Pushing people to the brink of suicide: the reality of benefit assessments

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Department for Work and Pensions assessments are damaging people’s lives. And they don’t even provide the predicted savings

Pushing people to the brink of suicide: the reality of benefit assessments

Department for Work and Pensions assessments are damaging people’s lives. And they don’t even provide the predicted savings

Disability benefit claimants with mental health issues ‘lose under new payments’

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Disability benefit claimants with mental health issues ‘lose under new payments’

By: PA     More than half of disability benefit claimants with mental health problems are losing out financially after being moved on to the Government’s new Personal Independence Payment, according to new figures. Campaigners called for an urgent overhaul of the reassessments, which millions of claimants are having to undergo as Disability Living Allowance is […]