Discrimination faced by disabled DWP staff leaps by half in four years
The proportion of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff who say they have been…
Browsing: Sarah Newton
Long-awaited Newton meeting confirms confusion over DPO engagement
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised ongoing concerns about the government’s failure to comply with…
‘Shocking’ PIP death figures ‘show assessment process is unfit for purpose’
About 1,600 working-age disabled people are dying every year after having their claim for disability…
Newton forced to apologise after misleading MPs in WOW debate
The minister for disabled people has been forced to apologise to MPs after Disability News…
DPO welcomes ‘ground-breaking partnership’ with elected mayor
A ground-breaking new partnership between disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and Greater Manchester’s elected mayor could…
Minister seeks recruits for new disability network… but refuses to pay them
The minister for disabled people is refusing to pay the chairs and members of nine…
DWP refuses to reveal police forces that share information on disabled protesters
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say which police forces have…
Universal credit forces wheelchair-user who can’t heat home further into poverty
A disabled benefit claimant with high support needs who has lost more than £40 a…
Rudd has not delayed roll out of universal credit, DWP confirms
The roll out of the government’s much-criticised universal credit benefit system has not been delayed…
Ministerial disability group met just three times… and then was scrapped
A cross-government group of ministers set up to “encourage and stimulate progress” towards the inclusion…