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Mandatory Reviews and Targets

By: A.C. For years I have suspected that civil servants were on some kind of instruction, directive or incentive to knock back as many applications, of what used to be called Incapacity Benefit,   which changed to ESA, and other disability benefits … Continue reading

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“Treated Like A Criminal”

By: G.E. According to the Disability News Service the sister of a man who was driven to suicide by the Work Capability System also tried to take her own life after the way she was treated by the department for … Continue reading

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Does Not Compute

By: A.C. I note that, once again, the computer systems at the DWP hotline was described by Disability News Service as “ The system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a fortnight, leaving disabled callers … Continue reading

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Travel Discounts and Jobcentre Plus

By: A.C. It is maybe not that well known, but has anybody ever taken up a Jobcentre Plus travel card?  If you have, did you know about them, or were you made aware? Please comment below. These were introduced a few … Continue reading

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Losing Motability

By: A.C. It has more than abundantly clear to our readership, that the disabled under the present UK Government have been targeted for swingeing cuts on benefits and welfare. Sixteen year old Paralympian and Commonwealth Games athlete Kayleigh Haggo from … Continue reading

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Budget and Benefits

By: A.C. How many of us actually viewed the Chancellor’s speech last week? Only the political journalists and politicians I would think, with the rest of us cherry–picking items that might affect us, as we completed our crosswords or did … Continue reading

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Are They Still Out To Get Us?

By: A.C. This week has seen a series of articles, reports and warnings about how the delays in payments of Personal Independence Payments, DLA and the obstructive attitude by Jobcentre staff.  Last year about this time I wrote an article … Continue reading

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The Taxman Cometh

By: A.C. I have to report to our readership a general heads–up regarding a situation that has arisen where I now owe the HMRC – the Taxman- to the tune of several hundreds of pounds through no fault of my … Continue reading

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Pointless

By: A.C. I am most likely not alone in receiving those brown envelopes from the DWP, with the intimidating letter inside which silently causes confusion and bafflement as one tries to decrypt the coded message therein. We have all used … Continue reading

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