Terminally-ill benefit claimants are demanding an end to re-assessments – and here’s a very good reason
People with terminal illness have explained why ministers must end the “arbitrary and outdated” rules that force many of them …
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DWP is going ahead with plans for single assessment for different sickness/disability benefits
This is a bad move – and not just because it would merge the assessment systems of benefits that have …
Complaints about disability benefit assessments up 6,000% in three years
These are damning figures. But what I find more upsetting is the way The Independent (in this case) suggests they have …
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 …
The DWP, disability, and denials: ‘hostile environment’ for claimants is no mistake
Are you getting tired of hearing the Conservative government claiming the latest tragedy to befall sick or disabled people is …
‘First do no harm’: Public to lobby Parliament over DWP assessments
Activists are to lobby Parliament next month in a bid to persuade MPs to impose stricter rules on the assessors …
DWP launches SEVENTH review of benefit errors in a year. But were they REALLY mistakes?
As I write this, I, Daniel Blake is on the TV – its television premiere. The scene involves the title character’s …
Did McVey quit the government to avoid questions on disability deaths cover-up?
Remember when Esther McVey quit the government last week, claiming it was because of Brexit, and I suggested she was …
Theresa May’s snub to grieving mum shows Tories are engineering benefit-related deaths – and they don’t care
You know what I’m going to say about this. The Department for Work and Pensions is adamant that we must …
Disability benefit assessors hired ‘security guard’ to beat up claimant’s husband
This is scandalous on several levels. A government-employed benefit assessment company hired a man to assault the husband of a …