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‘Crass and insensitive’

Oct 9, 2020By UNITElive

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…

Oct 9, 2020UNITElive

‘Hugely detrimental’

Jul 8, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Jul 8, 2019UNITElive

Government ‘running scared’

Jan 11, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Jan 11, 2019UNITElive

Statistics, lies and Access to Work

Mar 24, 2015By Touchstone blog

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…

Mar 24, 2015Touchstone blog

A rising tide may lift all boats, but DWP disability release fails to show decreasing disadvantage

Mar 9, 2015By Touchstone blog

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…

Mar 9, 2015Touchstone blog

100 claimants with mental health problems have their benefits stopped every day

Jan 21, 2015By Touchstone blog

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…

Jan 21, 2015Touchstone blog

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