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Disability minister says addressing DWP’s legacy of distrust and distress ‘is a big priority’

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Politics

Disability minister says addressing DWP’s legacy of distrust and distress ‘is a big priority’
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The new minister for disabled people has said it is a “big priority” for her to address the legacy of distress and distrust created by a decade of deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the actions of her […]

Mother of Jodey Whiting fights on for justice with appeal bid

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mother of Jodey Whiting fights on for justice with appeal bid
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped is to seek permission to appeal against a court’s ruling that there should not be a second inquest into her daughter’s death. Joy Dove […]

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has pledged to work alongside disabled people to draw up plans to replace the “fitness for work” benefit assessment system that has been linked to the deaths of multiple claimants over the last decade. Jonathan […]

Watchdog says government has made zero progress on social security and rights

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog says government has made zero progress on social security and rights
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The UK government has made no progress in improving the way its social security system protects the rights of disabled people and other groups, according to a new assessment by the equality and human rights watchdog. In its assessment of progress […]

Ground-breaking production will create a high-tech museum of DWP’s victims

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ground-breaking production will create a high-tech museum of DWP’s victims
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The stories of 10 disabled people whose deaths have been linked publicly to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are to be told in a ground-breaking digital production that explores the devastating human impact of austerity. Museum […]

DWP figures reveal sharp rise in secret benefit death reviews

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures reveal sharp rise in secret benefit death reviews
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New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have revealed that the number of secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants has increased sharply in the last couple of years. The figures, secured by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

DWP silence over figures suggesting 50 deaths inquiries in just six months

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silence over figures suggesting 50 deaths inquiries in just six months
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to explain why it appears to have launched more than 50 secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants in just the first six months of this year. This would be a […]

DWP’s ‘excruciating PIP assessment torture’ helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled mum

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘excruciating PIP assessment torture’ helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled mum
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A young disabled man took his own life, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions slashed his benefits, despite being warned he was severely depressed, malnourished, could not face leaving his flat, and had made several suicide attempts. The […]

Jodey Whiting: DWP tells high court her death was isolated case and not sign of systemic failure… despite years of evidence

By John Pring on 24th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: DWP tells high court her death was isolated case and not sign of systemic failure… despite years of evidence
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told a court that the death of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were removed was not part of a widespread “systemic” problem, despite years of evidence to […]

Jodey Whiting: Fresh evidence shows need for second inquest into death ‘caused by DWP’

By John Pring on 24th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: Fresh evidence shows need for second inquest into death ‘caused by DWP’
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Fresh evidence shows that the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were a “central cause” of the death of a disabled women who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly removed, the high court heard this […]

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