When work and pensions and secretary Therese Coffey said in an interview this week that her relative anonymity meant she was doing her job well, she may not have anticipated how her shocking comments…Read more…
‘Hugely detrimental’
Massive cuts to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) staff have fuelled caseworker errors and further pushed Universal Credit claimants into debt. Universal Credit, the controversial welfare…Read more…
Government ‘running scared’
The government’s controversial welfare reform, Universal Credit, suffered another defeat today (January 11) after four single mums took on the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in court and won….Read more…
Statistics, lies and Access to Work
Mark Harper, MP, minister for disabled people announced (23 March) a commitment by government to helping disabled people in work or into work who need adjustments or support to enable them to carry out their jobs. The Access to Work (AtW) scheme has be…Read more…
A rising tide may lift all boats, but DWP disability release fails to show decreasing disadvantage
Late last month, the DWP put out a glowing headline: 400 more disabled people in work every day. It is not entirely unwelcome news. It does mean that there has been net growth of more than 141,000 disabled people in some form of employment over the past year. It also means that the DWP is…Read more…
100 claimants with mental health problems have their benefits stopped every day
Figures obtained by the Methodist Church from the Department of Work and Pensions have revealed that claimants thought to be unfit for work due to mental health problems are disproportionately and increasingly likely to have their benefits stopped under sanctions. The DWP’s own figures show that in…Read more…