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DWP accused of blocking claimant suicide research
02 March 2022 | News
... A study examining whether benefit sanctions are linked to mental illness and suicide, increasing costs to the NHS, has ... had to force the publication of a DWP-commissioned report showing how people on low incomes who need to rely on disability benefits struggled to meet basic living costs, ...
PIP and ESA appeal success rate now 75 per cent
15 September 2019 | News
... of Justice (MoJ) statistics. The new MoJ figures also show for the period from April to June 2019 these that: 71% ... had the initial decision revised in favour of the claimant; disability living allowance appeals had a 67% success rate; ... contributor is the low standard of Atos, Capita and Maximus Health Care Professional assessments and the lack of proper ...
Two new reports advocate Universal Basic Income with little concession to disability
17 March 2019 | News
... UBI, by itself, would never cover the additional costs of disability or be too expensive and difficult to distribute. ... means that with any UBI scheme it is likely that additional payments would remain part of a benefit system. DPAC argues ... for disabled people – The report seeks to postpone disability and housing costs issues till a later date, ...
Letter to Esther Mcvey re PIP mobility test
28 February 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to Esther McVey MP for ... Organisations (DPOs) at the DWP’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Delivery Update and Claimant Journey Teach-in. ... ever stand then walk aided or unaided more than 20 metres. However, you were equally definitive and clear that the ...
More Than a Quarter of PIP 2026/2030 Award Reviews to Result in Daily Living Award Loss Under New 4-Point Rule
20 June 2025 | News
... estimated that more than a quarter of personal independence payment (PIP) reviews undertaken between November 2026 and ... subject to the existing rules, not the 4-point rule. However, t here has been no indication from the DWP that ...
Reform Spending Review recommendations
16 June 2015 | News
How to run a country: working age welfare Reform has ... through Universal Credit; Either taxing or means-testing Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment; Reconsideration of extending the Right to Buy to ...
DWP say sanctions early warning letters make little difference to the outcomes of claimants
20 May 2018 | News
... Decision Makers. Results from the qualitative evaluation showed that there was support from staff for the intentions underpinning the trial, however evidence from interviews with staff suggested that ... little difference to the outcomes of claimants. The DWP does not consider that the benefits of the approach are ...
Care Quality Commission seek ambassadors
10 March 2023 | News
The Care Quality Commission (the CQC) and Healthwatch are recruiting six campaign ambassadors to help ... them develop campaign messaging for people with a learning disability and autistic people, and to feature them as campaign spokespeople. Ambassadors will help the CQC and Healthwatch encourage other people with learning ...
Comment: Leaked sickness benefit cuts document
02 July 2015 | News
... which applies to people with disabilities or long term health conditions who claim Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit. If scrapped, their weekly payments would drop nearly £30 from £102.15, bringing it ... costs faced by disabled people arising from their disability. It is also used by many to cover the costs ...
Govt promises 'package of measures' on bus wheelchair access later this year
15 May 2018 | News
... consultation. Will the Minister give a date for action? How will the priority of wheelchair users be ensured if a buggy user refuses to move? How will priority legislation be enforced, and how will the ... her multiple sclerosis has been treated and she does not use it any more. When she worked with London Buses ...