DWP confirms single assessment plans, despite Tomlinson confusion
The government has confirmed that it is pushing ahead with plans to test how it…
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Nursing body failed to deal fairly with PIP assessment complaints, says regulator
A regulator has found widespread mishandling by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of complaints…
One in seven rejected PIP claims is overturned, DWP figures show
One in seven of all government decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP)…
Twin backs call for inquiry into DWP failings, four years after brother’s suicide
The twin brother of a man who killed himself after being told he was ineligible…
Jack Carroll: ‘I was treated with derision and suspicion in my PIP assessment’
Disabled stand-up comic and actor Jack Carroll has blamed the government for creating a “hostile…
Jodey Whiting petition: Seventh family demands justice over DWP benefit deaths
The disabled daughter of a woman who took her own life after losing her disability…
DWP handed petition of 200,000 names on benefit assessment travel
A disabled woman has handed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) a petition of…
Reaction to Rudd’s reforms: Tinkering, crumbs and fears of a Trojan horse for cuts
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about a series of reforms to the…
‘Shocking’ PIP death figures ‘show assessment process is unfit for purpose’
About 1,600 working-age disabled people are dying every year after having their claim for disability…
Capita closes PIP claim after woman complains about use of 25-year-old report
A disabled woman who raised concerns that her benefits assessment was set to be based…