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Some key points from the 2015 summer Budget
A budget full of implications for the voluntary sector from the NCVO As expected, the chancellor announced a slew of welfare changes to reach his £12bn target, many of which had been anticipated or announced in advance. Analysis of their cumulative … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Budget, ESA, Gift Aid, living wage, Social housing, WRAG
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Disability poverty rises
Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition, by John Pring on July 3, 2015 in on Disability News Service The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Benefits, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, Equality and Human Rights Commission, ESA, Family Resources Survey, Poverty, Welfare reform, WOW campaign
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ESA sanction numbers rise in Wales
A jump in the number of sanctions given to those who receive a key benefit in Wales is “a concern”, a Welsh government minister has said according to a BBC report Lesley Griffiths said 400 people claiming Employment and Support Allowance … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, ESA, jobseekers, Lesley Griffiths AM, sanctions, welfare benefits
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Mentally ill benefits to be cut?
Tories discuss stripping benefits claimants who refuse treatment for depression according to the Daily Telegraph. Senior ministers now believe the rules should be reviewed in order to reduce the “huge” numbers of people who are declared unfit for work due … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Daily Telegraph, Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, ESA, Job centres, mental health, NHS England, psychological therapies, sanctions, talking therapies, Welfare reform
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CAB Briefing for MPs on Mandatory Reconsideration (ESA)
Summary: Cutting off people’s employment and support allowance (ESA) benefits while DWP give a second opinion on their claim is adding an unnecessary administrative burden, causing stress and leaving some people with no income for a significant period of time. … Continue reading
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Tagged CAB, Citizens Advice Bureau, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Fit for work, Jobseeker's allowance, JSA, Mandatory Reconsideration, MR
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Prepare for work or lose your benefits
The Telegraph reports on UK government plans to be introduced from 2013 where anyone claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) because they are ill will face sanctions if they do not take steps to prepare for work. They will be … Continue reading
Tipping point: costs of cutting disabled people’s support
A new report from the Hardest Hit coalition exposes how the Government’s welfare cuts are hitting disabled people hardest: 8 in 10 (85 per cent) claim losing their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) would drive them into isolation, and would leave … Continue reading
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Tagged disabled people, ESA, Hardest Hit coalition, PIP, Tipping point, UC, WCA, Welfare reform
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The disturbing truth about disability assessments: a GP’s view
Two recent television programmes made public what doctors and patients already know: fitness to work assessments being conducted in the UK by the private firm Atos are unfit for purpose and damaging. Why are doctors involved in this farce, asks … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, BMJ, disability assessments, ESA, Margaret McCartney, WCA
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Disability Benefits survey
The Disability Benefits Consortium invites you to complete their survey if you are claiming (or have tried to claim) disability benefits. It asks about ESA, DLA and back to work support and should inform their work to influence Government benefits … Continue reading
