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New PIP appeals guide
Advicenow produced a new PIP appeals guide on 26 May 2016: How to Win a PIP Appeal This guide is for everybody who got thinks the DWP made the wrong decision about their application for PIP. It is produced by … Continue reading
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Moving from DLA to PIP: impact survey needs participants
Disability Rights UK news report, 11 May 2016: Moving from DLA to PIP: DBC impact survey 11 May 2016 This Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) survey is about the experiences of people who were claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and then … Continue reading
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Tagged DBC, Disability Benefits Consortium, Disability Living Allowance, Disability Rights UK, DLA, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, survey
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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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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
Undercover TV programme reveals PIP assessment horrors
The great benefits row: Ade Adepitan reveals disturbing sides to the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit. Dispatches goes undercover in Capita, a 4 billion pound company who assess the disabled for benefits, and discovers unprofessional conduct from one of … Continue reading
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Disability cuts ‘a suggestion’, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says
BBC news: Disability cuts ‘a suggestion’, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says 18 March 2016 Plans in the Budget to cut disability benefits, which have sparked threats of a Tory revolt, are “a suggestion”, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan has said. The proposals … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC news, Budget, disability, George Osborne MP, Nicky Morgan MP, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, welfare cuts
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Changes to PIP following aids & appliances consultation
Disability Rights UK article, 14 march 2016: PIP needs change, but PIP does not need this change The Government has announced, in its response to the consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of PIP, that it intends … Continue reading
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New survey reveals PIP’s poor satisfaction levels
Disability News Service article: New survey reveals PIP’s poor satisfaction levels, by John Pring, February 18, 2016: Levels of satisfaction among claimants of the government’s new disability benefit are far lower than for other benefits, according to new Department for Work … Continue reading
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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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