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Errol Graham family hope to appeal ‘baffling’ ruling on DWP benefit death

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham family hope to appeal ‘baffling’ ruling on DWP benefit death
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The family of a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly removed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hope to appeal a court’s “baffling” ruling that it was “reasonable” to take such action. The high […]

Secret report casts doubt on DWP’s ‘no duty of care’ claim

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret report casts doubt on DWP’s ‘no duty of care’ claim
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been unable to explain why its secretary of state continues to insist that it has no legal “duty of care” to disabled benefit claimants, when one of its own secret reports states clearly […]

Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
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Ministers appear close to defeat in their six-year battle to prevent the release of secret reports into the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, after the release of findings from a second Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) investigation. The […]

High court hears of ‘catastrophic’ impact of ‘fitness for work’ system

By John Pring on 14th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

High court hears of ‘catastrophic’ impact of ‘fitness for work’ system
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The high court has this week been asked to consider evidence of the “unbearable” and “catastrophic” impact of the government’s “fitness for work” system on people with experience of mental distress. The evidence was submitted to the high court in support […]

Philippa Day: Sister says DWP must be held accountable for multiple deaths

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Sister says DWP must be held accountable for multiple deaths
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A disabled woman’s sister who blames her sibling’s apparent suicide on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has called for ministers and senior civil servants to be held accountable for their repeated failure to learn from similar deaths. Philippa Day […]

‘Heartless’ Coffey’s duty of care claim ‘sticks fingers up to benefit death families’

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Heartless’ Coffey’s duty of care claim ‘sticks fingers up to benefit death families’
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Therese Coffey has been accused of “sticking her fingers up” at every family whose relative has died because of the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after she claimed that her department has no “duty of care” to […]

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’
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The human rights watchdog may finally be ready to announce an inquiry into the deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a campaigning MP. The Equality and […]

Disabled artist ‘sections’ DWP for being ‘a danger to benefit claimants’

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled artist ‘sections’ DWP for being ‘a danger to benefit claimants’
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A disabled artist-activist yesterday attempted to “section” the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for being a danger to benefit claimants. In an action designed to highlight DWP’s lack of compassion, Dolly Sen delivered a printed heart to DWP’s Caxton House […]

Coffey dodges questions from MPs over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 23rd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey dodges questions from MPs over benefit deaths
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has been accused of dodging key questions about links between her department and the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, during an evidence sessions with MPs. Coffey repeatedly told members of the Commons work […]

Errol Graham: Family win right to court challenge of DWP safeguarding

By John Pring on 16th July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: Family win right to court challenge of DWP safeguarding
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The family of a man who starved to death after his out-of-work disability benefits were wrongly removed have won the right to have the safeguarding policies of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) examined by the high court. The family of […]

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