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Trio of disabled peers pledge to fight off no-deal Brexit ‘time bomb’

By John Pring on 5th September 2019 Category: Politics

Trio of disabled peers pledge to fight off no-deal Brexit ‘time bomb’
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Three disabled peers have pledged to do all they can to avert the significant impact on disabled people of a no-deal Brexit, with one warning of a “time bomb” that is now likely to “detonate”. They spoke out this week as […]

McVey failed to respond to letter about benefit deaths cover-up, DWP admits

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

McVey failed to respond to letter about benefit deaths cover-up, DWP admits
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A Tory leadership contender left her job as work and pensions secretary without answering key questions from an MP about links between her department and the deaths of benefit claimants, her former department has confirmed. Esther McVey (pictured) resigned her position […]

McVey flees DWP without answering key questions on WCA deaths ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 22nd November 2018 Category: Politics

McVey flees DWP without answering key questions on WCA deaths ‘cover-up’
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Esther McVey has quit as work and pensions secretary without answering questions she was asked by MPs four months ago about whether her department covered up links between its hated fitness for work test and the deaths of benefit claimants. McVey […]

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit migration is set for disaster, warns Lloyd

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit migration is set for disaster, warns Lloyd
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The impact of the “migration” of hundreds of thousands of disabled people onto universal credit from next year could prove disastrous because of the “hoops” the government will force claimants to leap through, according to a disabled MP. Stephen Lloyd, work […]

Lib Dem conference: Lloyd backtracks on support for Duncan Smith

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Lloyd backtracks on support for Duncan Smith
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A Liberal Democrat MP who has supported Tory former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has admitted he gave him “more benefit of the doubt” than he should have done during the five years of the coalition government. Stephen Lloyd, […]

Four opposition parties demand DWP answers over WCA deaths ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Four opposition parties demand DWP answers over WCA deaths ‘cover-up’
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Two opposition parties are writing urgent letters to work and pensions secretary Esther McVey – while a third is demanding an investigation – about a possible cover-up over documents linking the “fitness for work” test with the deaths of benefit claimants. […]

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’

By John Pring on 7th June 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is chained to a corpse’
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The government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability benefit assessments has been branded “appalling”, “shocking” and “a complete con”. The move has also been criticised by the Scottish government. Sarah Newton, the minister for […]

Government ‘must do more on disability employment’, MPs hear

By John Pring on 1st March 2018 Category: Employment

Government ‘must do more on disability employment’, MPs hear
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The government must do more to offer incentives to businesses to take on disabled people as employees, and to tackle the barriers that prevent them finding jobs, according to cross-party MPs. MPs from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the […]

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal

By John Pring on 4th January 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal
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More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The figures* show that, of all the PIP claims rejected by […]

Tory conference: Gauke’s universal credit silence on debt-ridden disabled people

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

Tory conference: Gauke’s universal credit silence on debt-ridden disabled people
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The work and pensions secretary has refused to say what he will do to help the hundreds of thousands of disabled people and other benefit claimants left in rent arrears and other debt by the botched introduction of universal credit. Campaigners […]

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