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The government is skewing benefits appeals against disabled people
Guardian article by Frances Ryan, 18 May 2016: The government is skewing benefits appeals against disabled people A new army of ‘presenting officers’ is to help the Department of Work and Pensions at benefit tribunals, while the disabled person making … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits appeals, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Frances Ryan, Guardian, presenting officers
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DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 28 April 2016: DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking they have … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance, DLA, DWP, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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Are benefits sanctions value for money? NAO wants your input
The National Audit Office (NAO) is undertaking a study to examine whether the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is achieving value for money from its administration of benefit sanctions. To receive benefits such as Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit, … Continue reading
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Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 14 April 2016: Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary One of the three outsourcing giants that assesses people for their eligibility for disability benefits is facing calls … Continue reading
Misleading medical research underpins disability cuts
Centre for Welfare Reform report, by George Faulkner, 14 April 2016: In the Expectation of Recovery: misleading medical research and welfare reform Description / abstract: The attack by the UK Government on disability benefits has only just started to receive mainstream … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, biopsychosocial model, Centre for Welfare Reform, Department of Work and Pensions, disability, DWP, FOI, Freedom of Information request, George Faulkner, Lancet, PACE trial, Welfare reform
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Benefits ‘mandatory reconsideration’ consultation ends 15 March 2016
There is still time to contribute to the consultation on mandatory reconsideration. You can request a mandatory reconsideration if you think the decision about your Benefit application is wrong. You can submit evidence you have to support this. If the DWP do … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Mandatory Reconsideration
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Atos, Maximus & Capita admit assessment failures
Disability news service article, by John Pring, February 4, 2016: Atos, Maximus and Capita forced to admit assessment failures The three companies that carry out disability benefit assessments for the government have all been forced to admit regret at … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, Capita, Department of Work and Pensions, disability benefit assessments, DWP, Maximus, NAO, National audit office, Public Accounts committee
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Report says no justification for changes to PIP
Disability news service article: ‘Appalling’ consultation ‘shows government’s PIP plans are deplorable’, by John Pring, February 4 2016 An “appalling” consultation has failed to make the case for “deplorable” government plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, according to new … Continue reading
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Tagged Crippling choices, Department of Work and Pensions, disability, Disability Benefits Consortium, DWP, John Pring, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Spartacus, Welfare reform
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Universal credit leaves working parents worse off
BBC news, 3 Feb 2016: Universal Credit leaves working families worse off, IFS says Universal Credit may discourage single parents from working, claims the IFS. The introduction of Universal Credit (UC) will leave working families worse off on average, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, ESA, Iain Duncan Smith MP, IFS, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Public Accounts committee, UC, Universal credit
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Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children
Disability news service, 28 January 2016 : Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against disabled children, the court of appeal has ruled. The appeal court, which overturned a high court … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedroom tax, disability, DWP, ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Iain Duncan Smith MP
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