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An “appalling” consultation has failed to make the case for “deplorable” government plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, according to new research by three disabled campaigners.
The research by Caroline Richardson, Stef Benstead and Emma Nock, for the user-led Spartacus online network, concludes that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has failed to provide “adequate” or “robust” evidence to justify the changes to personal independence payment (PIP).
The DWP consultation document was published on 10 December and ran until 29 January, and examined possible changes to how PIP assessments take account of the way a claimant uses independent living aids and appliances.
All of the options laid out in the consultation document would either reduce payments for many claimants, or make it harder for people to claim PIP.
For their report, Crippling Choices, Spartacus surveyed sick and disabled people about the changes, although they had to simplify the government’s consultation questions because they were so complex.
http://www.disabledgo.com/blog/2016...n-shows-governments-pip-plans-are-deplorable/
The research by Caroline Richardson, Stef Benstead and Emma Nock, for the user-led Spartacus online network, concludes that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has failed to provide “adequate” or “robust” evidence to justify the changes to personal independence payment (PIP).
The DWP consultation document was published on 10 December and ran until 29 January, and examined possible changes to how PIP assessments take account of the way a claimant uses independent living aids and appliances.
All of the options laid out in the consultation document would either reduce payments for many claimants, or make it harder for people to claim PIP.
For their report, Crippling Choices, Spartacus surveyed sick and disabled people about the changes, although they had to simplify the government’s consultation questions because they were so complex.
http://www.disabledgo.com/blog/2016...n-shows-governments-pip-plans-are-deplorable/