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March 22, 2018

National Audit Office investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance

A National Audit Office report details how the DWP has underpaid tens of thousands of ill or disabled people by thousands of pounds each.
February 14, 2018

PIP and ESA assessments are working as intended

If a food product is found to be contaminated, it is immediately withdrawn from sale. If a vehicle is found to be unsafe it is taken off the road.
February 14, 2018

Damning report on PIP and ESA assessments

A Work and Pensions Committee report says public contract failures have led to a loss of trust that risks undermining the operation of major disability benefits.
February 10, 2018

PIP and ESA claimants’ stories set out in report

When the Work and Pensions Committee put out a call for evidence on PIP and ESA assessments, the response was overwhelming.
December 5, 2017

Atos, Maximus and Capita questioned on disability assessments

Newly released statistics show that at times almost 60 per cent of Capita disability assessments have been deemed 'unacceptable' by the DWP.
December 4, 2017

MND Association repsonds to disability employment strategy

The Motor Neurone Disease Association says the government's new strategy fails to acknowledge that employment-related initiatives are not suitable for all disabled people.
December 1, 2017

The disability employment gap - warm words and cold hearts

These days, whenever the government talks about helping people who are ill or disabled, this quote from Tolstoy springs to mind: “I sit on a man's back choking him and making him carry me, and yet
August 25, 2017

A human catastrophe for disabled people, a scandal for our country

For over seven years, disabled people in the UK have endured an onslaught from government which has caused immense suffering, and which some have not survived.
August 4, 2017

Government's position on benefit appeals ruled unlawful

The Government’s restrictions on access to the social security appeals system has been found to be unlawful.
August 3, 2017

State pension age, health, and dignity

As the state pension age rises for both men and women, it will affect the poor much more than the wealthy, and the sick much more than the healthy.