Dwp – The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy.
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 are being driven to self-inflicted harm due to reductions in the care they receive caused by cuts to the social care […]
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 […]
A Lancashire dad has criticised a new disability support assessment system which he says put his livelihood – and health – at risk. Michael Gibson, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 the results of a vital disability benefit test has more than doubled, official figures reveal today. A charity raised fears as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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