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DWP agrees to stop high-pressure tactics on eve of court hearing

By John Pring on 15th July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP agrees to stop high-pressure tactics on eve of court hearing
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has agreed to stop intimidating disabled claimants into accepting lower benefit payments than they are entitled to, hours before it was due to face a high court hearing over its tactics. Work and pensions […]

Courts not much more accessible than 25 years ago, says campaigner

By John Pring on 23rd July 2020 Category: Independent Living

Courts not much more accessible than 25 years ago, says campaigner
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The courts are not much more accessible than they were a quarter of a century ago, a disabled campaigner has told lawyers and fellow campaigners. Natalya Dell (pictured) has been collecting information about disabled people who take civil cases through the […]

Vigil as court hears that PIP rules are ‘unfair and discriminatory’

By John Pring on 14th December 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Vigil as court hears that PIP rules are ‘unfair and discriminatory’
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Campaigners have taken part in a vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice, as the high court was hearing claims by a disabled woman that new benefit rules are “unfair and discriminatory”. Regulations that came into force in March mean that […]

Disabled woman takes DWP minister to court over PIP mental health changes

By John Pring on 16th November 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled woman takes DWP minister to court over PIP mental health changes
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A disabled woman is taking work and pensions secretary David Gauke to court over “unfair and discriminatory” changes that were made to a disability benefit. There was widespread anger earlier this year when Penny Mordaunt, minister for disabled people, announced new […]

Six years on, and still no DWP progress on ‘further medical evidence’

By John Pring on 10th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Six years on, and still no DWP progress on ‘further medical evidence’
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Work and pensions ministers have been accused of another attempt to avoid improving the safety of its “fitness for work” test for benefit claimants with mental health conditions. A year after ministers told a tribunal – following a lengthy judicial review […]

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