We last heard from a mother who recounted her daughter’s experience of the far from satisfactory Personal Independence Payment application and...
" A disabled woman from Thamesmead has started a petition to stop people on benefits having to travel so far for assessments. Claudette Lawrence,...
In May, I started my first ever job which I found through a wonderful charity called Astriid. My job is five hours a week, working from home, with...
Another significant report, this time by Z2K, has just been published by yet another well-meaning charity, demonstrating once again the numbers of...
Ministers on the Isle of Man are to scrap their version of the UK government’s much-criticised “fitness for work” test, prompting calls by...
The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses...
Emerge Australia submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Last week Emerge Australia made a...
“Astonishing” figures released by the government show that the number of older disabled people receiving benefits to help with their daily living...
Background for those unfamiliar with the system: Universal Credit replaces half a dozen other benefits including means-tested ESA ('sickness...
Every person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has said. A...
Mr Justice Mostyn said in his judgement last month that DWP’s intention had been “to save money” and that the decision to introduce the new...
This was from last year at some point, but it was recently mentioned again on Facebook and we didn't seem to have a thread for it here (although...
In 2007 the BBC covered the fact that the DWP were getting advice on disability benefits from a US insurance company - Unum. Both the BBC News...
Article from earlier in the year. The research that successive governments have relied on to justify slashing disability benefits over more than...
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