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Conservatives twice ignore regulator’s warning on use of misleading ‘fitness for work’ figures

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Conservatives twice ignore regulator’s warning on use of misleading ‘fitness for work’ figures
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The Conservative party has continued to use misleading figures about “fitness for work” assessments, despite an independent watchdog finding they were potentially misleading. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has been forced to contact the party to draw its attention to […]

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator

By John Pring on 13th June 2024 Category: Politics

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator
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Three statements made by government ministers on disability benefits – including one by Rishi Sunak – have been found to be potentially misleading by the UK statistics regulator. Of the three misleading statements, one of them was made by the prime […]

Sunak faces verdict on misleading ‘fit for work’ stats, just days after his Labour tax row ‘lies’

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Sunak faces verdict on misleading ‘fit for work’ stats, just days after his Labour tax row ‘lies’
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The statistics regulator will rule tomorrow on whether the prime minister misled voters around the growth in disabled people found not fit for work, just two days after the same watchdog promised to investigate his claims about Labour’s tax plans. The […]

Disabled people ignored in ‘parallel universe’ election campaign

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Politics

Disabled people ignored in ‘parallel universe’ election campaign
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Disabled people were not mentioned once in the first major television event of the general election campaign, despite the participants speaking more than 21,000 words over more than two hours. Analysis of transcripts of the leaders’ debate between Rishi Sunak and […]

MPs forced to abandon DWP safeguarding inquiry after Sunak’s election call

By John Pring on 30th May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs forced to abandon DWP safeguarding inquiry after Sunak’s election call
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MPs have been forced to abandon a 10-month inquiry into safeguarding arrangements at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), just weeks before they were due to report its findings, because of the prime minister’s decision to call a general election. […]

Progress continues on key parts of Conservative disability benefit reforms, despite election

By John Pring on 30th May 2024 Category: Politics

Progress continues on key parts of Conservative disability benefit reforms, despite election
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Progress on key parts of the government’s disability benefit reform agenda is unlikely to be significantly disrupted by July’s surprise general election, Disability News Service (DNS) has established.  Rishi Sunak’s decision to hold a general election on 4 July means parliament […]

DWP silent over whether Sunak was wrong to say PIP was being exploited, as fraud falls to zero 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silent over whether Sunak was wrong to say PIP was being exploited, as fraud falls to zero 
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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 […]

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Employment

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
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A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related interviews. Paul Rimmer said he believed his […]

Stop this onslaught of attacks, say disabled people in letter to PM

By John Pring on 9th May 2024 Category: Human Rights

Stop this onslaught of attacks, say disabled people in letter to PM
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The prime minister has been asked to explain his government’s “onslaught” on disability rights, in a letter signed by more than 25 disabled people’s organisations and allies. They have accused Rishi Sunak of trying to “scare people into good health” and […]

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants
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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 […]

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