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Benefits and Poverty

February 8, 2018 0

The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal

Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) documents suggest. The figures were revealed through a government audit of personal independence payment (PIP) assessment reports that had been written by staff working for under-fire outsourcing giant

Benefits and Poverty

February 8, 2018 0

‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit reviews. Sarah Newton, the minister for disabled people, announced last week that DWP would review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims to

Activism and Campaigning

Sarah Newton speaking in Westminster Hall

February 1, 2018 0

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate

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Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister for disabled people at the end of a parliamentary debate on personal independence payment (PIP). Paula Peters and Keith Walker, from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), decided to confront Sarah Newton over the government’s record because of the “dismissive” way she had responded

Benefits and Poverty

February 1, 2018 0

DWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no disabled people will have their benefits reduced because of its decision to review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims. The review follows last month’s decision by the new work and pensions secretary, Esther McVey, that she would not appeal a court ruling

Benefits and Poverty

Head and shoulders of Justin Tomlinson giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

February 1, 2018 0

DWP breaks promise again to stop harassing abuse survivor over benefit claim

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has again broken its promise to stop harassing a traumatised benefit claimant while he waits to give vital evidence in a child abuse trial. Disability News Service (DNS) has been reporting on the continuing harassment of David* by DWP since 2016, when former minister for disabled people

Benefits and Poverty

Protesters at the vigil, holding banners about PIP, in front of the Royal Courts of Justice

January 25, 2018 0

DWP U-turns on PIP mobility rules that were based on ‘unsupported opinions’

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A government climbdown over new disability benefit rules that were found by the high court to be unlawful and “blatantly discriminatory” demonstrates its failure to base its policies on sound research and evidence, say disabled campaigners. Esther McVey, the new work and pensions secretary, announced last Friday that she would not be appealing against

Benefits and Poverty

January 18, 2018 0

Watchdog orders DWP to publish secret reports on Atos and Capita PIP failings

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The information commissioner has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release documents that are likely to expose the widespread failings of two of its disability benefit assessment contractors. DWP has been attempting to prevent the documents being released since receiving a Freedom of Information Act request from campaigner John Slater in

Benefits and Poverty

January 11, 2018 0

Backlash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment

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Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint Esther McVey as the new secretary of state for work and pensions, calling it a “heartsink moment” and a “terrible insult” to disabled people. McVey (pictured), who served as both minister for disabled people and employment minister between 2012 and 2015, is blamed for many

Benefits and Poverty

January 4, 2018 0

Atos nurse continues PIP assessment while claimant has ‘grand mal’ epilepsy seizures

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A nurse carrying out a disability benefit assessment fired questions at a disabled man’s wife while her husband was in the middle of a severe and prolonged series of epileptic seizures just a few feet away. Daniel Marshall, from Dorset, had only been able to answer a couple of questions from the Atos nurse

Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Lloyd in front of a sign for the Liberal Democrat conference

January 4, 2018 0

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal

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More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The figures* show that, of all the PIP claims rejected by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision-makers in the year to June 2017,

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