DWP consultation into plans to slash billions of pounds from disability benefits has been ruled unlawful in a damning High Court judgement.

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DWP reforms to benefits and WCA overhaul 'unlawful', High Court rules

February 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions, and all the cost of living information you need as DWP poised to cut sickness and disability benefits.

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February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions as DWP cuts rumoured

In a massive victory for campaigners, the court said the move was launched by the previous government 'despite not having any evidence base to support the proposed changes'

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'Life or death' Tory DWP disability benefits change plan ruled unlawful

Seven significant changes to benefits will take effect from April under new reforms laid out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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DWP making change to 'seven benefits' within weeks

The Department for Work and Pension (DWP) consultation into reforming sickness benefits in the UK, such as Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has been deemed "unlawful" by the High Court in a damning verdict. This decision could impact Labour's plans to cut benefits spending to generate savings for the Treasury.In 2023, the then-Conservative Government launched a consultation into the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the mechanism used to det…

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DWP consultation into benefits overhaul 'unlawful' in blow to Rachel Reeves's savings 'reforms', High Court rules

A consultation over plans to reform a key disability benefits test was unlawful, the High Court has ruled ...

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DWP consultation on disability benefits reform was unlawful, court finds

The Government has vowed to forge ahead with plans to cut out-of-work benefits despite losing a crucial court case brought by disabled campaigners.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) planned to reform a key benefits test that could see more than 400,000 disabled and chronically ill people lose more than £400 a month.But the DWP’s consultation over tightening up the criteria for the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) was ruled “unlawful” by …

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Disability benefit cuts plan ruled unlawful as DWP loses court case

Opponents of the move judicially challenged not the decision to change the rules, but the consultation that had preceded it.

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Why is the High Court ruling on political consultations?

Thanks to Disability News Service, we now know that previous ministers in the DWP were hell-bent on supressing the report into PIP

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Government BURIED damning report in DWP PIP failings to try and push through reforms

A consultation on a DWP plan to impoverish disabled people was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. What ever induced the Tories who launched it to think they would get away with it? And why in blazes is Labour trying to go ahead with the plan? The Department for Work and Pensions launched its pitifully-short [...] The post Consultation on a DWP plan to impoverish disabled people was unlawful appeared first on Vox Political.

DWP reforms to benefits and WCA overhaul 'unlawful', High Court rules

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