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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release a report which would show which of its websites and other digital services are breaching its legal duties on accessibility. Last month, DWP released a summary report from February which […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused by leading lawyers of an “extraordinary and reprehensible infringement of the law” over its failure to comply with its legal duties to release information about Disability News Service editor John Pring. […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has repeatedly breached data protection regulations by failing to provide benefit claimants and others – including Disability News Service (DNS) – with the information it holds about them. The huge backlog dates back months […]
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 […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ignored a deadline imposed by the information watchdog, as part of its investigation into DWP’s refusal to publish secret reviews into 49 benefit-related deaths. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched the investigation in March, following […]
The information watchdog has ordered the government to publish hugely controversial figures that will update the number of people who have died while claiming out-of-work disability benefits. Activists have been calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish […]