UN poverty report: Newton refuses to apologise for misleading MPs about report
The minister for disabled people is refusing to apologise to MPs for misleading them about…
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Minister says stopping benefit sanctions would do disabled people ‘a great disservice’
A minister has suggested that the government would be doing a “great disservice” to disabled…
ESA sanctions are counter-productive and dangerous, MPs are told
Imposing benefit sanctions on disabled people is counter-productive, ineffective and “probably too dangerous”, a trio…
DWP sanctions claimants ‘by any means necessary’, MPs are told
A disabled campaigner has told MPs how she was thrown out of a shelter and…
DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
Ministers have quietly dumped their promise to test a gentler approach to dealing with claimants…
Tory conference: Gauke admits sanctions can harm mental health claimants
Work and pensions secretary David Gauke has admitted that the system of benefit sanctions often…
Election 2017: Lib Dems would scrap all sanctions, benefit cap and PIP 20-metre rule
A Liberal Democrat government would scrap all benefit sanctions, end the benefit cap and reverse…
Green paper was missed opportunity to dump biopsychosocial model, says DPO
The government should replace its “deeply flawed and inaccurate” disability benefits assessments with an in-house…
Sister launches judicial review claim in bid for sanctions death inquest
The sister of a disabled man who died after being left destitute by having his…
Sanction death man’s sister turns to courts after coroner turns down inquest call
The sister of a disabled man who died after being left destitute by having his…