Comedian drops truth bomb on Tory policies for war veterans, disabled and elderly people
If, like This Writer, you have switched off Question Time in disgust during the last few years of Conservative government and …
Category Archives: Employment and Support Allowance
POLL: Disability reassessment for pensioners to be phased out – but will all DWP changes be as good?
This is welcome: People receiving PIP who have reached State Pension age will no longer have their awards regularly reviewed, …
Dying dad deemed fit to work left with just £15 a week – but has the DWP done its duty?
Has the Department for Work and Pensions really followed its safeguarding rules for people whose health could be in serious …
DWP says there’s no need to review its safeguarding procedures. The late Stephen Smith might disagree
Remember the Department for Work and Pensions’ rejection of a petition demanding an independent review of its safeguarding procedures, after …
URGENT: Advice to ESA claimants found ‘fit for work’ on getting GP ‘fit notes’
Remember when it was revealed that the Conservative government had told doctors they no longer need to provide “fit notes” …
The DWP was responsible for the pneumonia that killed Stephen Smith. Will his survivors support legal action?
Stephen Smith, the man the Conservative government condemned to death by starvation when it denied him the sickness benefit ESA, …
Amber Rudd is right and people have been using food banks who didn’t need to: TORY MPs
The minister responsible for making sure everybody who is entitled to state benefits knows what benefits they should have has …
Another billion-pound scandal over ‘serially botched’ sickness benefits
This is from the UK Parliament website – verbatim. Straight from the horse’s mouth: New figures published today by the …
NO ‘justice for Jodey Whiting’ as Tory government refuses inquiry into deaths linked to DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions has scorned calls for an independent inquiry into deaths related to its decisions. Nearly …
Confront your MP – PERSONALLY – about Tory abuse of people on benefits, says McDonnell
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is calling for voters to force their MPs – particularly Tory MPs – to admit the …