DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th Feburary 2018 Ministers have quietly dumped their promise to test a gentler
Continue readingDWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th Feburary 2018 Ministers have quietly dumped their promise to test a gentler
Continue readingDWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit
Continue readingBenefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive
Continue readingBenefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and
Continue reading‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports
Continue readingThe PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Scores of healthcare professionals may have been able to continue
Continue readingThe PIP Files: Data shows multiple complaints made against scores of Atos assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs
Continue readingThe PIP Files: DWP documents show ‘absolutely shocking’ failure on further evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has again broken
Continue readingDWP breaks promise again to stop harassing abuse survivor over benefit claim
John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no
Continue readingDWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases
By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister
Continue readingActivists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate
PIP Back Payments Commons Debate Tuesday 30th January 2018 Previous PIP Back Payments 30 January 2018 1.52 pm Marsha De
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 Disabled activists have called on the charity Mind to explain how
Continue readingOpen letter from mental health activists probes charity’s links to DWP
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 A government climbdown over new disability benefit rules that were found
Continue readingDWP U-turns on PIP mobility rules that were based on ‘unsupported opinions’
By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to name
Continue readingDWP refuses to name charities set to earn millions from new disability jobs scheme
By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Nine MPs on a Commons committee are refusing to explain why
Continue readingMPs refuse to explain failure to quiz minister on ESA suicide stats
Image Courtesy of The Mirror By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people
Continue readingMinister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment
By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint
Continue readingBacklash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 Disabled campaigners have criticised the decision to award an OBE
Continue readingOBE for Access to Work boss is ‘further slap in the face’ for disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 More than one in eight of all decisions to reject
Continue readingMore than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 A nurse carrying out a disability benefit assessment fired questions
Continue readingAtos nurse continues PIP assessment while claimant has ‘grand mal’ epilepsy seizures