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Watchdog begins probe into failure of regulators to punish lying PIP assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A watchdog is examining the failure of two healthcare regulators to

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The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for

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Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive

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The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal

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  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports

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The PIP Files: DWP documents show ‘absolutely shocking’ failure on further evidence

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By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs

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DWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases

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  John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no

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Minister fails to back measures to protect claimants from dishonest assessors

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By John Pring Disability News service December 21st 2017 The minister for disabled people has refused to approve two key

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Regulators face possible action over failure to discipline lying PIP assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 The body that oversees the UK’s health and care regulators is

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Assessment regime causes disabled women ‘terrifying insecurity’, MPs are told

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Image Courtesy of Winvisible   By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 A grassroots group has warned MPs

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Benefit assessors ‘must be held accountable’ for report failings, MPs hear

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By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 The healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments on behalf

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Disabled woman takes DWP minister to court over PIP mental health changes

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By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 A disabled woman is taking work and pensions secretary David Gauke

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A Senior Judge Has Suggested Charging The Government For Every “No-Brainer” Benefits Case It Loses In Court

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By Emily Dugan https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/most-dwp-benefits-cases-which-reach-court-are-based-on-bad?utm_term=.vdNwjXxjE6&ref=mobile_share#.rlzN1aX1Ar Britain’s most senior tribunal judge says most of the benefits cases that reach court are based

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