A new tool to help people claim personal independence payments (PIP) has been launched as statistics show that nearly £900 million worth of the...
benefitsandwork.co.uk has just published a new guide for those claiming PIP for ME/CFS. The full guide is only available to paid members, but the...
This thread has been split from the 2023 thread For the green paper and PIP consultation go to #post 44 Not sure if there is anything new in...
Disability News Service DWP set to waste thousands fighting release of two secret reports The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to...
6% of Workers' Comp Cases Are for Long COVID, But Many Can't Collect https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997416 (no paywall but may require...
Fit For Work – Three Part Series on BBC Radio 4 by Jolyon Jenkins "For 30 years, governments have tried to get disabled people into work by...
Ordeals and the Empathy Gap Sam Freedman 'Comment is Freed' substack Long read, UK focused but wider relevance: Exerpt An under-discussed...
Split from the 2021-2 thread From today’s Politico newsletter: Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will deliver a speech to the...
According to the latest DWP figures, over three million people are claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), awarded to people on the basis of...
UK - Rise in energy firms remotely switching homes to prepay meters something to be aware of if you are thinking about getting a smart meter A...
The Government should remove the requirement for people claiming disability benefits, such as the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), to have to...
"The ME Local Network (MELN) has been created and is being steered by local ME support groups across the UK, [...]. The aims of this network...
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From a Chronic Illness Inclusion email; Focus groups on disability benefit assessments Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences...
Just wondering whether the new NICE ME/CFS guidelines can be beneficial at all in relation to all the various UK benefit applications? Haven't...
Quote: A government contractor has paid out “substantial” compensation following the death of a young mother who took an overdose after her...
[MEDIA] There is a full paper somewhere out there too. Key points Route out to employment is positive mindset Lack of employment is a character...
" Channel 4 Dispatches Survey: Disability Benefits Channel 4 is making a Dispatches programme on how the disability benefits process, as...
I found this in my weekly letter from Scope, and thought I needed to share it with others in the UK. Closing date is 11th October 2021. "The...
I found out by accident some time ago that my award has been extended. I needed an up-to-date award letter to renew my Blue Badge, and when they...
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