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ELECTION 2015: Greens demand IDS apology for ‘misleading’ voters on benefit deaths

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Politics

ELECTION 2015: Greens demand IDS apology for ‘misleading’ voters on benefit deaths
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Tory work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is facing calls to apologise after he misled voters about sensitive information on benefit-related deaths that was unearthed by Disability News Service (DNS). Duncan Smith was one of five politicians taking part in […]

DWP told to publish ESA deaths report, after two-year delay

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP told to publish ESA deaths report, after two-year delay
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The information watchdog has ordered the government to publish hugely controversial figures that will update the number of people who have died while claiming out-of-work disability benefits. Activists have been calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish […]

Information watchdog to probe DWP’s secret reviews on benefit deaths

By John Pring on 17th April 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Information watchdog to probe DWP’s secret reviews on benefit deaths
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The information watchdog is to investigate the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its refusal to publish secret reviews into 49 benefit-related deaths. The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched the investigation into DWP’s failure to provide information requested by Disability […]

MP asks civil servant to search benefit death reports to check on DWP blame

By John Pring on 6th February 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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A senior civil servant has been asked by an MP to examine whether any of the 49 secret reviews into benefit-related deaths concluded that the government had been partly to blame. The question came as Conservative employment minister Esther McVey was […]

New questions over safety of DWP’s benefit sanction rules

By John Pring on 16th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

New questions over safety of DWP’s benefit sanction rules
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A minister is facing fresh questions over whether her department is failing to take suitable precautions when a “vulnerable” person is about to have their benefits sanctioned. Esther McVey, the Conservative employment minister, caused alarm and confusion in November after she […]

Ministers look to loophole to hide truth on benefit-related deaths

By John Pring on 19th December 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

Ministers look to loophole to hide truth on benefit-related deaths
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Ministers have admitted they are considering using a legal loophole to avoid publishing the results of secret reviews into 60 benefit-related deaths. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted to Disability News Service (DNS) last month that it had carried […]

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