DWP human wet wipe Mel Stride needs binning at general election
It’s not been a good first week of general election campaigning for Rishi, has it? Along with an abysmal few days full of embarrassing press moments, he seems to have…
DWP forced to defend cut to YOUR Universal Credit benefits
Before voters head to the polls in the general election, another likely-to-be damning indictment of the Tories callous cuts to benefits will come to light. Specifically, the government must publish…
DWP to face inquiry into deaths of disabled people
Today in “that bump under the rug? Oh it’s just important disabled news don’t look at that”, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced they are launching an…
DWP PIP payments are being stopped due to internal errors
I’m supposed to be writing about something completely different right now, but as I was working on that I got some news that made my blood curdle. The DWP has…
180,000 stripped of DWP benefits in latest move
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has stripped over 180,000 people of their benefits. It is doing so through its so-called ‘managed migration’ process. Specifically, this is where the…
DWP minister inadvertently reveals damning back to work figures
This week I wrote about how Keir Starmer’s Labour could be as dangerous for disabled people as the Tories and I’d like to correct myself there. Some of Labour is…
DWP hiring new fraud agents amidst more benefit claimant bashing
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again ramping up its benefit criminal rhetoric around Universal Credit. Specifically, it has announced its plans to hire 2,500 ‘external agents’…
Mel Stride gurning on TV about his latest DWP plan is sickening
As expected after an embarrassing time at the polls, the Tories were back to take it out on disabled people this week. The human wet wipe, the DWP’s Mel Stride,…
DWP set to deny over 100,000 people benefits
In its rush to scrap old-style benefits, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is potentially set to strip over 100,000 people of their vital social security. This is because…
DWP being dragged to court over changes for benefits claimants
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is being taken to court over its latest attacks on benefits claimants. These include changes to how chronically ill and disabled people claim…