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Regulator tells government’s access advisers to act on unlawful secrecy

By John Pring on 1st June 2023 Category: Transport

Regulator tells government’s access advisers to act on unlawful secrecy
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The government’s accessible transport advisers have been told by a regulator that they have been behaving unlawfully for years by failing to publish controversial reports, minutes of key meetings and letters they have exchanged with ministers. Campaigners believe the Department for […]

Watchdog gives Treasury go-ahead to keep budget equality impact secret

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Politics

Watchdog gives Treasury go-ahead to keep budget equality impact secret
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The information commissioner has told the Treasury it can continue to hide information that would show how measures in a controversial spring budget were predicted to affect disabled people and other groups protected by the Equality Act. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Watchdog warns DWP over repeated failure on freedom of information laws

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog warns DWP over repeated failure on freedom of information laws
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been warned by the information commissioner for “systemically failing to comply with the law” over how it has dealt with requests for information on disability benefits, universal credit and claimant deaths. The Information […]

DWP refuses to reveal police forces that share information on disabled protesters

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say which police forces have passed it video footage and other information about claimants of disability benefits who have taken part in anti-fracking and anti-austerity protests. DWP’s attempt to hide its […]

Information commissioner ‘most concerned’ about DWP’s ‘foreign advice’ replies

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Politics

Information commissioner ‘most concerned’ about DWP’s ‘foreign advice’ replies
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been criticised by the information commissioner over the way it dealt with a request to reveal the identities of seven foreign governments that asked for advice on disability reform. After facing a probe […]

DWP forced to release reports revealing its secret thoughts on the media

By John Pring on 27th October 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP forced to release reports revealing its secret thoughts on the media
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Documents the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) tried to keep hidden for more than a year have revealed some of the tactics civil servants have used to manipulate media coverage on welfare reform. The “DWP media evaluation” reports have been […]

DNS to ask tribunal to force DWP to publish secret benefit deaths information

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

DNS to ask tribunal to force DWP to publish secret benefit deaths information
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Disability News Service (DNS) will this week ask a tribunal to require the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish information about secret reviews it carried out into the deaths of 49 benefit claimants. DNS has been trying since August […]

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