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The failure of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants to return calls from disabled benefit claimants became a “consistent feature” of some of the most “tragic” cases examined by the department’s safeguarding leads, a secret report has revealed. The […]
The government’s review of personal independence payment (PIP) could lead to cuts in spending when it produces its final report later this year, work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has told MPs. Some politicians and journalists – although not Disability News […]
The proportion of disabled people who are successful in their claim for the main disability benefit has plunged by nearly a quarter since Labour came to power two years ago, new figures have revealed. The figures, released by the Department for […]
The Conservatives will use a new review of disability benefits to justify cuts to spending on social security of even more than the £23 billion a year they have already announced, their work and pensions spokesperson announced this week. In a […]
The government has finally agreed to provide some funding for a few disabled people’s organisations to engage with its personal independence payment (PIP) review, but has given them only about a month to organise events and submit their evidence. The Department […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is secretly testing sweeping new rules – described as a “recipe for disaster” – on disability benefit assessments, which will reduce the influence of healthcare professionals and hand greater responsibility to civil servants. The […]
The disability minister has been asked why he appears to have provided no funding for a plan to increase engagement among disabled people and their organisations with his review of the personal independence payment (PIP) system. Sir Stephen Timms announced plans […]
A disabled man plans to take legal action against the Ministry of Justice after his benefit tribunal hearing had to be postponed when a judge banned him from bringing in his assistance dog. Thomas Thorp, from Coventry, was attempting to appeal […]
Disabled anti-cuts activists have heavily criticised the TUC after it drew close links between personal independence payment (PIP) and employment in its response to a government review on the future of the disability benefit. In its submission to the Timms Review, […]
The government included a bill to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in yesterday’s king’s speech, but it also signalled a delay to any plans for further cuts to disability benefits. The education for all bill follows the […]