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Personal Independence Payments – The Story That Just Won’t Quit

Let’s hope this sees the beginning of the end of a period that has seen many disabled people left destitute, depressed and broken
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Esther McVey's First Priority Must Be Fixing Employment And Support Allowance

Get your to-do list in order and make supporting disabled people your top priority
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Five Immediate Fixes To Make Work Pay Under Universal Credit

Wiggle room and political capital in the first few weeks of her appointment enables Esther McVey to signal a number of fixes
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Esther McVey Must Win Disabled People’s Trust And Act Urgently To Tackle Injustice

Scope research shows that for every 100 disabled people moving into work, 114 leave
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Lib Dems Call For Ban On Benefits Testing By Private Companies

'Enough is enough.'
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Universal Credit: Secret Impact Reports Could Be Revealed

A repeat of Commons vote on Brexit impact papers looms.
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Revealed: Universal Credit Requires The Terminally Ill To Meet ‘Work Coaches’

Exclusive: Campaigners lament ‘thoughtless’ regulations under flagship benefit reform.
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A Lesson In Abject Cruelty - When The Welfare State Bites

We see a system which has lost sight of the needs of the individual
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Disability Benefit Reforms Are Actually Making People More Ill, Report Finds

'PIP is failing many people from start to finish.'
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Department For Work and Pensions To Axe 800 Jobs

Union chiefs say redundancies are 'unnecessary'.
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