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DWP’s ‘disrepute’ contract clause ‘is proof charities cannot be trusted’

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The decision of some disability charities to sign contracts that prevent

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Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’

March 23, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work

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Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

February 15, 2018 JJ

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

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Government’s suicide prevention boss refuses to call for action on ESA risk stats

February 9, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The head of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy has refused

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

February 9, 2018 JJ

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

February 8, 2018 JJ

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

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Minister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment

January 11, 2018 JJ

Image Courtesy of The Mirror By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people

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Backlash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint

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OBE for Access to Work boss is ‘further slap in the face’ for disabled people

January 6, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 Disabled campaigners have criticised the decision to award an OBE

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Atos nurse continues PIP assessment while claimant has ‘grand mal’ epilepsy seizures

January 6, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 A nurse carrying out a disability benefit assessment fired questions

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Court orders Atos to pay disabled woman £5,000 over dishonest PIP assessment

December 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A court has ruled that a disabled woman should be

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

November 24, 2017 JJ

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

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Ofgem’s ‘very limited’ fuel price cap ‘will lead to deaths, ill-health and misery’

November 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 The energy regulator’s “discriminatory” plans to impose only a “very limited”

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

November 24, 2017 JJ

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

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Concern over government’s four-year delay on PIP ‘safety’

November 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 Campaigners have asked why it took the government four years

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Advisor says 30 local claimants with terminal cancer had PIP rejections overturned

October 20, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 A welfare rights advisor has described how at least

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I work for the DWP as a universal credit case manager – and what I’ve seen is shocking

October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 JJ

Reblogged From Independant Newspaper http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/universal-credit-dwp-worker-case-manager-benefits-system-government-food-banks-a7998196.html I see so much suffering on a daily basis. Case managers like me are well-trained to

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Preying On The Weak And Vulnerable

October 14, 2017 JJ

Reblogged from Morning Star The government is acting like an abusive partner with claimants, whom it can beat at

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DPOs call on transport secretary to restore Access for All funding

October 13, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th October 2017 Disabled campaigners and their allies have called on the transport secretary

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Concerns over criteria for ‘fitness for work’ reassessment exemptions

October 13, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th October 2017 Disabled campaigners have criticised new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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