Tag Archives: DWP
Spending watchdog calls for ‘wide-ranging’ review of benefit sanctions
Disability news service blog post, by John Pring, 1 Dec 2016: Spending watchdog calls for ‘wide-ranging’ review of benefit sanctions regime The government has been heavily-criticised by the public spending watchdog for failing to investigate how its own sanctions regime … Continue reading
Green Paper & consultation on transforming employment prospects for disabled & ill people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 2 November 2016: Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper This green paper sets out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap disabled people and people with long-term health … Continue reading
PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits
Disability news service blog post by John Pring, October 6, 2016: Tory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will soon be spared reassessments for out-of-work benefits … Continue reading
ESA re-tests axed for chronically ill claimants
BBC news article, 1 Oct 2016: Employment and Support Allowance: Re-tests axed for chronically ill claimants Tens of thousands of people claiming the main benefit for long-term sickness will no longer face repeated medical assessments to keep their payments. Work … Continue reading
New online system of benefits appeals proposed
Benefits & work blog post, 28 Sep 2016: Virtual Abolition of PIP, DLA and ESA Appeal Tribunals As We Know Them “It is absolutely staggering that 65% of people who dispute their PIP award are successful in their appeal of … Continue reading
DWP agrees to set target for benefit underpayments
Disability Rights UK blog post, 8 Aug 2106: DWP agrees to set target for benefit underpayments The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, Frank Field MP, has welcomed the DWP’s change of heart on a target for benefit underpayments. … Continue reading
Revised Welfare Capabilities Assessment Handbook
A new edition of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) handbook has been published on 6 July 2016 by the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This guidance is for healthcare professionals approved or appointed by the Department for Work and … Continue reading
Biopsychosocial’ basis for benefit cuts is ‘cavalier, unevidenced and misleading’
Disability news service news article, by John Pring, 9 June 2016: ‘Biopsychosocial’ basis for benefit cuts is ‘cavalier, unevidenced and misleading’ The research that successive governments have relied on to justify slashing disability benefits over more than a decade is riddled with … Continue reading