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Benefits and Poverty

Pursglove refuses to probe rapid rise in PIP ‘disallowances’

By John Pring on 23rd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Pursglove refuses to probe rapid rise in PIP ‘disallowances’
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The minister for disabled people has refused to investigate why the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The figures, released earlier […]

Call for urgent investigation into DWP’s shocking PIP figures

By John Pring on 9th February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for urgent investigation into DWP’s shocking PIP figures
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A minister has been told to carry out an urgent investigation after the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The […]

Citizens Advice signed ‘gagging clause’ in exchange for £21 million from DWP

By John Pring on 9th February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Citizens Advice signed ‘gagging clause’ in exchange for £21 million from DWP
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A national advice charity signed a £21 million contract which included a “gagging clause” that prevented it bringing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “unfairly” into “disrepute”, an official document has finally confirmed. Citizens Advice signed the Help to Claim […]

DWP finally agrees to publish universal credit ‘fit for work’ figures

By John Pring on 9th February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP finally agrees to publish universal credit ‘fit for work’ figures
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DWP has finally agreed to start publishing crucial figures showing how many disabled people claiming universal credit are being found “fit for work” after being subjected to the work capability assessment (WCA) process. Former DWP ministers such as Therese Coffey and […]

DWP failings linked to death of claimant whose body lay undiscovered for years

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP failings linked to death of claimant whose body lay undiscovered for years
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The body of a disabled woman lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) cut off her disability benefits, her family say. Laura Winham’s body was not found until May 2021, […]

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told
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Links between the decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to stop the benefits of a disabled woman and her subsequent suicide should be considered by a fresh inquest, the Court of Appeal has heard. The court was hearing […]

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows
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Scores of deaths of claimants in the last three years have been linked to persistent, systemic flaws in the way benefits are managed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), an official document has shown. The DWP document, released to […]

Coffey scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions, DWP admits

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions, DWP admits
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The government abandoned proposals for an independent review of its much-criticised sanctions policy, the latest example of how a minister watered down plans to prevent suicides and learn lessons from the deaths of benefit claimants. The decision to further limit the […]

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest
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Disabled activists and allies will hold a silent vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to mark the latest stage in the fight for a second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting. Joy Dove, Jodey’s mother, has been […]

Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters
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Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) […]

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