Disability News Service

Timms continues evasiveness on Access to Work cut evidence his own department admit exists

The disability minister has once again ducked questions on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) covert programme of ...
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Disabled people ensure their voices are heard in historic march against the far-right

Disabled activists have explained why they needed their voices to be heard in Saturday’s historic mass march against the ...
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Government could face legal action over cuts to ‘neglected’ Access to Work

Disabled campaigners are hoping to take legal action over government cuts to the Access to Work scheme, a campaign event has ...
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One in three terminally ill people in deprived areas aren’t claiming DWP benefits they’re entitled to at the end of life

A third of terminally ill people living in the most deprived parts of England and Wales are not claiming benefits they’re entitled to in the final 12 months of life. Contrary to successive ...
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Tens of thousands of ‘NEETs’ have been hospitalised, mostly for mental health

New research has revealed that young people “not in education, employment, or training” (NEET) living with mental health or ...
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DWP admits court defeat after universal credit discrimination led to suicide thoughts

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted repeatedly breaching the Equality Act, after a disabled man was left needing hospital treatment three times for suicidal thoughts caused by ...
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Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for ‘duty to engage’ and cuts to disability benefits

Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while ...
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Disabled people warn of ‘severe’ consequences if chancellor removes Motability VAT exemption

Disabled people have warned of “severe” consequences if the chancellor goes ahead with reported plans to remove the Motability car scheme’s VAT exemption in next month’s budget. Disability News ...
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‘Appalling’ and ‘frightening’ Reform ‘ready to legalise discrimination’ by scrapping Equality Act

Disabled activists have accused Reform UK of readying itself to “legalise discrimination”, after its new equalities “shadow minister” said the party would repeal the Equality Act on its first day in ...
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Judge’s PIP comments suggest thousands have had claims wrongly stopped

Thousands of disabled people could have had their benefit claims stopped unlawfully, campaigners believe, after a judge found that letters sent out by government contractors were failing to stress the ...
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DWP staff admit inflicting ‘psychological harm’ on claimants during coalition years

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff and managers deliberately inflicted psychological harm on benefit claimants, engaged in unofficial sanctioning targets, and pushed disabled people into ...
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Secret PIP files show one in three assessments by Capita had significant flaws

More than a third of disability assessment reports completed by a government contractor have been found to be significantly flawed, according to secret government files. The proportion of substandard ...