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Outcry that the UK Government continues to delay changes to PIP
Disability Rights UK blog post, 20 April 2018: DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018 In December 2017, a High Court decision found that PIP mobility component regulation changes, which affected those with psychological … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, UK government
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PIP & ESA assessments inquiry – how to take part
Work and Pensions Committee PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry Now accepting written submissions; the deadline is Friday 10 November 2017. Scope of the inquiry: The Committee invites evidence on the effectiveness of assessment processes used to determine eligibility for Personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits assessments, consultation, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Work and Pensions Committee
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DBC says PIP benefit is leading to ill-health & isolation for disabled people
Disability Benefits Consortium blog post, 13 September 2017: Failing benefits system leads to ill-health and isolation for disabled people A benefit designed to support disabled people is making their health worse and leaving them isolated, according to new research from over … Continue reading
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PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights
Disability news service blog post, by John pring, 6 July 2017: PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights More than half of those disabled people previously eligible for the Motability vehicle scheme have lost that … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Work and Pensions, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, DWP, John Pring, motability vehicles, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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Changes to PIP should help some Motability users
Disability Rights UK blog post, 21 April 2017: Changes to PIP should help some Motability users The Government has announced that disabled people who are turned down for the enhanced mobility rate of Personal Independence Payment and lease a vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, enhanced mobility rate, motability vehicles, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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PIP review ignores evidence of dishonesty among assessors
Disability news service blog post , by John Pring, 6 April 2017: PIP review ignores evidence of dishonesty among Atos and Capita assessors The former civil servant commissioned by the government to review its new disability benefit has refused to … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, Capita, disability benefit assessments, Disability news service, John Pring, Paul Gray CB, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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Emergency debate on PIP in House of Commons 29 March 2017
Parliament.co.uk blog post, 29 March 2017: Emergency Debate on changes to Personal Independence Payment Regulations The House of Commons held an emergency debate on changes to Personal Independence Payment Regulations on Wednesday 29 March. Watch Parliament TV: Emergency debate on … Continue reading
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Tagged Debbie Abrahams MP, House of Commons, Parliament TV, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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Charities’ plea over Personal Independence Payments
BBC news article, 15 March 2017: Charities’ plea over Personal Independence Payments The chief executives of more than 30 charities have written to ministers urging them not to restrict access to a disability benefit. The rules around Personal Independence Payments, … Continue reading
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PIP statistics show reduction in sick and disabled receiving benefit
Disability news service blog post, by John Pring, 15 Dec 2016: ‘Absurd’ DWP accused over refusal to publish PIP statistics Ministers have been accused of “absurdity and obfuscation” after refusing to explain why they do not publish statistics showing the … Continue reading
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How does it feel to be assessed?
How does it feel to be assessed? a paper from the Centre for welfare reform, by Chris Akers, November 2016 There is insufficient attention given to the price people pay for having to go through assessments of need within the modern welfare … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits assessments, Centre for Welfare Reform, Chris Akers, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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