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Fresh doubts over impact of government’s ‘scrap the WCA’ plans

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fresh doubts over impact of government’s ‘scrap the WCA’ plans
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Fresh doubts have been raised about the impact on disabled people of government plans to scrap the work capability assessment as part of a controversial package of welfare reforms. As part of their Transforming Support white paper, ministers plan to abolish the […]

Benefit levels are too low to meet disabled people’s needs, MPs hear

By John Pring on 18th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit levels are too low to meet disabled people’s needs, MPs hear
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The government should commission an annual independent assessment of the level of benefits because they are “demonstrably” too low to meet people’s needs, a disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has told MPs. The Commons work and pensions committee was hearing evidence yesterday […]

DWP blocks release of report on impact of its errors on ‘vulnerable’ claimants

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP blocks release of report on impact of its errors on ‘vulnerable’ claimants
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is blocking the release of a paper that details the impact of its own errors on disabled people whose deaths are likely to be linked to its failings and policy decisions. The paper was […]

Work coaches with no GCSEs could decide on ‘fit for work activity’, DWP admits

By John Pring on 4th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Work coaches with no GCSEs could decide on ‘fit for work activity’, DWP admits
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Job coaches with no academic qualifications could be making life-changing – and potentially life-ending – decisions on whether a disabled person must carry out work-related activity, if the government goes ahead with its plans to scrap the “fitness for work” test. […]

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations
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Extracts from new secret reports show a catalogue of errors made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private contractors that have been linked to the deaths of disabled people interacting with the benefits system. DWP has finally […]

Secret DWP reports link more deaths with systemic flaws

By John Pring on 20th April 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret DWP reports link more deaths with systemic flaws
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Systemic safeguarding flaws across the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have been linked by its own civil servants to the deaths of multiple benefit claimants between 2018 and 2020, secret reports have revealed. Several of the 30 reports show continuing […]

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
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Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and […]

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Heartless’ reforms to disability benefits ‘defy logic’
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“Heartless” government reforms that will eventually scrap the “fitness for work” assessment “defy logic” and pose significant risks to sick and disabled people who cannot work, say activists who have fought for years to highlight the test’s fatal flaws. The decision […]

DWP figures show 600,000 could be missing out on disability benefits

By John Pring on 16th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures show 600,000 could be missing out on disability benefits
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More than 600,000 disabled people could be missing out on thousands of pounds a year of disability benefits they are entitled to, according to new figures released by the minister for disabled people. They show that 632,000 people are receiving out-of-work […]

Concern over DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to answer scores of key questions

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to answer scores of key questions
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Work and pensions ministers have refused to answer scores of questions from MPs on issues that are vital to disabled people, research by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. In the last six months, ministers have repeatedly argued that they cannot […]

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