‘Chaotic’ universal credit led to disabled man’s death, sister tells UN poverty expert
A UN expert has heard how a man with learning difficulties died a month after…
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Minister says stopping benefit sanctions would do disabled people ‘a great disservice’
A minister has suggested that the government would be doing a “great disservice” to disabled…
Labour conference: De Cordova calls for a ‘Labour alternative’ to universal credit
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has called on her party to come up with…
WCA tragedy woman’s mum vows to fight on for justice despite No 10 letter snub
A disabled woman whose daughter took her own life after being wrongly found “fit for…
Disability charity’s appointment of Unum boss as new chair ‘is truly disgraceful’
A disability charity’s decision to choose as its new chair the head of a company…
DWP silence over ‘thousands of ESA claims lost in IT black hole’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told a disabled woman whose benefit claims…
Universal credit leaves claimants with mental health problems ‘tangled in bureaucracy’
People with mental health problems are becoming “tangled up” in the bureaucracy and flaws of…
‘Fit for work’ assessor suspended for describing examination that did not take place
An occupational therapist who carried out a “misleading” benefit assessment has been suspended for a…
DWP ‘has no record’ of whether it showed WCA death documents to reviewer
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) claims it has no record of whether it…
DWP figures on ‘unacceptable’ WCA reports cast doubt on decisions made on tens of thousands of ESA claims
Tens of thousands of “fitness for work” benefit claims could have been decided by civil…