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‘This is why we fight for justice after losing loved ones to state violence’

By John Pring on 9th November 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘This is why we fight for justice after losing loved ones to state violence’
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Three women who have lost loved ones to state violence have described how they were able to spend years fighting for justice, while coping with the grief caused by the flawed and dangerous police, mental health and social security systems. Anna […]

Fight for justice goes on, after Capita agrees Philippa Day compensation

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fight for justice goes on, after Capita agrees Philippa Day compensation
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The sister of a disabled woman whose death was caused by flaws in the benefits system has pledged to fight for a public inquiry into other such deaths, after a government contractor agreed to pay “substantial” compensation for its failings. Both […]

Philippa Day: Disabled woman left note implicating DWP and its PIP failings in her death

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Disabled woman left note implicating DWP and its PIP failings in her death
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A disabled woman, who apparently took her own life in despair at the way her benefits claim was being dealt with, left a note that “directly implicated” the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in her death. Philippa Day, who had […]

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