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DWP refuses to publish information from secret reviews into benefit-related deaths

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

DWP refuses to publish information from secret reviews into benefit-related deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release recommendations made by its own secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to its actions. The refusal to release the information from reports completed over […]

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

By John Pring on 16th June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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

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

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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 […]

Government hides information on death of Michael O’Sullivan

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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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 […]

Watchdog backs DWP refusal to release 49 benefit deaths reports

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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 […]

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