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Stephen Crabb reaffirms no PIP cuts
28 June 2016 | News
... of State at DWP addresses All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability AGM. Over seventy observers, MPs and peers heard ... commitment that the planned saving in personal independence payment would not be sought from cuts in welfare payments ... paper to be published later this year that would set out how the Government intends to achieve its ambition of ...
Debt worse under UC than other benefits
05 February 2019 | News
... Citizens Advice helps with Universal Credit struggle to pay for housing as they wait for payment Among the people the charity helps with debt and ... living costs (such as food, housing and transport) to pay creditors, or are spending more than they take in. More ...
DWP reviews PIP decisions for many D/deaf people
11 April 2022 | News
... D/deaf people to successfully obtain Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The DWP has now announced it is carrying out ... be backdated to the date you started getting PIP.” However, the DWP warns that: “We will not look again at ... from landmarkchambers.co.uk. For more information on how you qualify for PIP and how it is assessed see for our ...
DWP says that it has no PIP reconsideration refusal target
15 May 2017 | News
... Indicator (KPI) of 80% mandatory reconsideration refusals does not include PIP. The DWP says that it has no ... While PIP is excluded from its KPI target it does include Disability Living Allowance and Attendance. The sources for ... reconsideration target. Note: The latest DWP statistics show that despite no KPI target, the level of accepted PIP ...
The future of social care and the forthcoming govt green paper
07 March 2018 | News
... is a partnership that promotes personalisation, direct payments and personal budgets in social care. TLAP heard from Department of Health and Social Care officials. You can find their ... spare a thought for social care professionals. At least health professionals still get a change to use their skills ...
Government in court over disability benefit changes
08 July 2014 | News
... decision to change the eligibility criteria for the disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was unlawful. At the end of 2012 the DWP ... college or medical appointments. Government projections show that over half a million people are set to lose out ...
Ticket Office Closure Consultation to be Extended
26 July 2023 | News
... This is great news for all the campaigners highlighting how inaccessible the original consultation was, especially ... closures would disproportionately impact Disabled people. Disability Rights UK Rail Policy Adviser Stephen Brookes ... the original consultation. It is also important because it shows the original lack of planning and consideration of the ...
WCA ‘Reform’ Part of Government’s Efforts to Cut Public Spending
21 September 2023 | News
... three-quarters of those in receipt of means-tested health-related benefits are in the bottom half of the income ... if there is a “ substantial risk ” ’ to their mental or physical health if they were found not to have ... tank adds that: “ The rising incidence of ill-health and disability among our working-age population – and the ...
DWP in Breach of Equality Law
01 August 2023 | News
... as an accessible PDF or Word attachment) or in Braille. However, despite repeated requests, the DWP continued to send him information about his disability and employment benefits in printed hard copy ... and sight impaired people receiving personal independent payments (PIP) and employment and support allowance (ESA) ...
DR UK Statement on Spring Budget: 'Government Turns its Back on the Poorest in Society'
07 March 2024 | News
... money that allows local authorities to make discretionary payments to people in need), which is now set to close, when next winter starts. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), of which ... in public services to enable Disabled people to receive health services, educational support, and social care; and ...