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  1. 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 at 5:06 PM, 1 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  2. 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
  3. 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, 2 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  4. 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, 17 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Andy
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    UK: The APPG for Disability are looking for stories of issues with PIP

    Twitter post from them [MEDIA] Email that can be used: Appgsecretariat@disabilityrightsuk.org
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 19, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  8. InitialConditions
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    Advice RE claiming UK benefits, paying NI contributions

    Hi all, Looking for some advice given it's possible I may have to go down the route of claiming benefits. First a little about me: I'm a single...
    Thread by: InitialConditions, Jan 15, 2019, 19 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  9. Sly Saint
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    UK Dec 2018 - £40 million personalised support package for long-term unemployed disabled people launched

    "Disabled people will be able to work with a dedicated key worker to get and stay in employment, the new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 8, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  10. Andy
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    ME Association: Migrating from DLA to PIP – Perseverance and support result in win at reconsideration and at appeal for M.E.

    We last heard from a mother who recounted her daughter’s experience of the far from satisfactory Personal Independence Payment application and...
    Thread by: Andy, Dec 3, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  11. Sly Saint
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    Woman's fight to stop disabled people having to travel for benefit assessments - UK petition

    " A disabled woman from Thamesmead has started a petition to stop people on benefits having to travel so far for assessments. Claudette Lawrence,...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 1, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Petitions
  12. Andy
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    Blog: Changing the system so that more chronically ill people can work

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Oct 18, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  13. Andy
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    Charities are missing the point – disability benefit assessments were designed to fail

    Another significant report, this time by Z2K, has just been published by yet another well-meaning charity, demonstrating once again the numbers of...
    Thread by: Andy, Jul 7, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  14. Andy
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    Disability New Service: Isle of Man set to scrap its ‘fitness for work’ test

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 13, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  15. Sarah
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    UK: IAPT-Employment Adviser pilots - some information & docs

    The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses...
    Thread by: Sarah, Apr 11, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  16. Andy
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    Emerge Australia submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme

    Emerge Australia submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Last week Emerge Australia made a...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 5, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  17. Andy
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    Disability New Sevice: Mystery over shock fall in disability benefits paid to older people

    “Astonishing” figures released by the government show that the number of older disabled people receiving benefits to help with their daily living...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 2, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  18. Indigophoton
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    UK claimant wins right to legal challenge against DWP over disability benefits (UC)

    Background for those unfamiliar with the system: Universal Credit replaces half a dozen other benefits including means-tested ESA ('sickness...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Feb 4, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  19. Andy
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    UK: Personal Independence payments: All 1.6 million claims to be reviewed

    Every person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has said. A...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 29, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  20. Andy
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    Disability News Service: "DWP U-turns on PIP mobility rules that were based on ‘unsupported opinions’"

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 28, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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