25 April 2018
Following a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee, the government intends to make recording the PIP assessment a standard part of the process and is exploring potential options to test the recording of assessments, including video recording.
FULL ARTICLE22 March 2018
The National Audit Office has revealed in a report this week that staff at the Department for Work and Pensions have made errors resulting in around 70,000 disability benefits claimants not receiving their full entitlement, between 2011 and 2014 during a government overhaul of incapacity benefits when claimants were transferred from older benefits on to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
FULL ARTICLE15 February 2018
The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into disability assessments by private contractors find they are “riddled with errors,” which has lead to a pervasive lack of trust in the benefits system.
FULL ARTICLE10 April 2017
DRUK has written to Penny Mordaunt, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, asking for her response regarding three significant ‘hidden’ welfare benefit cuts.
FULL ARTICLE27 February 2017
Opposition MPs and disability charities have expressed dismay after the head of Theresa May’s No. 10 policy unit made “crude distinctions between those with physical impairments and mental health issues” when speaking about reforming Personal Independence Payments.
FULL ARTICLE03 November 2016
Two ministers have refused to apologise after they both misled MPs about the impact of the government’s new disability benefit on disabled people.
FULL ARTICLE03 October 2016
Chronically sick benefit claimants will no longer be required to prove they are still ill every six months, the work and pensions secretary has announced.
FULL ARTICLE25 August 2016
With the Paralympics due to start on 7 September, Paralympians and disabled people face “a grimly familiar cycle of cuts and contempt, as the clock turns back on compassion”, claims political journalist Jackie Ashley.
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