Video service for deaf claimants extended to all DWP helplines
British Sign Language interpreters are now available across all DWP benefit-related services, utilising a Video Relay Service.
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Coronavirus: Reviewing benefits
The way you apply and are assessed for different disability benefits has changed due to the pandemic. Here’s what you need to be aware of going forward.
British Sign Language pilot introduced to make DWP services more accessible
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new video relay service to help British Sign Language (BSL) users access government services.
New service for benefit assessments to be rolled out
The government has announced plans to roll out a single service to deliver all disability benefits assessments. The service will be trialled before being rolled out nationally.
ICYMI: Five minutes with Justin Tomlinson, Minister of State for Disabled People
Today (13 February), Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to reshuffle his cabinet in his first major reshuffle since becoming PM. Ahead of the announcements, we look back at our interview with Justin Tomlinson, Minister of State for Disabled People.
The government has spent £100 million stopping disability benefits
The government’s ongoing saga regarding disability benefits has come to a new low today as it’s been discovered the lengths it has gone to stop…