MPs hear of ways to save benefit claimants from harm… or even death
Disabled activists and shadow ministers at a parliamentary meeting have been told of ways they…
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‘Shocking’ PIP death figures ‘show assessment process is unfit for purpose’
About 1,600 working-age disabled people are dying every year after having their claim for disability…
DWP softens ‘threatening’ tone of universal credit agreement after claimant’s death
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to soften the “threatening” tone…
McVey flees DWP without answering key questions on WCA deaths ‘cover-up’
Esther McVey has quit as work and pensions secretary without answering questions she was asked…
‘Utterly disgraceful’ Public Health England refuses to warn councils of ESA suicide risk
The government’s public health agency has refused to warn local NHS and council bodies that…
DWP refuses to say if it followed death review advice on ‘threatening’ universal credit
Ministers are refusing to say if they acted on the recommendations of a secret review…
DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Investigations into deaths double in two years
The number of secret reviews carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Universal credit death linked to claimant commitment ‘threats’
A secret Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) review into the death of a claimant…
Hope for major social security ‘brutality’ campaign after ‘breakthrough’ Labour meeting
Many of the disabled activists who have played a key role in exposing the harm…
DWP breaks law over secret reports on universal credit deaths
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release evidence that would show…