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Tory conference: Silence on eligibility means WCA announcement is ‘meaningless’

By John Pring on 5th October 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory conference: Silence on eligibility means WCA announcement is ‘meaningless’
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Changes that mean some sick and disabled benefit claimants will no longer need to face repeated assessments of their capability for work are “meaningless” because the government has refused to say which people will be affected, say campaigners. The Department for […]

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result

By John Pring on 15th June 2017 Category: Politics

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result
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Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and optimism to a general election that saw the Conservatives lose their parliamentary majority. Some believe that a resurgent Labour party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, which defied mainstream media […]

Labour left with no disability shadow after Abrahams’ promotion

By John Pring on 7th July 2016 Category: Politics

Labour left with no disability shadow after Abrahams’ promotion
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The Labour party has been left without a shadow minister for disabled people, after Debbie Abrahams was promoted to shadow work and pensions secretary following the turmoil that caused most of the shadow cabinet to resign. The party was unable yesterday […]

First figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’

By John Pring on 16th June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

First figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
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Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little more than a delaying tactic aimed at reducing the number of disabled people claiming benefits, say campaigners. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally […]

Anger as ministers push ahead with billion-pound-a-year PIP cut

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Anger as ministers push ahead with billion-pound-a-year PIP cut
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Ministers are to push ahead with plans to tighten eligibility for their new disability benefit, ignoring the views of the overwhelming majority of disabled people and organisations who took part in a consultation on the changes. The changes, which will apply […]

More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition
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More disabled people have come forward to argue that a decision to quit the European Union (EU) would harm disability rights in the UK. Until last week, nothing had been said publicly about the potential impact on disabled people of a […]

New survey reveals PIP’s poor satisfaction levels

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New survey reveals PIP’s poor satisfaction levels
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Levels of satisfaction among claimants of the government’s new disability benefit are far lower than for other benefits, according to new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures. The survey found that only two-thirds (68 per cent) of personal independence payment […]

‘Appalling’ consultation ‘shows government’s PIP plans are deplorable’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Appalling’ consultation ‘shows government’s PIP plans are deplorable’
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An “appalling” consultation has failed to make the case for “deplorable” government plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, according to new research by three disabled campaigners. The research by Caroline Richardson, Stef Benstead and Emma Nock for the […]

Government’s new PIP proposals ‘will drive more into poverty and despair’

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Independent Living

Government’s new PIP proposals ‘will drive more into poverty and despair’
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The government looks set to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, just two years after it was introduced. Activists this week described the move as another government attack that would lead to more disabled people being driven into poverty and […]

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work” test championed by successive Labour, coalition and Conservative governments, but there are fears that its replacement could prove even more damaging to disabled people. Duncan Smith […]

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