Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souterworries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer John Harris is right about the lack of attention given to working-age adults with disabilities in discussions … Continue reading “How disabled adults are sidelined by social care – the Guardian”
Author: Anne Pridmore
Another claimant has inflicted an important defeat on the DWP
Another High Court loss for DWP PUBLISHED: 27 JANUARY 2025 in the High Court, this time in relation to the department unlawfully paying his rent directly to his landlord without the claimant having any say in the matter. Less than a fortnight ago we reported that a claimant had won a judicial review of the … Continue reading “Another claimant has inflicted an important defeat on the DWP”
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair
. What she told me should shock us all Frances Ryan Last September, I received an email from a reader called Rosy. At just 53, motor neurone disease meant Rosy was losing her body as she knew it, piece by piece. Previously an assistant librarian at the University of Portsmouth, she was now struggling to … Continue reading “A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair”
Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle
Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle John Harris the Guardian When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults? In what passes for the national conversation, our social care crisis tends to be reduced … Continue reading “Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle”
Incapacity benefit cuts consultation was ‘misleading’ and unlawful, judge rules Labour’s plan to push through ‘fit for work’ test reforms to save £3bn set back after activist’s high court challenge
Patrick Butler Social policy editor Thu 16 Jan 2025 Labour’s plan to push through £3bn of cuts to incapacity benefits has received a setback after a judge ruled an official consultation setting out the proposals was misleading and unlawful. The high court said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had presented UK-wide incapacity benefit … Continue reading “Incapacity benefit cuts consultation was ‘misleading’ and unlawful, judge rules Labour’s plan to push through ‘fit for work’ test reforms to save £3bn set back after activist’s high court challenge”
Government inaction on social care
Fazilet Hadi, DR UK’s Head of Policy, writes about the Government’s announcement of an independent commission to reform adult social care in England, launched in January 2024. The commission’s final recommendations will not be made until 2028. The Government announcement of a 4 year Commission on Social Care is deeply shocking to Disabled people, old … Continue reading “Government inaction on social care”
Commons to Lords: the timeline for assisted dying bill’s progress
Bill begins its next parliamentary stage next month, with amendments expected before it proceeds The bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will begin its next parliamentary stage this month as a committee of MPs chosen by the bill’s sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, begins taking evidence. MPs voted for the assisted dying bill to … Continue reading “Commons to Lords: the timeline for assisted dying bill’s progress”
DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death
Previous government spent almost £1m trying to prevent release of documents in 56 legal cases More than £50,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on lawyers to try to prevent the release of a safeguarding review ordered after a disabled man starved to death in his own home. The costs were part of a bill of … Continue reading “DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death”
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers Study predicts an ‘intention economy’
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour Artificial intelligence (AI) tools could be used to manipulate online audiences into making decisions – ranging from what to buy to who to vote for – according to researchers at the … Continue reading “AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers Study predicts an ‘intention economy’”
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’
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’”