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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 […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is again facing cover-up allegations after suggesting that it has destroyed reports showing why it weakened guidance on when to investigate suicides of benefit claimants. Disability News Service revealed last month that DWP had […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing allegations of another cover-up after the minutes of a panel set up to examine “serious cases” failed to mention that rules on when to investigate benefit claimant suicides had been weakened. […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has secretly weakened its own rules on when it should investigate the deaths of benefit claimants who take their own lives. Four years ago, the department told the National Audit Office (NAO) that it […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is blocking the release of a paper that details the impact of its own errors on disabled people whose deaths are likely to be linked to its failings and policy decisions. The paper was […]
Extracts from new secret reports show a catalogue of errors made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private contractors that have been linked to the deaths of disabled people interacting with the benefits system. DWP has finally […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must publish regular reports to show how many deaths of disabled people are linked to the disability benefits assessment system, a committee of MPs has concluded. The call comes in a report by the […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has backed down in its fight to hide recommendations made in 22 secret reports into the deaths of benefit claimants. Ministers had been told by the information commissioner to release the recommendations to Disability […]
Scores of deaths of claimants in the last three years have been linked to persistent, systemic flaws in the way benefits are managed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), an official document has shown. The DWP document, released to […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to release up to 30 redacted reports into the deaths of benefit claimants, despite being told to do so by the information commissioner. Following the commissioner’s decision, ministers have appealed to the […]