Disability Living Allowance
Don’t misuse your disability benefits – the DWP might
Oh dear. At a time when the Tory party is desperately trying to shake off its ‘Nasty Party’ image, this turns up on our doormat – literally.
By Alice Dunn | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 12:00 am
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By Laura Davis | Notebook | Friday, 18 May 2012 at 4:49 pm
Why doesn’t Iain Duncan Smith trust a doctor’s decision?
I am one of the 70% of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients with a lifetime award that Iain Duncan Smith set his sights on this week. He intends to introduce more rigorous, regular assessments for the replacement PIP benefit and abolish lifetime entitlements such as mine.
By Laurence Clark | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 4:00 am
Remploy closures: Right in theory, but where does it leave disabled employees?
Over the past six weeks I’ve had mixed feelings towards the proposals to close 36 Remploy factories, leading to compulsory redundancies for 1,518 disabled workers. On the one hand, I’ve always been against sheltered workplaces which feel to me like a relic from a bygone age. But on the other hand, the government’s timing of this move, coinciding with high unemployment, cuts to support funding and the erosion of employment rights feels very unfair and misjudged.
By Laurence Clark | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 27 April 2012 at 10:50 am
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