Trouble for pensioners and benefit claimants as DWP prepares to stop paying into Post Office accounts
This has been on the way for a long time, but it’s still going to cause a lot of aggravation …
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Coronavirus: DWP adds insult to injury over tax credit and Universal Credit claims
It seems the Department for Work and Pensions has found a new way to humiliate benefit claimants during the coronavirus …
Scottish boosts for carers make those in the rest of the UK look second-class
The Scottish Parliament has announced another boost for carers – this time those who work unpaid apart from receiving the …
Tories tell DWP to strip families of tax credits if they make Universal Credit claim
It would have been nice to be told this in advance. Apparently more than two million people have claimed Universal …
Court threat over ‘illegal’ coronavirus-related ‘Do Not Revive’ orders on disabled people
Remember when This Site reported that doctors were being ordered to deny coronavirus care to people with disabilities? It went …
Family of man who starved to death after losing benefits launches lawsuit against DWP
Remember Errol Graham? He’s the man who starved to death after the Department for Work and Pensions cut off his …
Man with neurological disability fights to get vital benefits back after Tories took them away
A man with incurable neurological conditions including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette’s Syndrome was told his …
DWP accused of ‘discriminating’ against ESA-claiming disabled people in coronavirus pandemic
This is probably what the UN poverty rapporteur, Philip Alston, has been talking about recently. He said the Tories spent …
Disability benefits extended by six months if due reassessment within three months
The coronavirus crisis isn’t all bad news, it seems: The Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson MP (pictured below), has …
DWP ‘didn’t consider’ scrapping five-week wait for Universal Credit – because the Tories didn’t want to?
We already knew the DWP hasn’t had any intention of scrapping the five-week wait between claiming Universal Credit and receiving …