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...
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...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Monday put on hold in-person assessments for disability benefit claimants as a precautionary measure...
The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of “a cover-up” after destroying reports into suicides linked to benefits being stopped....
I am starting this thread to bring together all the links to guidance and advice for claiming the main UK disability benefits of Employment...
https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/06/meeting-with-minister-raised-important-concerns-about-welfare-benefits-for-people-with-me-26-june-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...
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...
Ministers should consider abolishing the Department for Work and Pensions after its failure to help ill and disabled people out of poverty, a...
"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...
" BRIEFING PAPER Number 07820, 13 July 2018 Since 29 September 2017, some Employment Support Allowance claimants with the most severe health...
Another article by Steve Topple using ME and PACE as illustrative of current government policy, Last year, the UN accused the Department for Work...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now effectively fully co-working with the NHS to get people living with mental health issues back to...
Article by Steve Topple in The Canary The DWP is in court again and it could open the floodgates for countless disabled people. THE VIEWS...
Hello, First post, here goes... I recently placed a number of Freedom of Information requests with the funders of the PACE trial, named on the...
The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses...
Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential...
Article in the Guardian Friday Feb 9th 2018 'Substantial minority' of disability claimants failed by system – MPs A “substantial minority” of...
The connections between government and the insurance business in their joint project to reduce eligibility for sickness benefits....
Every person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has said. A...
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