People with progressive illnesses should be left alone by the benefits agency and never re-assessed for work, a former Department for Work and Pensions worker has said.
Nick Clegg has today criticised the practice of locking up mentally ill people, including children, to a police cell when appropriate services are not available.
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Councils are ignoring government guidance and failing to prioritise disabled people for paymentsto help cope with the bedroom tax, a study has claimed.
New DWP statistics published today show that only 34,200 of the 220,300 disabled people making a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim have received a decision. The new data covers the period from 8 April 2013, when PIP was introduced, up to 31 December 2013.