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Tribunal allows DWP to continue to hide information from secret reviews into universal credit deaths

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tribunal allows DWP to continue to hide information from secret reviews into universal credit deaths
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A tribunal has allowed ministers to continue to hide vital information from scores of secret reports into deaths of universal credit claimants, just as they publish a new bill that will have a major impact on the working-age benefits system. The […]

DWP’s chief medical adviser downplays her department’s links to countless deaths… again

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s chief medical adviser downplays her department’s links to countless deaths… again
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The chief medical adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked fresh anger after again publicly downplaying links between the deaths of disabled benefit claimants and her own department’s actions. Dr Gail Allsopp (pictured), who was appointed to the […]

DWP’s chief medical adviser dismisses importance of her own department’s reviews into benefit deaths

By John Pring on 9th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s chief medical adviser dismisses importance of her own department’s reviews into benefit deaths
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The chief medical adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over why she dismissed the importance of hundreds of secret reviews carried out by her own department into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. Dr Gail […]

DWP denies destroying documents that would have shown why it weakened rules on secret suicide reviews

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP denies destroying documents that would have shown why it weakened rules on secret suicide reviews
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied destroying documents that would have revealed why it weakened guidance on when to investigate the cases of benefit claimants who took their own lives, following a probe by the information commissioner. Repeated […]

DWP finally admits ordering more than 30 secret reviews into universal credit harm and deaths last year

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP finally admits ordering more than 30 secret reviews into universal credit harm and deaths last year
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it carried out more than 30 secret reviews last year into cases of serious harm or deaths involving someone receiving universal credit. Internal process reviews (IPRs) are only carried out […]

DWP destroyed recordings that would have proved link to daughter’s suicide, says grieving mum

By John Pring on 24th October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP destroyed recordings that would have proved link to daughter’s suicide, says grieving mum
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) breached its own rules by destroying recordings that would have shown how a work coach told a traumatised disabled woman to attend a face-to-face jobcentre meeting, days before she took her own life. DWP’s […]

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports
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The Labour-run Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has blocked the release of information that would show how often the “fitness for work” test has been linked to suicides and other deaths and harm over the last five years. It is […]

DWP claims missing stats on secret deaths investigations in annual report was just an error

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP claims missing stats on secret deaths investigations in annual report was just an error
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that the omission from its annual report of potentially damaging statistics about deaths linked to universal credit was just an error. The figures would have shown how many deaths linked to universal […]

New minister’s commitment to transparency under spotlight after regulator orders DWP to release deaths info

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New minister’s commitment to transparency under spotlight after regulator orders DWP to release deaths info
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A new Labour minister’s commitment to transparency about the safety of universal credit has immediately been placed under the spotlight, after his department was ordered by a regulator to release vital information from secret reports into claimant deaths. As chair of […]

DWP claims it has no written evidence to show why it weakened suicide probe guidance

By John Pring on 25th April 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP claims it has no written evidence to show why it weakened suicide probe guidance
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have destroyed all written records that would have shown why it weakened guidance on when to investigate suicides of benefit claimants. DWP previously said it had no documents about the decision that […]

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