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Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’
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Disabled campaigners have described the government’s decision to reintroduce benefit sanctions – in the middle of a pandemic – as “barbaric” and “life threatening”. The decision meant an end to the three-month suspension of benefit sanctions and conditionality* in England, Scotland […]

Labour conference: Anger at party’s failure to pledge to scrap universal credit

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Labour conference: Anger at party’s failure to pledge to scrap universal credit
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Labour is facing mounting anger from disabled anti-cuts activists over its refusal to call for the government’s universal credit benefit system to be scrapped. Much of the anger has been directed at shadow work and pensions secretary Margaret Greenwood, who instead […]

Fresh staff cuts at EHRC ‘will undermine its vital work’

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Human Rights

Fresh staff cuts at EHRC ‘will undermine its vital work’
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The equality watchdog is set to make nearly 30 members of staff redundant, in what critics say is a blow to its efforts to enforce equality laws and hold the government to account over its record on disability discrimination. The Equality […]

DWP shortcuts to reduce PIP delays ‘have made it easier to reject claims’

By John Pring on 21st February 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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Short-cuts introduced to reduce the backlog of applications for the government’s new disability benefit have made it easier to reject claims, according to the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff. The union’s evidence suggests that efforts to […]

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