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  1. Sly Saint
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    UK disability benefits (ESA and PIP) updates, news and articles, 2021

    Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP Feb 2021 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 22, 2021, 28 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  2. Sarah94
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    UK: Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) medical evidence

    Two questions: (1) Does the DWP accept reports from private consultants as medical evidence? I mean like, will they be snobby about it and not...
    Thread by: Sarah94, Jan 16, 2021, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  3. Sarah94
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    (UK) 'No DSS' letting bans 'ruled unlawful' by court, BBC News 14/07/2020

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53391516
    Thread by: Sarah94, Jul 15, 2020, 9 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  4. Kitty
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    UK: Free PIP webinar, 11-05-2020

    Benefits & Work is putting on a free 40-minute webinar or anyone applying for Personal Independence Payments during the lockdown: "FREE PIP...
    Thread by: Kitty, May 6, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  5. Sly Saint
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    UK: Article the Guardian:Benefits assessment suspension does not go far enough, says charity

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Monday put on hold in-person assessments for disability benefit claimants as a precautionary measure...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 17, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19)
  6. Sly Saint
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    Article in Independent: DWP destroyed reports into people who killed themselves after benefits were stopped Feb 2020

    The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of “a cover-up” after destroying reports into suicides linked to benefits being stopped....
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 26, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  7. Sly Saint
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    Article in Guardian: UK benevolent funds hand out £216m as hardship grows - features Emily Beardall (AfME) Jan 2020

    Emily Beardall, 44, had just qualified with a degree in pharmacy when she was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). “I couldn’t work. It...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 20, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  8. Wits_End
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    UK petition - change the DWP benefits assessments system

    Petition to stop contracting out DWP health-related benefits assessments and make the system fairer:...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Nov 5, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Petitions
  9. Wits_End
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    UK: Petition to make recording PIP assessments mandatory

    I've just found this petition which someone has set up to make the recording of PIP assessments mandatory:...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Sep 9, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  10. InitialConditions
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    UK benefits advice: Universal Credit and limited capability for work

    Hi all, I am looking for advice RE: Universal Credit and limited capability for work. A few months ago I started claiming UC. I work freelance...
    Thread by: InitialConditions, Jul 14, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  11. NelliePledge
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    ME Association and Carol Monaghan meeting with DWP Minister about benefits

    https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/06/meeting-with-minister-raised-important-concerns-about-welfare-benefits-for-people-with-me-26-june-2019/...
    Thread by: NelliePledge, Jun 26, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  12. Emily Taylor
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    July Solve ME Webinar: Disability Insurance for ME/CFS

    Disability Insurance Attorney Andrew Kantor from Kantor & Kantor, LLP joins us to explain the ins and outs of filing for disability under an ERISA...
    Thread by: Emily Taylor, Jun 17, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  13. Sly Saint
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    UK Parliament debate - 10 Years of the Work Capability Assesment 24 April 2019

    Laura Pidcock Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour) 2:30 pm, 24th April 2019 I beg to move, That this House has...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 28, 2019, 15 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  14. ladycatlover
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    BBC1 Doctors 17 April 2019 Storyline about PIP (UK benefit)

    Warning - this may be a programme that is upsetting for PIP claimants, or those awaiting a PIP assessment. On the other hand, it at least shows...
    Thread by: ladycatlover, Apr 17, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  15. Sly Saint
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    Don't merge the assessments for PIP and ESA - April 2019

    UK Gov petition (ie at 10,000 Govt will respond) In a speech on 5/3/19, Work & Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd announced plans to merge assessments...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 11, 2019, 10 replies, in forum: Petitions
  16. Simbindi
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    UK: 'Claimants health put at risk by fit note scandal' B & W News

    I wouldn't usually post the news from the Benefits and Work website, but this item will be relevant to anyone claiming ESA or UC. From 26th March...
    Thread by: Simbindi, Mar 27, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  17. Sarah
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    UK: Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings - Benefits & Work, 5 March 2019

    Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings Benefits & Work 5 March 2019 Most PIP and ESA claimants who appeal a decision will...
    Thread by: Sarah, Mar 25, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  18. Wits_End
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    UK PIP appeals - advice, recommendations?

    Less than 24 hours of being registered as a member, and I've already been awarded a Trophy! Anyway, that wasn't why I signed up: I joined here to...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Feb 23, 2019, 40 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  19. Wits_End
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    BBC News covers PIP and appeals

    If you didn't catch the 10 O'clock News tonight (and possibly the 6 pm one too) and can catch up with it (I think news is only available on...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Feb 21, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  20. Andy
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    The Guardian: Unfit DWP should be axed, says thinktank

    Ministers should consider abolishing the Department for Work and Pensions after its failure to help ill and disabled people out of poverty, a...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 19, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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