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New figures show few WCAs being carried out face-to-face

By John Pring on 13th January 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New figures show few WCAs being carried out face-to-face
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New figures released by the government show how nearly all “fitness for work” assessments are now being carried out on the telephone, or simply by examining paperwork. The figures show that three-quarters (73 per cent) of completed work capability assessments (WCAs) […]

Prospect of Atos ‘fitness for work’ contract return horrifies activists

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Prospect of Atos ‘fitness for work’ contract return horrifies activists
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Disabled activists reacted with horror this week after learning that the discredited government contractor Atos could soon be carrying out “fitness for work” tests again, six years after withdrawing from its assessment contract. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is […]

Coroner’s silence over DWP’s failure to give evidence to WCA suicide inquest

By John Pring on 10th December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner’s silence over DWP’s failure to give evidence to WCA suicide inquest
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A coroner has refused to explain why the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to give evidence at an inquest which heard how an autistic man took his own life after being told to attend a work capability assessment (WCA). […]

Roy Curtis: Autistic man killed himself six days after latest ‘fitness for work’ demand

By John Pring on 3rd December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Roy Curtis: Autistic man killed himself six days after latest ‘fitness for work’ demand
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A disabled man took his own life six days after being told to attend a “fitness for work” assessment, despite the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) being repeatedly warned its actions had made him suicidal, an inquest has heard. The […]

Tomlinson adds again to confusion over DWP’s single assessment plans

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tomlinson adds again to confusion over DWP’s single assessment plans
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The minister for disabled people has added fresh confusion to the government’s planned social security reforms after apparently misleading a second parliamentary meeting about proposals to merge assessments for disability benefits. Last year, the government confirmed it was pushing ahead with […]

Errol Graham: Coroner urged to act on evidence that DWP hid links to deaths

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: Coroner urged to act on evidence that DWP hid links to deaths
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A coroner who heard the inquest into a man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly removed has been urged to act on information showing the government failed to pass her evidence linking its actions with other deaths. The […]

The death of Errol Graham: Latest tragedy is linked to 10 years of DWP deaths

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

The death of Errol Graham: Latest tragedy is linked to 10 years of DWP deaths
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A disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped is the latest in a long line of fatalities that can be linked to failings and deliberate policy decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This […]

Call for second Jodey Whiting inquest increases pressure for DWP deaths inquiry

By John Pring on 9th January 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for second Jodey Whiting inquest increases pressure for DWP deaths inquiry
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A mother who has asked the attorney general for permission to seek a second inquest into her disabled daughter’s suicide says it would boost growing calls for an inquiry into all deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). […]

Shadow chancellor backs call for criminal investigation into Duncan Smith and Grayling

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Shadow chancellor backs call for criminal investigation into Duncan Smith and Grayling
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has joined disabled campaigners in backing calls for a criminal probe into the actions of former Tory ministers and senior civil servants, following the publication of a five-year investigation into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. The 12,000-word […]

Ministers push ahead with single face-to-face assessments for disability benefits

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers push ahead with single face-to-face assessments for disability benefits
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Ministers are pushing ahead with controversial plans to merge two disability benefit assessments into one, despite concerns raised by disabled campaigners. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wants to offer a single face-to-face assessment – with the agreement of the […]

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