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DWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor

By John Pring on 30th June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor
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A government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just a week after a minister faced a call to resign for threatening to stop another of his disability benefits. Justin Tomlinson, […]

Tomlinson faces call to resign over PIP harassment of child abuse survivor

By John Pring on 23rd June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tomlinson faces call to resign over PIP harassment of child abuse survivor
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A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting to give evidence about the abuse in court – that his benefits would be stopped if he failed to co-operate with an […]

PIP figures fuel concerns over cuts, while activists plan day of action

By John Pring on 23rd June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP figures fuel concerns over cuts, while activists plan day of action
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Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA) are being found eligible for the government’s new disability benefit, official figures have revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that just 71 […]

‘Discriminatory’ PIP guidance means thousands could lose blue badges

By John Pring on 2nd June 2016 Category: Transport

‘Discriminatory’ PIP guidance means thousands could lose blue badges
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Disabled people whose mobility is affected by mental health conditions or autism are having their blue parking badges snatched away by local councils in England as a result of the introduction of the government’s new disability benefit. Government guidance issued after […]

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback
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Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in the fightback against its repeated attacks on disabled people. The TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London voted in favour of an […]

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts
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The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on disability benefits. Stephen Crabb, who was appointed after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith in March, was giving evidence […]

It is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

It is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP
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Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element of new benefit rules that will see tens of thousands of people losing their Motability vehicles. The Liberal Democrat peer Baroness […]

DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline

By John Pring on 28th April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking they have no right of appeal if they miss the deadline for applying for the new personal independence payment (PIP). There are […]

Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary
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One of the three outsourcing giants that assesses people for their eligibility for disability benefits is facing calls for it to be stripped of its contract, after revelations in a Channel 4 documentary. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is […]

Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain
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The government has abandoned plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, but has refused to reconsider cuts to out-of-work disability benefits that were approved by parliament earlier this month. The announcement that the government was withdrawing plans to cut […]

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