Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says
8 years, 10 months ago

Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says

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Labour U-turn on £5bn benefits crackdown as Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall 'prepare to backtrack on cutting disabled people's payments'
2 weeks ago

Labour U-turn on £5bn benefits crackdown as Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall 'prepare to backtrack on cutting disabled people's payments'

Daily Mail  

Labour is tipped to U-turn on their £5billion benefits crackdown as Sir Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall prepare to back down on a key plank of the controversial plans. The government is set to unveil a series of welfare reforms next week, which would see about 1million people lose their disability payments, as Labour attempts to grapple with the country's …

Labour's benefits crackdown 'set to cut disability payments for 1million people' - as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face backlash from own MPs
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Labour's benefits crackdown 'set to cut disability payments for 1million people' - as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face backlash from own MPs

Daily Mail  

One million people are set to lose their disability payments amid Labour's cost-cutting crackdown on benefits - causing uproar within the party. Sir Keir Starmer insists benefits cuts are urgently needed as the welfare bill is 'going through the roof', while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Friday the government must 'get a grip' on the system. Pictured: File photo Sir …

No10 'shocked' by scale of Labour fury at plans for £5bn benefits cut and 'adding safeguards for disabled' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid civil war while balancing books
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

No10 'shocked' by scale of Labour fury at plans for £5bn benefits cut and 'adding safeguards for disabled' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid civil war while balancing books

Daily Mail  

Spooked ministers are looking at adding safeguards for the most disabled to a plan to cut the amount paid to those too ill to work. No10 has been 'shocked' by the scale of Labour opposition to the proposal to cut disability benefits to save £5bn and get hundreds of thousands of people who can work into jobs. Sir Keir Starmer …

DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans
1 month, 1 week ago

DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans

The Independent  

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Disabled Britons suffering 'unacceptable treatment' at hands of DWP
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Disabled Britons suffering 'unacceptable treatment' at hands of DWP

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Government to overspend £8.6bn on benefits bill as DWP boss says ‘radical’ changes to come
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Government to overspend £8.6bn on benefits bill as DWP boss says ‘radical’ changes to come

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Labour gives update on DWP disability benefit changes as spending cuts expected soon
2 months ago

Labour gives update on DWP disability benefit changes as spending cuts expected soon

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Benefits of welfare outweigh the cost, Labour warned ahead of cuts
2 months ago

Benefits of welfare outweigh the cost, Labour warned ahead of cuts

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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul

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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul

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There’s one word for Starmer’s welfare reform when you’re disabled...
4 months ago

There’s one word for Starmer’s welfare reform when you’re disabled...

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People are just frightened. With the government kicking a review into disability “benefits” – the quote marks are because I find it difficult, given my own experience, to see any benefits to being disabled – into next year, I could only nod along. The nation’s jobcentres, or Jobcentre Plus as they are now known, will in future become part of …

Labour’s DWP benefits changes explained – from Jobcentres to disability benefits
4 months ago

Labour’s DWP benefits changes explained – from Jobcentres to disability benefits

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Welfare reforms are a cynical attack on disability benefits, charities say
1 year, 4 months ago

Welfare reforms are a cynical attack on disability benefits, charities say

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Reforms to disability benefits hope to encourage more people into employment as charities voice concern
1 year, 6 months ago

Reforms to disability benefits hope to encourage more people into employment as charities voice concern

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Disability benefits could continue after return to work under new plans
2 years, 2 months ago

Disability benefits could continue after return to work under new plans

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Calls for ‘radical new approach’ to reduce disability employment gap
3 years, 8 months ago

Calls for ‘radical new approach’ to reduce disability employment gap

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More than 4,500 disabled people wrongly stripped of their benefits, DWP minister admits
6 years, 3 months ago

More than 4,500 disabled people wrongly stripped of their benefits, DWP minister admits

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Government makes U-turn by announcing it will pay back thousands of disability benefit claimants in full
6 years, 8 months ago

Government makes U-turn by announcing it will pay back thousands of disability benefit claimants in full

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Man who ‘died for 10 minutes’ due to severe heart problems has disability benefit cut to £20 a week
7 years, 2 months ago

Man who ‘died for 10 minutes’ due to severe heart problems has disability benefit cut to £20 a week

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Government admits disabled people have been receiving too little financial support from DWP
7 years, 4 months ago

Government admits disabled people have been receiving too little financial support from DWP

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Government cuts have caused 'human catastrophe' for disabled, UN committee says
7 years, 7 months ago

Government cuts have caused 'human catastrophe' for disabled, UN committee says

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Election 2017: Coalition of 80 charities unite to pressure party leaders over disability benefit cuts
7 years, 9 months ago

Election 2017: Coalition of 80 charities unite to pressure party leaders over disability benefit cuts

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Theresa May refuses to rule out further disability benefits cuts
7 years, 10 months ago

Theresa May refuses to rule out further disability benefits cuts

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Government fails to deliver £4bn savings after cutting disability benefit, new analysis shows
7 years, 10 months ago

Government fails to deliver £4bn savings after cutting disability benefit, new analysis shows

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Disability cuts: People with mental health problems left behind as benefit changes take effect
7 years, 11 months ago

Disability cuts: People with mental health problems left behind as benefit changes take effect

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Disability benefits: MPs granted emergency debate in final attempt to halt controversial curbs
8 years ago

Disability benefits: MPs granted emergency debate in final attempt to halt controversial curbs

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Lords to carry fight against disability benefit changes condemned by Government's own experts
8 years ago

Lords to carry fight against disability benefit changes condemned by Government's own experts

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Government welfare experts slam ministers for denying PIP disability benefits to 160,000 vulnerable people
8 years ago

Government welfare experts slam ministers for denying PIP disability benefits to 160,000 vulnerable people

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Theresa May admits Government’s social security experts were not consulted about disability benefits cuts
8 years ago

Theresa May admits Government’s social security experts were not consulted about disability benefits cuts

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This is the change to disability benefits that the Government snuck in while the by-elections distracted us
8 years, 1 month ago

This is the change to disability benefits that the Government snuck in while the by-elections distracted us

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£3.7bn in cuts to disability benefits needed to help cut the deficit, says cabinet minister
8 years, 1 month ago

£3.7bn in cuts to disability benefits needed to help cut the deficit, says cabinet minister

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Liberal Democrats to try to kill Government's bill to restrict disability benefits
8 years, 1 month ago

Liberal Democrats to try to kill Government's bill to restrict disability benefits

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More than 40,000 disabled people have had their benefits docked since 2012
8 years, 1 month ago

More than 40,000 disabled people have had their benefits docked since 2012

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The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again
8 years, 1 month ago

The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again

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Two private firms make £500m from fitness-for-work assessments of disability benefit claimants
8 years, 3 months ago

Two private firms make £500m from fitness-for-work assessments of disability benefit claimants

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2,000 disabled people wrongly declared ‘fit to work’ by DWP in just three months
8 years, 3 months ago

2,000 disabled people wrongly declared ‘fit to work’ by DWP in just three months

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Medical tests for chronically ill benefits claimants to be scrapped
8 years, 5 months ago

Medical tests for chronically ill benefits claimants to be scrapped

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Labour would scrap DWP's controversial Work Capability Assessment 'fit to work' tests
8 years, 6 months ago

Labour would scrap DWP's controversial Work Capability Assessment 'fit to work' tests

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DWP slashes funding for disability supported housing and homeless hostels
8 years, 6 months ago

DWP slashes funding for disability supported housing and homeless hostels

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DWP will not say whether it is going to cut disability supported housing, women's refuges, and homeless hostels
8 years, 7 months ago

DWP will not say whether it is going to cut disability supported housing, women's refuges, and homeless hostels

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New DWP secretary Stephen Crabb signals further disability benefit changes to cut spending
8 years, 10 months ago

New DWP secretary Stephen Crabb signals further disability benefit changes to cut spending

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Tax credits, disability benefit and nine other U-turns from the first year of a Conservative government
8 years, 10 months ago

Tax credits, disability benefit and nine other U-turns from the first year of a Conservative government

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What IDS really thinks about disability cuts (according to one of his own colleagues)
9 years ago

What IDS really thinks about disability cuts (according to one of his own colleagues)

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Stephen Crabb to officially drop cuts to disability benefits – as David Cameron attempts to defend his record
9 years ago

Stephen Crabb to officially drop cuts to disability benefits – as David Cameron attempts to defend his record

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The public overwhelmingly think planned PIP disability benefit cuts are wrong, polls find
9 years ago

The public overwhelmingly think planned PIP disability benefit cuts are wrong, polls find

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Disability benefit cuts included in the Budget were just 'a suggestion', cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says
9 years ago

Disability benefit cuts included in the Budget were just 'a suggestion', cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says

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The Government is justifying its disability benefit cuts with untested anecdotal evidence
9 years ago

The Government is justifying its disability benefit cuts with untested anecdotal evidence

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Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts
9 years ago

Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts

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Disability benefit cuts: Commons could be forced into emergency debate after 100,000 people sign petition
9 years ago

Disability benefit cuts: Commons could be forced into emergency debate after 100,000 people sign petition

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