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Benefits and Poverty

A protester in a crime scene outfit crouches by a sign saying universal credit is a crime

August 2, 2018 0

DWP agrees to pay thousands to disabled duo in universal credit court case

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed to pay compensation to two disabled men who saw their benefits drastically reduced when they were forced onto the new universal credit. The high court had ruled in June that DWP unlawfully discriminated against the two men, known as TP and AR for legal

Benefits and Poverty

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June 14, 2018 0

DWP in disarray as fresh legal defeat could mean fourth trawl through its records

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) looks set to carry out a fourth major search through its records to find disabled people who have been unfairly deprived of benefits, following the latest in a series of damaging legal defeats. Today (Thursday), the high court ruled that DWP had unlawfully discriminated against two disabled

Benefits and Poverty

March 8, 2018 0

DWP ignores freedom of information laws in bid to hide universal credit impact

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has breached freedom of information laws by refusing to explain how its new universal credit system of working-age benefits will affect disabled people. Campaigners have been warning that the introduction of universal credit will see tens or even hundreds of thousands of disabled people with high support

Politics

Head and shoulders of Justin Tomlinson giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

January 8, 2016

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Councils could have to ‘pick up the pieces’ after scrapping of severe disability premium

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Councils could be left to “pick up the pieces” resulting from the government’s decision to ditch a means-tested premium for disabled people with high support needs, a shadow minister has warned. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has always made it clear that it plans to abolish severe disability premium (SDP) as part

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DWP agrees to pay thousands to disabled duo in universal credit court case

DWP in disarray as fresh legal defeat could mean fourth trawl through its records

DWP ignores freedom of information laws in bid to hide universal credit impact

Councils could have to ‘pick up the pieces’ after scrapping of severe disability premium