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New DWP boss Mel strides into trouble in first Commons appearance

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Employment

New DWP boss Mel strides into trouble in first Commons appearance
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The new work and pensions secretary has refused to apologise after misleading MPs on how many disabled people want to return to work, just days after he was appointed to the post. Mel Stride (pictured), who replaced the sacked Chloe Smith […]

DWP abandons probe into ‘assessment centre traps’ after Tory MP fails to co-operate

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP abandons probe into ‘assessment centre traps’ after Tory MP fails to co-operate
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to abandon an investigation into claims that its contractors were carrying out covert attempts to trick benefit claimants, after the Tory MP who sparked the probe failed to co-operate. Dr Ben […]

MPs ask Coffey why she is hiding nine secret DWP reports

By John Pring on 16th June 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs ask Coffey why she is hiding nine secret DWP reports
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MPs have asked the work and pensions secretary to justify her refusal to release nine potentially embarrassing reports about her department’s work, at least four of which focus on disabled claimants of benefits. Stephen Timms, chair of the Commons work and […]

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has pledged to work alongside disabled people to draw up plans to replace the “fitness for work” benefit assessment system that has been linked to the deaths of multiple claimants over the last decade. Jonathan […]

Labour MP who holds DWP to account defends government appointment

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour MP who holds DWP to account defends government appointment
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The Labour chair of the committee tasked with holding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account has been accused of “total hypocrisy” after accepting a high-profile appointment from the government. Stephen Timms, who chairs the cross-party Commons work and […]

DWP’s JobcentrePlus failure on access is ‘unacceptable’, say MPs

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Employment

DWP’s JobcentrePlus failure on access is ‘unacceptable’, say MPs
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The failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that the employment services it provides to disabled people through JobcentrePlus are accessible is “simply unacceptable”, according to a cross-party committee of MPs. In a new report on the […]

Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard
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Disabled people have told MPs how they have been hit particularly hard by the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the benefits system. The Commons work and pensions committee carried out a survey of benefit claimants as part of an inquiry […]

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers
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A disabled Liberal Democrat MP has promised to “harry” and “shame” the government in parliament over its “shameful” record on disability rights. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he would use his […]

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