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Council challenged over DLA in latest ‘bedroom tax’ court case
A disabled couple are challenging their council’s decision that their disability benefits must be taken into account when deciding the level of housing benefit they receive, in the latest legal...
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Large rise in PIP face-to-face assessments ‘has caused delays’
Huge delays to applications for the government’s new disability benefit have been caused partly by far more disabled people than planned being forced to attend face-to-face assessments. The Department...
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PIP reforms could affect 100 different services, councils warned
Scrapping disability living allowance (DLA) and replacing it with the new personal independence payment (PIP) could affect access to more than 100 local authority services, according to the disabled...
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PIP 20 metre battle nears conclusion
A disabled campaigner has asked a court to rule that a government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful. The judicial review has been...
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