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 […]
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Labour conference: Anger at party’s failure to pledge to scrap universal credit
Fresh staff cuts at EHRC ‘will undermine its vital work’
DWP shortcuts to reduce PIP delays ‘have made it easier to reject claims’
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 […]