French company, ATOS - which was found guilty yesterday of deploying useless crip detectors on behalf of the British government - had been using the fake gadgets in work capability tests with the full knowledge of British government officials, it has emerged.
Some of Britain's most vulnerable disabled people could be forced out of their homes and into institutionalised care because of cuts to carers' allowances, Government papers show.
Campaigning by EMLD and equalities experts has led to the government listening and dropping a plan to axe a key element of equalities law.
Instead, the Government announced that Nick Bitel, the London Marathon chief executive and a member of the Sport England board since 2010, had been appointed to the role, with the key task of increasing grassroots sports participation to cement the country's Olympic legacy.
When you make a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will first check that the basic entitlement conditions (as set by the DWP) are met. The PIP entitlement conditions stipulate that you must be aged between 16 and 64 and have had difficulties with 'activities of daily living' and/or mobility for three months and expect them to last for at least 9 months. If you meet these criteria a PIP assessment will take place.
Ministers are braced for fresh protests over their welfare shake up when controversial changes to the main disability benefit begin to take effect. George Osborne has agreed a "pilot" information exchange scheme with France, Germany, Italy and Spain to catch tax evaders. Photo: AFP By Patrick Hennessy
