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Hundreds of thousands may have ‘slipped through the net’ of COVID support, say MPs

By John Pring on 22nd April 2021 Category: Politics

Hundreds of thousands may have ‘slipped through the net’ of COVID support, say MPs
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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in England may have “slipped through the net” and missed out on vital support in securing food, medicines and basic care in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by […]

Coronavirus: Government was ‘reckless and negligent’ in approach to social care, say MPs

By John Pring on 30th July 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Government was ‘reckless and negligent’ in approach to social care, say MPs
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The government has been accused by MPs of a “reckless and negligent” approach to the social care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. A report by the Commons public accounts committee contrasts the government’s early actions to protect the NHS with its […]

McVey’s U-turn means DWP will pay at least £100 million more to disabled claimants

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

McVey’s U-turn means DWP will pay at least £100 million more to disabled claimants
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Disabled people will be paid more than £100 million extra in backdated benefits owed by the government, after a U-turn by work and pensions secretary Esther McVey on the eve of a court hearing. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]

DWP should think again on ESA backpayments… and offer compensation, MPs hear

By John Pring on 24th May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP should think again on ESA backpayments… and offer compensation, MPs hear
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should reconsider its decision to offer only a partial backpayment of the money owed to 70,000 disabled people who for years were not receiving the correct level of out-of-work benefits, MPs have heard. One […]

DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
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Ministers have quietly dumped their promise to test a gentler approach to dealing with claimants who breach strict benefit conditions for the first time. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) agreed in October to trial handing out warnings instead of […]

‘Serious failings’ in disability assessments, despite payments of £500 million a year

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Serious failings’ in disability assessments, despite payments of £500 million a year
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There are still “serious failings” with the disability assessments contracted out by the government, even though it is paying outsourcing giants half a billion pounds a year to carry them out, according to a new report by MPs. The Commons public […]

Work Programme failure to help disabled people ‘is a scandal’

By John Pring on 7th November 2014 Category: Employment, News Archive, Politics

Work Programme failure to help disabled people ‘is a scandal’
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The failure of Work Programme contractors to provide enough employment support to disabled people and other “harder-to-help” benefit claimants is “a scandal”, according to the chair of an influential committee of MPs. Labour MP Margaret Hodge said the government’s decision to […]

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