Inquiry call after ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘admits it has no safeguarding policy’
The government’s “fitness for work” contractor appears to have no written policy on how to…
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Cross-government suicide prevention plan ignores DWP
Ministers have failed to include the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in a new…
Universal credit forces wheelchair-user who can’t heat home further into poverty
A disabled benefit claimant with high support needs who has lost more than £40 a…
Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues
The government is discriminating against disabled benefit claimants by failing to install equipment at tribunal…
Rudd has not delayed roll out of universal credit, DWP confirms
The roll out of the government’s much-criticised universal credit benefit system has not been delayed…
Bungling DWP announces seventh review of disability benefits errors in a year
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to launch its seventh costly…
Traumatised child rape survivor harassed again by DWP as he waits to give evidence
A traumatised benefit claimant has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of “sheer…
UN poverty report: Newton refuses to apologise for misleading MPs about report
The minister for disabled people is refusing to apologise to MPs for misleading them about…
‘Utterly disgraceful’ Public Health England refuses to warn councils of ESA suicide risk
The government’s public health agency has refused to warn local NHS and council bodies that…
DWP ‘plans to move more benefits onto troubled universal credit IT platform’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been planning for years to move more…