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Coroners across England and Wales have been asked to do more to question the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the deaths of benefit claimants before they carry out inquests. The call came as senior coroners were […]
The Labour government has told a parliamentary inquiry that clearance time for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has not “exceeded” 16 weeks in more than three years, just as new departmental data has shown waits reach 20 weeks. It made […]
A third of terminally ill people living in the most deprived parts of England and Wales are not claiming benefits they’re entitled to in the final 12 months of life. Contrary to successive government and mainstream media narratives around the soaring […]
Disabled campaigners are hoping to take legal action over government cuts to the Access to Work scheme, a campaign event has heard. The A Thousand Cuts event, organised by disabled-led arts company Touretteshero, and supported by Graeae Theatre Company, saw Access […]
Many disabled people are “suffering intensely” and face the threat of destitution because they cannot meet the government’s deadline for moving onto universal credit from their existing “legacy” benefits, campaigners have warned a minister. Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written […]
A tribunal has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release a report that describes the impact of its errors on disabled benefit claimants, following a three-year fight to keep the document secret. The information rights tribunal has concluded […]
The government appears to be gearing up for fresh cuts and “radical” reforms that will increase the pressure on young disabled people to move off out-of-work disability benefits. Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden this week delivered a speech (pictured) that […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release all but a few words from scores of emails discussing its role in the deaths of hundreds, and probably thousands, of disabled benefit claimants. The information was released to Disability […]
Emails sent by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) communications staff reveal how they have grown increasingly frustrated at attempts to hold their bosses to account for years of deaths linked to their treatment of disabled benefit claimants. The information was […]
Scores of failings that contributed to the deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system were kept from MPs who were voting on cuts to disability benefits in the summer of 2025, new documents have revealed. The Department […]