DWP issues update on face-to-face assessments for PIP and other health benefits
The DWP has released updated guidance for jobcentres across the UK.
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20,000 disabled County Durham people miss out on £21m due to DWP benefit freeze
The Government refused to increase Employment Support Allowance by £20 per week during the pandemic
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THANKS to Shona Craven for an informative and analytical article on Unicef’s decision to give £25,000 to a breakfast project designed to feed hungry children in areas of London (Destitution by design should shame Rees-Mogg and co, December 18). Ms Craven captures the current lack of compassion or genuine care for the vulnerable in the current Conservative party’s ideology very adeptly. The recent swingeing cut to the international aid budget demonstrated their insular, self-centred and callous humanitarian priorities and Ms Craven is accurate to find these traits manifested in the Leader of the House of Commons. By attempting to dismiss Unicef’s compassionate aid as a “stunt”, Jacob Rees- Mogg is acting completely within character and within his own warped, morally myopic set of principles. The man who described state-educated people as “thick as potted plants” and who believes that zero-hour contracts provide help to workers due to what he deems as their flexi
Jodey Whiting THE campaign to get a second inquest into the death of a woman who took her own life in 2017 has moved a step closer fruition. Jodey Whiting s family has submitted an application to quash the inquest into her death and seek a second inquiry so that the role of the Department and Work and Pensions in the events leading to her death can be considered. The 42-year-old died three days after getting her last Employment Support Allowance (ESA) payment and a letter informing her that payments were being stopped. New evidence indicates that acts and omissions by the DWP probably caused or contributed to Jodey’s death , her mother Joy Dove.
DWP: Family of mum-of-nine who took her own life after benefits battle apply to quash inquest
Jodey Whiting, a mum-of-nine, took her own life in February 2017 shortly after her benefits were stopped
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