Update: Desperate disabled gran attempted suicide after brutal DWP cuts left her fearing she would lose her home – Daily Mirror 18 Nov 2017
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/desperate-disabled-gran-attempted-suicide-11541322
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Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far harder for disabled people to appeal against having their benefit claims turned down.
The heavily-redacted document was sent to Disability News Service (DNS) by DWP following a freedom of information request, but disabled activists from the grassroots campaign network Black Triangle managed to reveal the words behind the blacked-out areas.
The document, titled Appeals Strategy – Post Election Planning (pictured), was drawn up by civil servants just before last year’s general election, and contains 11 policies for a new government to consider, most of which are aimed at reducing the number of successful benefits appeals and cutting welfare spending.
Eight of the policies – which appear to be…
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