New disturbing evidence has emerged that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced harsher rules designed to force more disabled people with significant mental distress to attend frequent face-to-face jobcentre meetings. Last week, a work coach told Disability News […]
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Regulator examines DWP’s ‘shameful’ failure on universal credit WCA stats
DWP is forcing distressed claimants to attend weekly meetings, says whistleblower
Trio of disabled women shame DWP with parliamentary call for action on safety
Hundreds of disabled parents lose out over universal credit ‘financial blackmail’
Citizens Advice silent over DWP gagging clause in £21 million agreement
Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA reassessments
Appeal hopes follow anger at universal credit £20 uplift court defeat
DWP snubs coroner’s call for change after severely-ill patient was told to visit jobcentre
Commission calls for ‘transformational’ change to social security system
A user-led commission has called for a “transformational” reboot of the social security system to replace the current “inadequate, demeaning, inefficient” structure that “deliberately scapegoats” unemployed and disabled people. In its final proposals, following more than three years of work, the Commission […]