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record disability benefit appeal success rates show this ‘cruel’ system is ‘unfit for purpose’. opposition parties call for vote of no confidence in the uk government. dwp must ensure claimant welfare before universal credit ‘managed migration’, say mps. dwp announce £40m employment support package for long-term unemployed disabled people. dwp must not ‘betray’ disabled people moved to universal credit, say mps. many disabled people will get lower payments under universal credit compared to the previous system, say mps.. more than 24,000 homeless people will be sleeping rough this christmas, charity warns. homeless charity says the number of people sleeping rough in england is more than double what government statistics suggest.. dwp must ‘show some compas*ion’ and halt benefit sanctions over christmas, says mp. “the tory government’s record on christmas cheer is far from encouraging, says snp mp. homeless people should be given access to free po boxes to ensure they don't miss important benefit letters, says citizens advice.. opposition parties call for vote of no confidence in the uk government. the snp, liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens have tabled an amendment to labour's no confidence motion. real terms wages in the some parts of the uk are still well behind pre-recession levels, an*lysis shows. government is out of touch with the distressing new reality of children’s daily lives. 85% of domestic abuse survivors say requesting universal credit split payments would only make the abuse worse. men are five times more likely than women to take their own life. read more. record disability benefit appeal success rates show this ‘cruel’ system is ‘unfit for purpose’. record numbers of sick and disabled people are succesfully over-turning dwp disability benefit decisions on appeal.. dwp must ensure claimant welfare before universal credit ‘managed migration’, say mps. necessary safeguards must be in place before moving existing claimants to universal credit, says commons committee.