Huge number of DWP disability and sickness benefit claimants stuck on NHS waiting lists
Commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, the analysis shows how crucial tackling the record backlog in the ...
DWP says 200,000 disability claimants 'ready to work now' as it plans benefit reforms
The Department for Work and Pensions says thousands of people on disability and incapacity benefits are ready to start work ...
UK Labour government to impose massive welfare cuts and criminalisation of benefits claimants
Every single penny seized from disabled people, and millions of other benefit claimants will be going towards massively ...
Labour gives update on sickness and disability benefit reforms as spending cuts expected soon
Disability charities and campaigners have pushed back against Labour’s stance on health-related benefits, with a recent report from Pro Bono Economics and anti-poverty charity Z2K finding that the ...
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Watchdog shows UK has taken zero action in response to UN recommendations in six areas of disability rights
Successive UK governments – mostly Conservative-led – have failed to take any action to address six key disability rights ...
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DWP reported 'plan to cut PIP benefits' would leave disabled people 'devastated', charity warns
A leading disability charity has issued a warning over proposed cuts to disability benefits that could have "disastrous consequences" for disabled people across the UK. David Southgate ...
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£3,000,000,000 cut to benefits will ‘push disabled people into poverty’
Work and Pensions ... the support disabled people need to live, which will push many more disabled people into poverty.’ Mikey Erhardt, a campaigner at Disability Rights UK, added: ‘Making ...