ministers even though they have repeatedly breached its code of conduct by misleading parliament about the impact of universal credit (UC) on disabled people. Ministers including work and pensions secretary […]