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DWP admits carrying out more than 175 secret reviews into benefit deaths in nine years

By John Pring on 10th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP admits carrying out more than 175 secret reviews into benefit deaths in nine years
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has carried out secret reviews into more than 175 deaths of benefit claimants since February 2012, including 80 in the last three full calendar years, new figures have revealed. The figures also suggest that […]

Philippa Day’s sister pledges to continue fight for justice, after DWP’s PIP changes

By John Pring on 3rd June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day’s sister pledges to continue fight for justice, after DWP’s PIP changes
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The sister of a disabled woman whose death was caused by widespread flaws in the benefits system has vowed to continue her family’s fight for justice, after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced changes in response to the tragedy. […]

DWP lied about duty to keep benefit claimants safe, document suggests

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP lied about duty to keep benefit claimants safe, document suggests
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) lied when it claimed that it had no “duty of care” to protect disabled benefit claimants, new evidence suggests. Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has repeatedly told MPs that her department does not […]

‘DWP must have known my dad would die when it removed his benefits’

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘DWP must have known my dad would die when it removed his benefits’
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The son of a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly removed has said he believes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must have known that his dad would die if his payments were cut off. […]

Families of DWP victims want chance to confront ministers over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Families of DWP victims want chance to confront ministers over benefit deaths
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The families of two disabled people whose deaths were caused by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings say they want the chance to confront ministers in parliament, so they can describe to them the damage their actions have caused. The […]

Errol Graham family hope to appeal ‘baffling’ ruling on DWP benefit death

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham family hope to appeal ‘baffling’ ruling on DWP benefit death
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The family of a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly removed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hope to appeal a court’s “baffling” ruling that it was “reasonable” to take such action. The high […]

Partner of ‘distraught’ ESA claimant says DWP drove him to his death

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Partner of ‘distraught’ ESA claimant says DWP drove him to his death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he was too ill to undergo an upcoming benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”. It is […]

Coffey dodges MP’s questions over death of Philippa Day

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey dodges MP’s questions over death of Philippa Day
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The work and pensions secretary has refused to answer questions from an MP about the death of a young disabled mother which was blamed by a coroner on flaws in the disability benefits system. MPs on the work and pensions committee […]

Philippa Day: Flawed PIP system led to young mum’s death, says coroner

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Flawed PIP system led to young mum’s death, says coroner
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Flaws in the disability benefits system were “the predominant factor and the only acute factor” that led to a young disabled mother taking her own life, a coroner has concluded. Gordon Clow, assistant coroner for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, yesterday highlighted 28 […]

Philippa Day: Young mother ‘took her own life after being told to attend PIP assessment’

By John Pring on 14th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Young mother ‘took her own life after being told to attend PIP assessment’
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A young disabled mother killed herself after hearing she would have to attend a face-to-face interview at a benefits assessment centre, following repeated warnings that she could not cope with such a meeting, an inquest has heard. Philippa Day left an […]

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