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An investigation into unlawful treatment of disabled benefit claimants will not accept evidence from individual disabled people or relatives of those who died through failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the equality watchdog has confirmed. The Equality and […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to say if the prime minister was wrong to suggest that disability benefits were being misused and exploited, after new official figures showed the level of fraud has fallen to zero. The […]
The government is refusing to act or criticise its minister for disabled people after she shared a social media post that attacked her own department’s disability benefit reforms. Last week, Mims Davies shared a post on Twitter by a disability charity […]
Questions have emerged over the role played by local news websites across the country in increasing the number of disabled people applying for disability benefits, casting fresh doubts on the government’s key argument for spending cuts. Last week, ministers announced proposals […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to explain why she shared a social media post that described her own government’s disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people. Mims Davies, who has been minister for disabled […]
The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support. The plans could see the Department for Work […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say how many disabled people it expects to lose their disability benefits if it pushes ahead with controversial proposals for reforms and spending cuts. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the […]
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride has refused to apologise for misleading viewers twice in a television interview about his plans to cut disability benefits. On the day he launched a new green paper that described the Conservative government’s plans to […]
Disabled people have described the crucial role that personal independence payment (PIP) plays in their lives, after the government announced proposals that could drastically cut support for many claimants if the Conservatives win the next general election. Under the plans for […]
The prime minister has been accused of whipping up hostility towards disabled people, and demonising and scapegoating claimants of disability benefits, with a new series of “chilling” reforms that will weaken the social security safety net. Rishi Sunak announced plans for […]