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  1. 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
  2. Andy
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    Action for M.E. hosts DWP spotlight training

    A range of people from the Department for Work and Pensions had the opportunity to learn more about M.E. and its impact on claimants, in a...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 7, 2019, 78 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  3. John Mac
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    Sick and disabled people will be paid £1BILLION of benefits they were denied as bill for DWP blunder explodes

    Hard-up claimants of ESA were shortchanged by up to £20,000 each. Now the number of victims - and money owed - has soared It affects claimants...
    Thread by: John Mac, Oct 17, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  4. Amw66
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    Benefit related deaths

    Shocking but perhaps not unexpected Check out @MrTopple’s Tweet: [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Amw66, Aug 17, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  5. Indigophoton
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    The Canary: Esther McVey and her department are now totally out of control

    Another article by Steve Topple using ME and PACE as illustrative of current government policy, Last year, the UN accused the Department for Work...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Jun 19, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. Andy
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    The Canary: The DWP is now co-working with the NHS. We should all be very worried. (Talks about IAPT and mentions PACE)

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 15, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  7. JohnTheJack
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    Correspondence from the DWP for 2005

    I have this week received these from the DWP. I've had a quick look through. The two things that strike me are that they confirm Aylward...
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, Jun 7, 2018, 30 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  8. AR68
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    A series of PACE funding FoI requests

    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...
    Thread by: AR68, Apr 28, 2018, 61 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  9. 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
  10. JohnTheJack
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    Correspondence from the DWP for 2004

    I received these a little while ago. See https://www.s4me.info/threads/correspondence-from-the-dwp-for-2003.2682/ 17 files.
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, Mar 4, 2018, 26 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  11. Keela Too
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    DWP seeking CCTV footage against disabled

    Saw this on Twitter. Rather shocked. Parking it here. DWP it seems has many ways to get at the disabled. :( [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Keela Too, Mar 3, 2018, 21 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  12. JohnTheJack
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    Correspondence from the DWP for 2003

    I have previously shared the correspondence for 2004. Here it is for 2003. I am getting these as and when I can. There is a limit to how much...
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, Feb 28, 2018, 22 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  13. Andy
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    Disability News Service: "The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal"

    Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 11, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  14. Skycloud
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    Work and Pensions Select Comittee (UK) findings re: failures of PIP and ESA assessments

    Article in the Guardian Friday Feb 9th 2018 'Substantial minority' of disability claimants failed by system – MPs A “substantial minority” of...
    Thread by: Skycloud, Feb 9, 2018, 18 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  15. Sly Saint
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    Government and Insurance companies - establishing the BPS model

    The connections between government and the insurance business in their joint project to reduce eligibility for sickness benefits....
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 8, 2018, 96 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  16. 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
  17. Andy
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    Disability News Service: "Civil servant sparks fresh concerns over ideological basis of jobs strategy" [BPS discussed]

    Also mentions ME and GET. The civil servant who leads the government’s work and health unit has sparked fresh concerns that the new disability...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 19, 2018, 37 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  18. Andy
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    Centre for Welfare Reform: "In the Expectation of Recovery"

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 7, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  19. Andy
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    Centre for Welfare Reform: "Deleted BBC News Item on Unum"

    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...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 5, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  20. Andy
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    UK: Disability benefits (ESA and PIP) - news and updates up to end of 2020

    Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA [MEDIA] Scope of the inquiry The Committee...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 6, 2017, 129 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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