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Benefit fraud

Fears over impact of DWP’s ‘horrific’ and ‘sinister’ anti-fraud plan

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fears over impact of DWP’s ‘horrific’ and ‘sinister’ anti-fraud plan
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“Horrific” and “sinister” plans to give the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sweeping new powers to investigate benefit claimants could have a serious impact on disabled people’s physical and mental health, activists have warned. Just as the social security cuts […]

Legal letter asks DWP for information on ‘discriminatory’ secret algorithm

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Legal letter asks DWP for information on ‘discriminatory’ secret algorithm
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Disabled campaigners have sent a legal letter to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to question how its use of a secret algorithm* could be discriminating against disabled people in the way it selects claimants to face benefit fraud investigations. […]

‘Horrific’ stats show how most disability benefit fraud allegations are false

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Horrific’ stats show how most disability benefit fraud allegations are false
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A “staggering” and “horrific” proportion of allegations of disability benefit fraud that are made by the public are eventually found to be completely false, the government’s own figures have revealed. The response by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to […]

DWP ‘ruined me’ with ‘victimisation’, says disabled benefit claimant

By John Pring on 4th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP ‘ruined me’ with ‘victimisation’, says disabled benefit claimant
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A disabled man has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of victimising him and ruining his life after it tried – and failed – to prosecute him for benefit fraud, despite letters from medical professionals confirming his serious medical […]

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