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Criminal justice agencies reject call to investigate Duncan Smith’s WCA failings

By John Pring on 22nd December 2016 Category: Crime

Criminal justice agencies reject call to investigate Duncan Smith’s WCA failings
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Scottish criminal justice agencies have rejected pleas to investigate the failure of two ministers to improve the safety of the government’s “fitness for work” test, despite evidence that their actions caused the deaths of at least three benefit claimants. Police Scotland […]

‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
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The sister of a man driven to suicide by the “fitness for work” system tried to take her own life after being “treated like a criminal” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over her benefit claims. Eleanor Donnachie believes […]

Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy

By John Pring on 4th August 2016 Category: Crime

Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
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A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to a man with complex mental health problems being found “fit for work”, a decision that appears to have triggered his suicide. Last week, the parents of […]

Parents of ‘fit for work’ suicide man back call for Iain Duncan Smith prosecution

By John Pring on 28th July 2016 Category: Crime

Parents of ‘fit for work’ suicide man back call for Iain Duncan Smith prosecution
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The parents of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly found “fit for work” have backed attempts to persuade Scottish police to investigate the actions of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith. David and Maureen […]

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