There are almost zero recorded losses to the taxpayer due to fraud in the disability benefit benefits system, new statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show. Personal independence payment (PIP) fraud stood at 0% in the financial year ending 2024. Meanwhile, disability living allowance (DLA) fraud was just 0.1%, which was rounded … Continue reading “Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’ The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new statistics showing that fraud in the disability benefits system is a ‘non-issue’”
Month: November 2024
CAN WE DEFEAT THE LEADBEATER ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL?
November 25, 2024 Members of Parliament are voting on Friday about whether to legalise assisted suicide. As disabled people, the reason we want to defeat this bill is not a matter of principle, or so that we win the argument. We are fighting for our lives. As people who often interact with health and other … Continue reading “CAN WE DEFEAT THE LEADBEATER ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL?”
Five reasons why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities
Lucy Series / 1 day ago The Mental Health Bill reaches its second reading in the House of Lords tonight. This is a quick post to explain why it won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities. If you want all the footnotes and references, then please take a look at … Continue reading “Five reasons why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities”
Will assisted dying vote pass? It’s far from clear by Chris Mason BBC correspondent
An extraordinary week stands ahead of us at Westminster. A week in which MPs will be asked to make a decision that could have consequences for decades. If the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales becomes law, it would give people, in certain circumstances, the right to die at a … Continue reading “Will assisted dying vote pass? It’s far from clear by Chris Mason BBC correspondent”
DWP to review £300 benefit application after facing accusations over 200-question form Story by James Rodger & William Morgan
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is revisiting a complex form that pensioners have to wade through to claim the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance; there are worries it’s too convoluted, creating quite a puzzle. Set aside just for older folks on Pension Credit this year, the benefit could slip through the fingers of some … Continue reading “DWP to review £300 benefit application after facing accusations over 200-question form Story by James Rodger & William Morgan”
Benefits uprating amounts for 2025 to 2026
PUBLISHED: 04 NOVEMBER 2024 The chancellor confirmed in the October budget that working age benefits will be uprated by 1.7% from April 2025, in line with the September 2024 consumer Price Index. Liz Kendall later confirmed this in a written statement, making clear that the same uprating would apply to all disability benefits and to … Continue reading “Benefits uprating amounts for 2025 to 2026”
Judge FORCES DWP to disclose key documents about “dehumanising” WCA reforms
During a court hearing about the “rushed and disingenuous” consultation used to justify proposals to tighten the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was ordered by a judge to disclose key internal documents to Ellen Clifford, a disabled activist bringing a legal challenge over the consultation. DWP WCA reforms: a … Continue reading “Judge FORCES DWP to disclose key documents about “dehumanising” WCA reforms”