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Disabled people have warned of “severe” consequences if the chancellor goes ahead with reported plans to remove the Motability car scheme’s VAT exemption in next month’s budget. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week how the company that runs the scheme, […]
The disability minister has gone back on his word by refusing to provide crucial information that would help expose a “perverse”, secret programme to restrict grants made by the Access to Work disability employment scheme. Sir Stephen Timms told Disability News […]
Official government figures have shown the first signs that ministers have been engaged in a “perverse” programme to secretly restrict grants made by the Access to Work disability employment scheme. The new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that […]
The Access to Work scheme is failing Deaf and disabled people, and its “decline” in the last two years has caused them “real harm”, with some support packages cut by 80 per cent, according to a detailed dossier of evidence prepared […]
The disability minister has admitted signing off on orders that have led to widespread cuts to disabled people’s Access to Work support packages since Labour came to power. Disabled campaigners have been warning for more than a year of DWP cuts and […]
The minister for social security and disability has struggled to point to any significant achievements on disability equality after more than a year in post, but he insisted that the government does not need a separate minister for disabled people. The […]
A minister has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whether it could release secret reports to families whose relatives’ deaths have been linked to DWP’s actions and failings. Ever since Disability News Service (DNS) first revealed the existence of […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of an “absolutely shameful” cover-up, after refusing to release documents that should show why disabled people across the country have faced cuts to their Access to Work support. Disabled campaigners have […]
A grieving widower has accused the disability minister of trying to erase the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in his wife’s suicide. An ombudsman concluded earlier this year that DWP failings were a “significant contributing factor” in […]
The disability minister is facing further questions over his commitment to transparency after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused to release the names of his new advisers on work and disability benefits, or even the organisations they represent. Five […]