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Jodey Whiting: DWP apologises, but no word on preventing future deaths

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: DWP apologises, but no word on preventing future deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has apologised for a series of failings made in the weeks leading to the death of a disabled mother-of-nine, but it has failed to explain how it will prevent further tragedies in the future. […]

MPs hear of ways to save benefit claimants from harm… or even death

By John Pring on 14th February 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs hear of ways to save benefit claimants from harm… or even death
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Disabled activists and shadow ministers at a parliamentary meeting have been told of ways they could help to reduce the appalling damage caused by the government’s hated “fitness for work” assessment and other social security cuts and reforms. Academics, researchers, politicians […]

‘Shocking’ PIP death figures ‘show assessment process is unfit for purpose’

By John Pring on 7th February 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Shocking’ PIP death figures ‘show assessment process is unfit for purpose’
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About 1,600 working-age disabled people are dying every year after having their claim for disability benefits rejected, the government has been forced to admit. The Department for Work and Pensions figures (DWP) reveal that 7,990 disabled people who lodged a claim […]

DWP softens ‘threatening’ tone of universal credit agreement after claimant’s death

By John Pring on 30th November 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP softens ‘threatening’ tone of universal credit agreement after claimant’s death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to soften the “threatening” tone of the agreement that claimants of universal credit are forced to sign to receive their benefits, following a secret review into the death of a claimant. […]

McVey flees DWP without answering key questions on WCA deaths ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 22nd November 2018 Category: Politics

McVey flees DWP without answering key questions on WCA deaths ‘cover-up’
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Esther McVey has quit as work and pensions secretary without answering questions she was asked by MPs four months ago about whether her department covered up links between its hated fitness for work test and the deaths of benefit claimants. McVey […]

‘Utterly disgraceful’ Public Health England refuses to warn councils of ESA suicide risk

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Utterly disgraceful’ Public Health England refuses to warn councils of ESA suicide risk
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The government’s public health agency has refused to warn local NHS and council bodies that claimants of out-of-work disability benefits are at a hugely-increased risk of attempting to take their own lives. Last week, Public Health England (PHE) published the latest […]

DWP refuses to say if it followed death review advice on ‘threatening’ universal credit

By John Pring on 1st November 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP refuses to say if it followed death review advice on ‘threatening’ universal credit
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Ministers are refusing to say if they acted on the recommendations of a secret review that linked the death of a benefit claimant with the “threatening” conditions they were forced to accept when signing up to universal credit. The Department for […]

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Investigations into deaths double in two years

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Investigations into deaths double in two years
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The number of secret reviews carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) into deaths linked to benefit claims appears to have doubled in the last two years, according to figures the information watchdog has forced the government to […]

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Universal credit death linked to claimant commitment ‘threats’ 

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Universal credit death linked to claimant commitment ‘threats’ 
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A secret Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) review into the death of a claimant of universal credit (UC) has criticised the “overtly threatening” nature of the conditions they had to accept when signing up to the new benefit system. The […]

Hope for major social security ‘brutality’ campaign after ‘breakthrough’ Labour meeting

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Hope for major social security ‘brutality’ campaign after ‘breakthrough’ Labour meeting
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Many of the disabled activists who have played a key role in exposing the harm caused by the government’s social security cuts and reforms have come together for a “breakthrough” campaign meeting attended by five Labour shadow ministers. Labour’s shadow chancellor […]

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