PIP TRAINING
With 3 months FREE professional membership for non-members and price
discounts for current members, our personal independence payment
training for professionals and support workers is proving very popular.
Wednesday 24 April, BIRMINGHAM; Thursday, 23rd April BRISTOL; Tuesday, 23 April, LEEDS; Thursday, 25 April, LONDON.
More training details here
Dear rob,
It may be one of the shortest lived legal victories by claimants on record.
The
Court of Appeal today ruled that most of the DWP’s forced labour
schemes were unlawful and that anyone who had been sanctioned under
them should have their lost benefits repaid. Within hours the
government had set about trying to enact new regulations with immediate
effect to reinstate the work for your benefits schemes. They have also
vowed not to repay any sanctioned benefits, despite the judges’ ruling.
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Thursday 17 January 2013
DLA and ESA claimants under attack
Attacks on DLA and ESA claimants
Dear rob,
Two days after our December newsletter went out, the DWP dropped a bombshell on disabled claimants. They suddenly revealed, after all the consultations were over, that people wanting to qualify for the higher rate of the personal independence payment (PIP) mobility component will have to show they that they are unable to walk more than 20 metres, rather than the 50 metres generally used for disability living allowance (DLA). The DWP now estimate that over half a million people will miss out on higher rate mobility under PIP compared to DLA.
We’ve published several articles on this issue, including:
PIP higher rate mobility down to 20 metres
Government silent on ‘draconian’ PIP mobility plans (members only)
DWP lies to cover tracks on mobility cuts (members only)
There’s also a report on the changes: Emergency Stop from We Are Spartacus.
Plus the Hardest Hit are running a campaign to get people to contact their MPs about the change, which is likely to see many thousands of disabled claimants lose their independence.
Dear rob,
Two days after our December newsletter went out, the DWP dropped a bombshell on disabled claimants. They suddenly revealed, after all the consultations were over, that people wanting to qualify for the higher rate of the personal independence payment (PIP) mobility component will have to show they that they are unable to walk more than 20 metres, rather than the 50 metres generally used for disability living allowance (DLA). The DWP now estimate that over half a million people will miss out on higher rate mobility under PIP compared to DLA.
We’ve published several articles on this issue, including:
PIP higher rate mobility down to 20 metres
Government silent on ‘draconian’ PIP mobility plans (members only)
DWP lies to cover tracks on mobility cuts (members only)
There’s also a report on the changes: Emergency Stop from We Are Spartacus.
Plus the Hardest Hit are running a campaign to get people to contact their MPs about the change, which is likely to see many thousands of disabled claimants lose their independence.
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