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DWP: The case for the prosecution

By John Pring on 2nd December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP: The case for the prosecution
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The first death was on New Year’s Eve 2011, a divorced woman in her early 50s who was found dead at her home in Scotland after taking her own life. She would later become known as Ms DE. She has never […]

‘Horrific’ stats show how most disability benefit fraud allegations are false

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Horrific’ stats show how most disability benefit fraud allegations are false
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A “staggering” and “horrific” proportion of allegations of disability benefit fraud that are made by the public are eventually found to be completely false, the government’s own figures have revealed. The response by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to […]

Equality watchdog ‘considering action’ on benefits discrimination

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Equality watchdog ‘considering action’ on benefits discrimination
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The equality watchdog is considering taking action to tackle discrimination in the way decisions are made in the social security system, it revealed this morning. Although the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has not provided any further details, it released […]

Two more PIP reviews could mean DWP has had to fix 10 benefit blunders in two years

By John Pring on 24th October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Two more PIP reviews could mean DWP has had to fix 10 benefit blunders in two years
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has had to carry out what appear to be as many as nine or even 10 costly trawls through the records of disabled people unfairly deprived of benefits in just two years. DWP quietly […]

DWP waited 18 months to take safety action on ‘vulnerable’ claimant

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP waited 18 months to take safety action on ‘vulnerable’ claimant
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) waited 18 months before it took action to ensure the safety of a benefit claimant it had assessed as “vulnerable” because of significant mental health problems. Mike Owen told DWP that he was a […]

DWP ‘lies again’ about impact of benefits freeze on disabled people

By John Pring on 18th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP ‘lies again’ about impact of benefits freeze on disabled people
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of a “brazen repetition of a known lie” about the impact on disabled people of one of the government’s major spending cuts, following the publication of a damning new report. The […]

WOW questionnaire responses ‘show assessors are still lying’

By John Pring on 4th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WOW questionnaire responses ‘show assessors are still lying’
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Detailed evidence from disabled people has shown that disability benefit assessment reports are still riddled with distortions, twisted facts and ignorance, say grassroots campaigners. WOWCampaign launched its Assessing the Assessors campaign earlier this year to highlight the continued flaws within the […]

Terminally-ill claimants tell DWP: Change your demeaning rules

By John Pring on 4th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Terminally-ill claimants tell DWP: Change your demeaning rules
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People with terminal illness have explained why ministers must end the “arbitrary and outdated” rules that force many of them through a “demeaning” and “insensitive” benefit assessment process. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) rules define a terminal illness as being […]

DWP refuses to release secret benefit death report to mother of Jodey Whiting

By John Pring on 27th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP refuses to release secret benefit death report to mother of Jodey Whiting
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A senior civil servant has refused to allow the mother of a woman who took her own life – after being repeatedly failed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – to see a secret report into her daughter’s death. […]

Civil servants fail to answer key DWP deaths questions after meeting grieving parents

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Civil servants fail to answer key DWP deaths questions after meeting grieving parents
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Senior Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants have failed to answer key questions about links between the government’s policies and the deaths of disabled benefit claimants, during a face-to-face meeting with grieving parents. Emma Haddad, DWP’s director general for […]

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