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WEB4 days ago · 12th September 2024. A disabled people’s organisation is hoping its new disability justice project will draw support from across the country and create change in both government policy and public attitudes, as well as addressing the sense of “inevitability” around disability poverty. One of Inclusion […]
Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA …
WEB4 days ago · Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat work capability assessments (WCAs) for …
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
WEB4 days ago · Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
DWP finally publishes long-awaited universal credit ‘fitness for …
WEB4 days ago · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published its first set of figures that show how many disabled people who receive universal credit are being found fit for work after an assessment.
Court set to be told how DWP misrepresented plans to reform …
WEB4 days ago · A disabled activist has begun a judicial review claim against the government that accuses it of misrepresenting controversial plans to reform the work capability assessment (WCA).
Disability strategy is unlawful, court confirms… and denies DWP ...
WEBSep 26, 2024 · The government has been denied permission to appeal against a court ruling that its entire disability strategy is unlawful, and not just the botched national consultation ministers carried out last year while they were preparing the document.
Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
WEB4 days ago · Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff.
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
WEB4 days ago · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting for a decision on their claim for support through the disability …
Knock-on effects of PIP assessment backlog ‘show ministers must …
WEB4 days ago · Backlogs in the disability benefit assessment system are having significant knock-on effects on disabled people’s ability to live independently, new evidence has shown. It is showing how lengthy de…
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people.