Rights of disabled people may be at risk, says Human Rights Committee
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) today publishes its Report on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of...
View ArticleDPAC Briefing Notes: DLA Abolition
DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST CUTS (DPAC) www.dpac.uk.net Briefing Notes DLA Abolition. Contact – Linda Burnip DPAC co-founder 01926 842253 0771 492 7533 linda_burnip@yahoo.co.uk Debbie Jolly, DPAC...
View ArticleDPAC Complaint and request for further investigation to the Public Accounts...
Dear Committee Members, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is being introduced in April 2013 and Atos Healthcare has been selected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as one of the delivery...
View ArticleDPAC on the Download Podcast
Ellen Clifford joins Paul Carter and Sophie Partridge to talk about DPAC, the end of DLA and the migration to personal independence payments, sport and the Independent Living Fund with Neil Coyle from...
View ArticleAchieve your Potential or Starve, The Government’s Real Message to Young...
Any campaign from this Government which claims to support disabled people should be viewed with suspicion and the latest offering from the DWP is no exception. The department yesterday put out a press...
View ArticleHas the DWP let you know that you can ask for your ESA Atos face-to-face...
Joomla 2.5 Templates installierenLast month (12 June), Mark Hoban said this during a debate on people’s right to ask for a recording of their employment and support allowance face-to-face assessments:...
View ArticleHave you been forced into a PIP assessment?
Are you a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) user that has been forced into a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment? We are looking for stories of those that have been forced into a PIP...
View ArticleHow can PIP be sanctionable?
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is the new benefit which replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA). DLA was introduced in the UK in 1992, and its main purpose was to compensate for the extra...
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Are the DWP Falling Apart at Every Level? PIP and the Cap
This month DPAC ran two articles , one on PIP being sanctionable evidenced through a DWP Freedom of Information request (FOI) response http://dpac.uk.net/2014/01/how-can-pip-be-sanctionable/ (we put...
View ArticlePIP Disaster –have you been rejected/delayed & delayed?
With 2/3 people being rejected for PIP and apparent everlasting delays causing more misery and destitution we need to raise this issue more through the media. Journalist Francis Ryan is looking for...
View ArticlePublic Accounts Committee on PIP 20th March
Thursday 20th march the public accounts committee is meeting to discuss personal independence payments (PIP), the vice president of Atos and Capita are going to be in attendance as witnesses. Meeting...
View ArticleDPAC Fightback Conference 12th April: book now before its too late!
We’ve had a great response to bookings for the DPAC conference on Sat 12th April in London, but places are now running out. Please email: dpacfightback@yahoo.co.uk with your details, number of places...
View ArticleHave you had a PIP Assessment with Capita? Contact the ‘One Show’
The ‘One Show’ are looking for people who have had or are waiting for a PIP assessment with CAPITA. CAPITA carry out assessments in the midlands, parts of Yorkshire and in Wales only (please see map...
View ArticleCapita and PIP: Fancy making £6,300 a month doing Disability assessments?
A very interesting piece of information has come to light, which shows that Capita, which relies in part on contracted staff to deliver the PIP contract, has doubled the incentives offered to their...
View ArticleDPAC 2014 Review &Tory#roadtoruin
Different forms of Government Propaganda began and ended the year. We saw delays, backlogs, more cuts, more campaigns and direct actions. We reproduce some of the DPAC actions, research and call outs...
View ArticleA long and winding road: From DLA to PIP
I have been in receipt of Disability Living Allowance since 2000, and have had to reclaim every five years. As such I was sent a DLA reclaim pack prior to my claim coming to an end on the 23rd of June...
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