Tory conference: Silence on eligibility means WCA announcement is ‘meaningless’
Changes that mean some sick and disabled benefit claimants will no longer need to face…
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Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result
Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and optimism to a general…
Labour left with no disability shadow after Abrahams’ promotion
The Labour party has been left without a shadow minister for disabled people, after Debbie…
First figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little…
Anger as ministers push ahead with billion-pound-a-year PIP cut
Ministers are to push ahead with plans to tighten eligibility for their new disability benefit,…
More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition
More disabled people have come forward to argue that a decision to quit the European…
New survey reveals PIP’s poor satisfaction levels
Levels of satisfaction among claimants of the government’s new disability benefit are far lower than…
‘Appalling’ consultation ‘shows government’s PIP plans are deplorable’
An “appalling” consultation has failed to make the case for “deplorable” government plans to tighten…
Government’s new PIP proposals ‘will drive more into poverty and despair’
The government looks set to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, just two years…
IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work”…