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Ministers ignore ESA claimants in suicide prevention strategy… again

By John Pring on 14th September 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers ignore ESA claimants in suicide prevention strategy… again
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Ministers have refused to include claimants of out-of-work disability benefits as a high-risk group in their latest suicide prevention strategy, despite “irrefutable evidence” from NHS research. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has listed “common risk factors” such as […]

‘Fitness for work’ test changes are ‘horrendously dangerous’, activists warn

By John Pring on 7th September 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Fitness for work’ test changes are ‘horrendously dangerous’, activists warn
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Disabled activists have raised serious concerns about “cynical” and “horrendously dangerous” government attempts to introduce new cuts to spending on out-of-work disability benefits by tightening its “fitness for work” test. The plans announced by work and pensions secretary Mel Stride could […]

Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test, figures show

By John Pring on 27th July 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test, figures show
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More than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially through controversial reforms to the disability benefit assessment system, government figures suggest. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released figures that suggest that 516,000 claimants across […]

DWP finally publishes long-awaited universal credit ‘fitness for work’ stats

By John Pring on 15th June 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP finally publishes long-awaited universal credit ‘fitness for work’ stats
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published its first set of figures that show how many disabled people who receive universal credit are being found fit for work after an assessment. It has taken more than four years […]

MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’
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MPs have raised concerns over the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after it hid vital evidence from a statutory safeguarding review into a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped. Nottingham City […]

DWP hid vital evidence from starvation death inquiry, board confirms

By John Pring on 18th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP hid vital evidence from starvation death inquiry, board confirms
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of “absolutely disgraceful” behaviour after confirmation that it hid vital evidence from a statutory safeguarding inquiry into why a disabled man starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped. DNS […]

Errol Graham: DWP ‘hid key evidence’ from inquiry into starvation death

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: DWP ‘hid key evidence’ from inquiry into starvation death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have hidden crucial evidence from an inquiry into how a disabled man starved to death after having his benefits wrongly stopped, Disability News Service can reveal. The long-awaited safeguarding review into the […]

Errol Graham: DWP criticised by report into disabled man’s starvation death

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: DWP criticised by report into disabled man’s starvation death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been criticised in an official report for the first time for failings that contributed to the death of a disabled man who starved to death after it wrongly stopped his out-of-work benefits. The […]

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations
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Extracts from new secret reports show a catalogue of errors made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private contractors that have been linked to the deaths of disabled people interacting with the benefits system. DWP has finally […]

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
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Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and […]

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