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Benefits and Poverty

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June 16, 2016

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Ministers ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews

Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently prepared them for release three weeks ago under freedom of information laws. A response to a request to release redacted versions of the documents was completed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Benefits and Poverty

April 21, 2016

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Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far harder for disabled people to appeal against having their benefit claims turned down. The heavily-redacted document was sent to Disability News Service (DNS) by DWP following a freedom of information request, but disabled activists

Benefits and Poverty

April 21, 2016

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Secret DWP proposal to scrap ESA ‘substantial risk’ rules ‘would breach right to life’

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed scrapping two benefit regulations that offer vital protection to disabled people facing the controversial “fitness for work” test. In response to a freedom of information request, DWP has sent Disability News Service (DNS) a document titled Appeals Strategy – Post Election Planning, which was drawn

Benefits and Poverty

October 16, 2015

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Government hides information on death of Michael O’Sullivan

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The government is refusing to release information that would reveal which ministers and civil servants decided how to respond to the death of a man who killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit for work”. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last month that a coroner had demanded government action after an

Benefits and Poverty

July 17, 2015

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Watchdog backs DWP refusal to release 49 benefit deaths reports

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been told by the information watchdog that it does not need to release secret reviews it carried out into the deaths of 49 benefit claimants. Campaigners have expressed frustration and disappointment at the decision, with one MP saying it underlines the need for an independent inquiry

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Ministers ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews

Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals

Secret DWP proposal to scrap ESA ‘substantial risk’ rules ‘would breach right to life’

Government hides information on death of Michael O’Sullivan

Watchdog backs DWP refusal to release 49 benefit deaths reports