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Nov 7, 2024 · Mental health bill ‘will not stop us being locked up’, say disabled activists. 7th November 2024. A long-awaited new mental health bill falls far short of the fundamental reforms needed to ensure full human rights for disabled people, and will not stop them being subjected to forcible detention and degrading treatment, activists have warned.
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
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…
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
Oct 31, 2024 · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people.
Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for …
Nov 7, 2024 · Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while disregarding risks to their health.
Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test ...
Nov 7, 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…
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
Nov 7, 2024 · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting for a decision on their claim for support through the disability employment programme, compared ...
Mounting evidence of assessment crisis, as DWP halts WCA …
Nov 7, 2024 · Mounting evidence suggests a crisis within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems that assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Delays and backlogs across the assessment system have even led to DWP refusing to carry out any repeat work capability assessments (WCAs) for claimants already receiving universal credit ...
Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
Nov 7, 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 …
‘Nonsensical’ disability benefits white paper sparks return of ...
Nov 7, 2024 · A high-profile network of disabled researchers are to return after a six-year pause to produce a report on a white paper that contains “nonsensical” government plans to scrap the work capability assessment. A key researcher with the Spartacus network told Disability News Service (DNS) this week that work had already started on a new report.
‘Deep concern’ over government’s disability benefits green …
Oct 31, 2024 · Disability News Service has yet to see any evidence that the big charities – including Mind, Scope, Mencap, Leonard Cheshire, RNID and RNIB – have raised any concerns about either potential spending cuts or the idea of a new, single benefit. But DPOs – those organisations run and controlled by disabled people – have spoken out this week.