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Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit: changes to the Work Capability Assessment from 29 September 2017

September 29, 2017 admin 0

Contents 1. Changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) 2. Background information 1. Changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) From 29 September 2017, the […]

£80k benefits cheat avoids jail – despite SNORKELLING in Maldives while claiming she could barely walk

September 25, 2017 admin 0

An £80,000 benefits cheat pictured SNORKELLING in the Maldives while claiming she was wracked by pain has avoided jail. Mum Linda Hoey told “bare-faced lies” […]

Disabled people left humiliated after being sent for PIP benefit tests at Dragon’s Den millionaire’s luxury spa

September 25, 2017 admin 0

Worried claimants had to wait around with champagne-drinking guests in towelled robes on £100-a-head pampering days at a Bannatyne club in Durham Disabled people have […]

Benefits assessor sanctioned for mocking disabled claimant

September 25, 2017 admin 0

A benefits assessor who was caught on film mocking disabled claimants of personal independence payments and suggesting they were liars has been found guilty of […]

Elderly and disabled people driven to self-harm amid ‘drastic decline’ in social care funding under Tories

September 21, 2017 admin 0

Elderly and disabled people are being driven to self-inflicted harm due to reductions in the care they receive caused by cuts to the social care […]

Paralysed, brain damaged woman is told to get a job after husband missed meeting

September 19, 2017 admin 0

A man says that his wife has been taken off benefits and has been told to get a job by the Government despite her being […]

Punished for being ill: ‘Benefit changes made my illness much worse’

September 19, 2017 admin 1

A Lancashire dad has criticised a new disability support assessment system which he says put his livelihood – and health – at risk. Michael Gibson, […]

My sister is expecting to lose her job because of her disability, but it’s not like she can turn to the DWP for help

September 18, 2017 admin 1

Over the past few years I have watched my intelligent, thoughtful, hard-working, funny younger sister be gradually beaten down by the system. Following a car […]

Norwich mechanic told to find job eight years after he had to stop work with bad back

September 18, 2017 admin 0

Aged 54 and with four operations already completed on his severely bad back, Keith Ashley holds little hope of finding a new job. Norfolk Disabled […]

Disability assessors asked: ‘how long will you have Parkinson’s for?’

September 14, 2017 admin 3

Michael Gibson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was just 18. But despite Parkinson’s being a serious, progressive neurological illness with no known cure, […]

The waiting time for disability benefit test results has more than doubled

September 14, 2017 admin 0

The waiting time for the results of a vital disability benefit test has more than doubled, official figures reveal today. A charity raised fears as […]

£6million snatched from multiple sclerosis sufferers in cruel Personal Independence Payments crackdown

September 11, 2017 admin 0

Thousands of people living with multiple sclerosis have lost millions in benefits since the introduction of Personal ­Independence Payments. Despite previously qualifying for the highest rates of […]

Woman denies falsely claiming disability benefits for 10 years

September 11, 2017 admin 0

A 57-year-old woman has been charged with falsely claiming disability benefits for 10 years – amassing £65,000. Kay Woodward allegedly failed to tell the Department […]

Disabilities in a time of austerity

September 7, 2017 admin 0

The Government’s drive to reduce public spending has hit everyone hard. But the impact it has had upon disabled people has been particularly punishing to […]

Britain is no longer a civilised country – the UN’s disability report confirms it

September 7, 2017 admin 2

It’s often said that the mark of a civilised society is how it treats its most vulnerable citizens in times of austerity. And in the […]

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