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Government brands DNS ‘vexatious’ for trying to obtain info on 90 DWP deaths

By John Pring on 19th May 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government brands DNS ‘vexatious’ for trying to obtain info on 90 DWP deaths
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The government has branded Disability News Service (DNS) “vexatious” for attempting to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain key details from more than 90 secret reviews into deaths and other serious incidents involving benefit claimants. DNS asked the Department […]

Trio of disabled women say EHRC has failed them and other families over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trio of disabled women say EHRC has failed them and other families over benefit deaths
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Three disabled women who lost relatives because of the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have accused the equality watchdog of failing them and countless other families. They spoke out this week after the Equality and Human Rights […]

EHRC ‘has become extension of government’ after dropping probe into DWP deaths

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

EHRC ‘has become extension of government’ after dropping probe into DWP deaths
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The equality watchdog has been accused of failing disabled people and becoming “an extension of government”, after dropping any attempt to hold the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account for its links to countless deaths of benefit claimants. In […]

Coffey’s ‘embarrassing’ performance before MPs as she ‘forgets’ key disability policies

By John Pring on 10th February 2022 Category: Politics

Coffey’s ‘embarrassing’ performance before MPs as she ‘forgets’ key disability policies
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey was accused of an “embarrassing” performance in front of MPs yesterday (Wednesday) after she was repeatedly forced to admit she could not remember key aspects of her government’s disability policies. Coffey (pictured) was appearing in […]

Minister for disabled people ignores calls for inquiry into DWP deaths

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister for disabled people ignores calls for inquiry into DWP deaths
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The minister for disabled people has ignored calls for an inquiry into deaths linked to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The disabled Labour MP Marsha de Cordova had called for an inquiry this week after telling […]

Coffey dismisses call for new WCA review, despite claimant deaths evidence

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

Coffey dismisses call for new WCA review, despite claimant deaths evidence
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The work and pensions secretary has dismissed the need for a new review into the work capability assessment, despite being told that her own department failed to pass information about its links with claimant deaths to an independent reviewer. Therese Coffey […]

Government’s reviewer tells MPs how DWP kept vital deaths evidence from him

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government’s reviewer tells MPs how DWP kept vital deaths evidence from him
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The expert commissioned by the government to review the work capability assessment (WCA) has told MPs that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to hand him crucial evidence showing links between the test and the deaths of disabled claimants. […]

DWP bosses quizzed by MPs over secret benefit fraud algorithm

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP bosses quizzed by MPs over secret benefit fraud algorithm
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been questioned by MPs over its use of a secret set of instructions that are used by its computers to identify potential benefit fraudsters, and which appear to disproportionately target disabled people. Two […]

COVID inquiry will conclude that benefit cuts led to deaths, MP tells minister

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Politics

COVID inquiry will conclude that benefit cuts led to deaths, MP tells minister
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The government’s cuts to social security will be found to have played a significant part in causing the deaths of many disabled people during the pandemic, MPs were told yesterday (Wednesday). Labour’s Debbie Abrahams said that ministers’ failure to assess the […]

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) […]

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