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Iain Duncan Smith

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives

By John Pring on 19th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives
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Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would have made it less likely that “vulnerable” benefit claimants would lose their lives. The 10 recommendations were taken from some of […]

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts
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The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on disability benefits. Stephen Crabb, who was appointed after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith in March, was giving evidence […]

Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Employment

Crabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap
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The new work and pensions secretary has suggested the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap will face lengthy delays, after he said he wanted to spend a “few years” testing how to achieve the target. Stephen Crabb, who was […]

Scottish police assessing possible investigation into IDS and Grayling

By John Pring on 5th May 2016 Category: Crime

Scottish police assessing possible investigation into IDS and Grayling
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Scottish police are assessing whether to launch a criminal investigation into the failure of two government ministers to address a coroner’s concerns about the safety of the “fitness for work” test a failure which may have caused “countless deaths”. Disabled activist […]

Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal probe’ over WCA deaths

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Crime

Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal probe’ over WCA deaths
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Disabled activists are calling for Iain Duncan Smith to face a criminal investigation over his refusal to address a coroner’s concerns about the safety of the “fitness for work” test, which led to “countless deaths” over the last six years. They […]

Activists say why Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal justice system’

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Crime

Activists say why Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal justice system’
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Disabled activists and disabled people’s organisations have explained why they are backing a call for two former work and pensions ministers to face a criminal investigation for misconduct in public office. Many of the country’s leading disabled campaigners have spoken out […]

Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government backtracks on PIP but WRAG cuts remain
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The government has abandoned plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, but has refused to reconsider cuts to out-of-work disability benefits that were approved by parliament earlier this month. The announcement that the government was withdrawing plans to cut […]

Yvette Cooper slams ‘appalling’ failure of ministers to act over coroner’s letter

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Yvette Cooper slams ‘appalling’ failure of ministers to act over coroner’s letter
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Labour’s former work and pensions secretary has attacked Tory ministers for failing to order an urgent review of the “fitness for work” test after a coroner warned that it had triggered a disabled man’s suicide. Yvette Cooper has told Disability News […]

Duncan Smith and Grayling silent over links to WCA suicide reports

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Duncan Smith and Grayling silent over links to WCA suicide reports
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Ministers and senior civil servants are refusing to say if they approved documents drawn up following the suicides of two disabled men that were connected to flaws in the government’s “fitness for work” test. Last week, the Department for Work and […]

Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unearthed a “draft” report that ministers failed to send to a coroner six years ago, following concerns he raised about a suicide linked to flaws in the “fitness for work” test. The draft […]

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