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Call for action over ‘scandal’ of benefit claimant suicides ignored by DWP

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for action over ‘scandal’ of benefit claimant suicides ignored by DWP
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is failing to investigate the suicides of hundreds of benefit claimants every year, despite the vital lessons it could learn from such inquiries, new analysis of official figures suggests. In more than five years, […]

DWP refuses to publish information from secret reviews into benefit-related deaths

By John Pring on 3rd December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP refuses to publish information from secret reviews into benefit-related deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release recommendations made by its own secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to its actions. The refusal to release the information from reports completed over […]

DWP admits destroying secret reports into benefit-related deaths

By John Pring on 27th February 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP admits destroying secret reports into benefit-related deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted destroying its own secret reports into suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants. The admission has added to growing calls for an independent inquiry into links between DWP policies and procedures and […]

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Investigations into deaths double in two years

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Investigations into deaths double in two years
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The number of secret reviews carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) into deaths linked to benefit claims appears to have doubled in the last two years, according to figures the information watchdog has forced the government to […]

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Universal credit death linked to claimant commitment ‘threats’ 

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s secret benefit deaths reviews: Universal credit death linked to claimant commitment ‘threats’ 
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A secret Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) review into the death of a claimant of universal credit (UC) has criticised the “overtly threatening” nature of the conditions they had to accept when signing up to the new benefit system. The […]

DWP breaks law over secret reports on universal credit deaths

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP breaks law over secret reports on universal credit deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release evidence that would show how many secret reports it has compiled into the deaths of claimants of its new universal credit, in a fresh breach of freedom of information laws. […]

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