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Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
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Young disabled people – including those with significant mental ill-health – will lose their benefits if they do not accept offers of education or employment, according to previously unpublished comments made by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall.
Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test ...
Dec 5, 2024 · More than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially through controversial reforms to the disability benefit assessment system, government figures suggest. The Department for Wo…
Benefits and Poverty – Disability News Service
A coroner has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent safety measures following the suicide of a man who became paranoid after suddenly receiving £5,000 in benefit arrears, five years after a similar call by another coroner.
Minister’s answers suggest disability benefits white paper has been ...
Dec 5, 2024 · The new secretary of state for work and pensions appears to have postponed plans to publish a crucial white paper on disability benefits. The decision to delay the white paper is likely to be a result of the chaos within the government over the last few months, with repeated sackings and appointments of new ministers as the Conservative party dumped two prime ministers in a matter of months.
Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
Nov 28, 2024 · Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and the main union representing Department for …
Seven years on and no progress on disability rights by UK …
Dec 5, 2024 · The UK government has made “no significant progress” in the more than seven years since it was found guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN disability convention, it has been told by human rights experts.
Politics - Disability News Service
A strong majority of disabled MPs voted against legalising assisted suicide on Friday, despite Kim Leadbeater’s private members’ bill easily passing to the next stage of the parliamentary process that could lead to it becoming law.
Thousands of disabled people tell government of day-to-day …
Dec 5, 2024 · Thousands of disabled people have told ministers of the significant barriers they face in their daily lives, with only four per cent saying they believe the government provides a “good level of support” to disabled people.