DWP caught harassing Carer’s Allowance claimants via SMS
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been under fire for pursuing unpaid carers over alleged overpayments of DWP Carer’s Allowance. It was a decision that has sparked outrage…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been under fire for pursuing unpaid carers over alleged overpayments of DWP Carer’s Allowance. It was a decision that has sparked outrage…
Notorious dark money think tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) – founded by former head of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Iain Duncan-Smith – is at its…
The UK government has recently made the contentious decision to cut winter fuel payments for a significant portion of older people. This move has sparked widespread criticism and concern, particularly…
Disabled people staged a sit-in outside parliament on Monday 2 September. It happened after security denied them entry to the building (which they’d previously been given permission for) to deliver…
In September, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will roll its suite of functional health assessments into one. Specifically, this means that DWP contractors will look at claims for…
On Monday night Tanni Grey-Thompson had to do something she’s unfortunately accustomed to now – crawl off a train. She had the same experience 12 year ago, too. Tanni Grey-Thompson’s…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could potentially owe hundreds of thousands of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants thousands in back-payments. This is thanks to a high court ruling…
Can’t work due to bad mental health? You’re a selfish scrounger with no self respect according to the NHS director of mental health Claire Murdoch in the Times On Friday,…
Not only did the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hand a harmful “back to work” contract extension to notorious private outsourcing company Serco, but it also awarded it to…
The new Labour Party government might be in summer recess, but there’s no time like the present for throwing disabled people under the bus. It’s summer recess – but don’t…
The Daily Mail has had a busy couple of days spewing out scapegoating propaganda for its billionaire owners and the political class. The Canary’s HG reported on its vile Islamophobic…
The Canary has been writing about the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stripping people of their benefits when it forces them onto Universal Credit for nearly a year. When…