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Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows

By John Pring on 22nd February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it has been running a discriminatory benefit sanctions regime, following the publication of new research. Academic Ben Baumberg Geiger has found that more than 900,000 disabled claimants of the mainstream […]

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 […]

DWP dismissed coroner’s concerns over WCA suicide link, document reveals

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP dismissed coroner’s concerns over WCA suicide link, document reveals
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Civil servants and ministers dismissed a coroner’s concerns about the safety of the government’s “fitness for work” test, according to a draft response that apparently lay in Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) files for six years. Coroner Tom Osborne wrote […]

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 […]

‘Ruthless’ DWP ‘forced through WCA despite knowing of harm’

By John Pring on 11th December 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Ruthless’ DWP ‘forced through WCA despite knowing of harm’
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Ministers and civil servants were “ruthless” and “reckless” in forcing through their new “fitness for work” test and refusing to abandon it even after they were told of the harm it was causing, according to a former government adviser. Professor Geoff […]

Tory conference: Search is on to find seven Tory MPs to rebel over WRAG cut

By John Pring on 9th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory conference: Search is on to find seven Tory MPs to rebel over WRAG cut
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Charity campaigners are calling for disabled people to support their search for just seven Tory MPs willing to rebel against their government and so defeat plans for “appalling” cuts to out-of-work disability benefits. Several of the disability and health charities at […]

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

IDS announces ‘fitness for work’ U-turn that was five years in the making
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith appears set to scrap the “fitness for work” test championed by successive Labour, coalition and Conservative governments, but there are fears that its replacement could prove even more damaging to disabled people. Duncan Smith […]

Long-awaited deaths stats ‘do not tell the whole story’

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Long-awaited deaths stats ‘do not tell the whole story’
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The long-delayed release of government figures on the deaths of benefit claimants has added fuel to years of concerns about the impact of aggressive welfare reform on sick and disabled people. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released two sets […]

Work Programme provider A4E ‘put lives at risk’ with cost-cutting move

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

Work Programme provider A4E ‘put lives at risk’ with cost-cutting move
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One of the companies at the heart of the government’s welfare-to-work programme is facing allegations that it introduced an “incredibly dangerous” cost-cutting move that could put the lives of many disabled benefit claimants at risk. Earlier this year A4E allegedly introduced […]

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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