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Disability Wales advises how to survive 5 problems disabled people face
Disability Wales article, 16 November: How to Survive Five Problems Disabled People Face Some situations we face can feel nightmarish. Yet simply knowing what to do can reduce your stress levels significantly, and help you to overcome what life throws … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible housing, Disability Wales, employment, independent living, PIP
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Stephen Crabb calls for changes to PIP
Former work and pensions secretary and MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire Stephen Crabb has called for further changes to controversial welfare reforms. BBC Wales Week in week out show: Why Have My Benefits Been Cut?, 8 Nov 2016 Stephen Crabb’s segments starts at … Continue reading
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Tagged Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Stephen Crabb MP
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BBC Radio & TV shows discuss PIP
BBC Radio Good Morning Wales show on 8 Nov 2016, looked at Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Interviews with Stephen Crabb MP, Nurse whistleblower from Capita, Chief Executive of Disability Wales, Rhian Davies. Listen online until 6 Dec: Segment begins 1hr 56:50 mins … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio Wales, Good morning show, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Week in week out
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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
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Tagged Damian Green MP, disabled people, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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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
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Tagged Benefits and work, benefits tribunals, DWP, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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BBC Wales looking for people with problems claiming PIP
BBC Wales’ current affairs programme Week In Week Out is researching a TV documentary on Personal Independence Payments (PIPs), after they heard that a lot of people are having problems with this benefit as it continues to be rolled out. They … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Wales, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
Disability Rights UK blog post, 29 July 2016: PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard A significant new legal judgment holds that while someone may ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits assessments, Disability Rights UK, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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DBC seek PIP 20 metre case studies
Disability Rights UK blog post, 5 July: DBC seek PIP 20 metre case studies The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), of which Disability Rights UK is a member, is collating a dossier of anonymised case studies on PIP to support its … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 metre case studies, DBC, Disability Benefits Consortium, Disability Rights UK, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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PIP assessment: 2nd independent review call for evidence
The DWP are seeking feedback on how the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment is working. This consultation closes at 16 September 2016 5:00pm The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the second independent review … Continue reading
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DLA / PIP update
Here are some recent news stories about DLA and PIP: Under 18s will continue to get DLA/PIP while in hospital From 29/6/2016 a new regulation exempts under 18s claimants from the law that usually means that DLA/PIP stops after 28 … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Living Allowance, DLA, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, welfare benefits
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