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DWP confirms PIP to stay non means-tested when it becomes the only health assessment for benefits

Work Capability Assessments could be scrapped as early as 2026 under new proposals.

Daily Record

Eight Universal Credit changes which might affect your payments this year

Households who rely on the benefit should take note of DWP plans that might mean your income could go up or down in 2023

Chronicle Live

New proposals for improving DWP health assessments includes recording all consultations with option to opt-out

A new report on DWP health assessments suggests several measures offering 'quick and easy wins' for improvement.

Daily Record

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Report shows ‘lack of trust’ in system for health assessments

Thousands of people were surveyed in the report into the system for health assessments which the committee’s chair said has created a lack of trust.

The Independent UK

Goodbye, ‘fit for work’ tests – but what comes next could be worse

Letter: The work capability assessment has features that it is important to retain. One is the right of appeal to an independent tribunal, writes Patricia de Wolfe

The Guardian - UK

Clowns converge on Orlando for funny business

The World Clown Association is bringing together all types of clowns for its 40th annual convention.

WEKU

Charity fears DWP plans to scrap Work Capability Assessments could lead to 'broken benefits system'

“Sanctions don’t work and are deeply harmful"

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Good riddance to the work capability assessment, the cruellest social policy of modern times

Thousands of people have died after wrongly being found ‘fit for work’, but benefits campaigners aren’t celebrating yet, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Charity warns new DWP plans to scrap Work Capability Assessments could lead to 'broken benefits system'

The PIP assessment would be used to decide whether a person receives the new Universal Credit health element.

Daily Record

DWP disability benefit changes could see surgery patients among 650,000 people losing support

There are big changes on the way which could see some fall through the cracks

Wales Online

Universal Credit: What the announcements in the Budget mean for you if you claim benefits

Some will benefit and some will lose out as we analyse Jeremy Hunt's announcements in his 'Back To Work' Budget

Chronicle Live

Welfare reforms will leave ‘gaping chasm’ with 600,000 at risk of losing out

Think tanks have warned that someone who does not have a long-term disability will not necessarily qualify for PIP.

The Independent UK

‘The pain was so bad but the assessors didn’t believe me’

Woman with debilitating pain welcomes plan to scrap work capability assessment but has little trust in ministers’ motives

The Guardian - UK

‘650,000 including surgery patients could lose support under welfare reforms’

A think tank has said reforms must be implemented slowly as there will be ‘significant winners but also losers’.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Government told it must win trust of disabled people on back-to-work plan

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said people on disability benefits can look for work ‘without fear of losing financial support’.

Chronicle Live

Budget leak claims big changes ahead for DWP assessments and Universal Credit sanctions

The DWP will not confirm reports published on social media by think tank boss ahead of tomorrow's Budget

ABC News

'It all started in the mud of that era': The Australian coach that took Pakistan to their very first Women's Cricket World Cup

Jodie Davis had played cricket for Australia and moved on to coaching when she got a phone call that would change her life forever, forging a new path for Pakistan's female cricketers.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of disabled people's deaths linked to DWP's failure to act on benefits flaws

New research by Deaths by Welfare concludes the Department for Work and Pensions failed to fix systematic flaws in the disability benefits system that potentially led to thousands of deaths

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Women’s Ashes top 20: The birth of the women’s Ashes at Lord's, the home of cricket

While the men’s Ashes urn is one of the most famous symbols in Australian sport, the women’s trophy has its own unique history, and it was all cooked up in a wok.

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