Stephen Crabb

Benefits and Poverty

June 30, 2016

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DWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor

A government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just a week after a minister faced a call to resign for threatening to stop another of his disability benefits. Justin Tomlinson, the minister for disabled people, caused outrage last week after it emerged that

Employment

Stephen Crabb giving evidence to a Commons committee

June 30, 2016

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Crabb scrapped IDS’s white paper because he ‘didn’t like the look of it’

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The new work and pensions secretary scrapped the disability and employment white paper prepared by his predecessor Iain Duncan Smith because he “didn’t like the look” of it, a Tory MP has told a parliamentary meeting. The new work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb (pictured) had previously said that he wanted to “take a

Employment

May 19, 2016

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Campaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap

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The government may have abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) said it feared comments made last week by the new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, suggested he had abandoned his party’s general election manifesto commitment to halve the

Benefits and Poverty

May 12, 2016

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Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts

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The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on disability benefits. Stephen Crabb, who was appointed after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith in March, was giving evidence for the first time to the Commons work and pensions select committee yesterday

Employment

Neil Coyle speaking during a committee evidence session

May 12, 2016

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Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap

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The new work and pensions secretary has suggested the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap will face lengthy delays, after he said he wanted to spend a “few years” testing how to achieve the target. Stephen Crabb, who was appointed after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith in March, was giving evidence

Benefits and Poverty

Outside view of the Houses of Parliament

March 24, 2016

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Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain

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The government has abandoned plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, but has refused to reconsider cuts to out-of-work disability benefits that were approved by parliament earlier this month. The announcement that the government was withdrawing plans to cut spending on personal independence payment (PIP) – which would have affected 370, 000

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DWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor

Crabb scrapped IDS’s white paper because he ‘didn’t like the look of it’

Campaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts

Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap

Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain