By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The head of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy has refused to call on the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to highlight the high risk of suicide faced by … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) documents suggest. The figures … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Scores of healthcare professionals may have been able to continue carrying out disability benefit assessments despite being the subject of multiple complaints about their behaviour, competence and honesty, confidential new … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs and social workers that would help disabled people secure the benefits they are entitled to, confidential Department for Work and … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has again broken its promise to stop harassing a traumatised benefit claimant while he waits to give vital evidence in a child abuse … Continue reading →
John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no disabled people will have their benefits reduced because of its decision to review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims. … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability New Service February 1st 2018 A mental health charity that refused to criticise the government for ignoring links between claimants of out-of-work disability benefits and suicide attempts is facing criticism after it emerged that more than … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 Disabled activists have called on the charity Mind to explain how seconding a senior member of staff to work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the last year … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 A government climbdown over new disability benefit rules that were found by the high court to be unlawful and “blatantly discriminatory” demonstrates its failure to base its policies on sound research … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to name the charities and other organisations being paid millions of pounds to help deliver its new disability employment programme across England … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint Esther McVey as the new secretary of state for work and pensions, calling it a “heartsink moment” and a “terrible … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 “Furious” disabled campaigners have attacked MPs on a Commons committee for refusing to ask the minister for disabled people about figures showing attempted suicides among people claiming out-of-work disability benefits … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service November 30th 2017 “Shocking” NHS statistics have revealed that almost half of the people claiming the main out-of-work disability benefit in England have attempted suicide at some point in their life. The figures, showing … Continue reading →
Image Courtesy of Winvisible By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 A grassroots group has warned MPs that the “terrifying insecurity” caused by the government’s regime of disability benefit assessments is driving disabled women to destitution, and … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child have lost more than 13 per cent of their income through seven years of government cuts, according to a new … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 The healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments on behalf of the government should be held accountable for failing to report what they are told accurately, MPs have been told. … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 A disabled woman is taking work and pensions secretary David Gauke to court over “unfair and discriminatory” changes that were made to a disability benefit. There was widespread anger earlier this … Continue reading →
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 Campaigners have asked why it took the government four years – and a tribunal judgement – to ensure that eligibility for a disability benefit takes proper account of whether a … Continue reading →
