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WEBOct 3, 2024 · 26th September 2024. The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two disabled claimants. Sir Stephen Timms is the first minister of any political party […]
Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat work capability assessments (WCAs) for …
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting for a decision on their claim for support through the disability …
DWP finally publishes long-awaited universal credit ‘fitness for …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published its first set of figures that show how many disabled people who receive universal credit are being found fit for work after an assessment.
Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff.
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people.
Knock-on effects of PIP assessment backlog ‘show ministers must …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Backlogs in the disability benefit assessment system are having significant knock-on effects on disabled people’s ability to live independently, new evidence has shown. It is showing how lengthy de…
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WEBBy John Pring on 3rd October 2024 Category: Transport. A government department has blamed the pandemic for a five-year delay in publishing a report that suggested major changes to the public transport system would be needed to address the barriers faced by disabled people with invisible impairments. The report by […]
DWP faces another call to act over pandemic assessment unfairness
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Listen. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing its second call to act in consecutive weeks over the impact of the pandemic on disabled people waiting for their benefit claims to be assessed. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) reported how some claimants of personal independence payment who successfully overturned decisions ...