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DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade, figures show

By John Pring on 25th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade, figures show
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The government’s mainstream benefit sanctions regime has been discriminating against disabled people throughout nearly the whole of the last decade, according to new figures secured by Disability News Service (DNS). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures, obtained through a […]

ESA sanctions are counter-productive and dangerous, MPs are told

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

ESA sanctions are counter-productive and dangerous, MPs are told
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Imposing benefit sanctions on disabled people is counter-productive, ineffective and “probably too dangerous”, a trio of experts have told MPs. The Commons work and pensions committee also heard that the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to research […]

Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows

By John Pring on 22nd February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it has been running a discriminatory benefit sanctions regime, following the publication of new research. Academic Ben Baumberg Geiger has found that more than 900,000 disabled claimants of the mainstream […]

Sanction death man’s sister turns to courts after coroner turns down inquest call

By John Pring on 17th November 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Sanction death man’s sister turns to courts after coroner turns down inquest call
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The sister of a disabled man who died after being left destitute by having his benefits sanctioned is to seek the help of the high court after a coroner refused for the second time to hold an inquest into his death. […]

Judge brands DWP jobseeker’s agreement ‘unlawful’, after action by disabled claimant

By John Pring on 14th November 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Employment, News Archive

Judge brands DWP jobseeker’s agreement ‘unlawful’, after action by disabled claimant
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A judge has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that part of the agreement signed by out-of-work benefit claimants does not comply with the law, following a legal challenge from a disabled job-seeker. The comments by Judge Christopher Ward […]

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