Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise
By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of
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Category: Capita
PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven
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There are 13 million disabled people in Britain. If we don’t vote together, the DWP will tighten the screws on us
Reblogged from Independant Journalist James Moore April 21st 2017 Scope, the charity for disabled people, tweeted an interesting number
PIP investigation: Council probes ‘shockingly poor and dishonest’ assessments
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 A local authority is to hear evidence from up to a
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PIP investigation: Claimant group tell MPs of ‘systemic malpractice’ by assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 A group of nine disabled people with the same rare
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PIP cuts ‘will be debated and voted on’
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Calls for government cuts to disability benefits to be
PIP investigation: Claimant seeks judicial review over assessment flaws
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 A disabled woman is seeking a judicial review by
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PIP investigation: ‘Horrific’ suicide question sparks fresh assessment inquiry calls
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 There are fresh calls for an inquiry into the way
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PIP claimant who took her own life had written about unfair assessment report
By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd February 2017 A disabled woman who took her own life after being
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PIP investigation: Capita made me a scapegoat, says disgraced assessor
Bu John Pring Disability News Service 23rd February 2017 Healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefits assessments for the
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PIP investigation: 100 cases, and still DWP refuses to accept the dishonest truth
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied there is
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PIP investigation: Woman took her own life two days after learning of failed PIP appeal
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 A disabled woman who lost her disability benefits because of a
PIP investigation: Regulator refuses to act over Capita assessment report ‘lies’
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 A healthcare regulator has decided that a notorious benefits assessor will
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PIP investigation: ‘Lie after lie after lie’
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 Many more disabled people have come forward to describe how the
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PIP investigation: Welfare expert says two-thirds of appeals involve lying assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 Welfare rights experts have produced evidence that backs up the
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PIP investigation: MPs to consider assessment dishonesty claims
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 An influential committee of MPs is to examine claims of
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‘Immoral’ Capita offered £200 bonuses to social workers to slash care packages
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 The outsourcing company Capita offered freelance social workers financial bonuses
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PIP INVESTIGATION: Politicians call for action over ‘widespread dishonesty by assessors’
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Labour, the Green party and the Liberal Democrats have called for
PIP INVESTIGATION: Regulator receives ‘more than 1,600 complaints about assessors’
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 A regulatory body has received more than 1,600 complaints
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PIP INVESTIGATION: Assessment reports show widespread dishonesty by nurses
By John Pring, Disability News Service. 26th January 2017 Healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of benefit claimants
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