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Disabled activists warn Labour MPs who vote for cuts: ‘The gloves will be off’

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists warn Labour MPs who vote for cuts: ‘The gloves will be off’
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Labour MPs were given their final warning by disabled activists at a sweltering rally outside parliament on Monday that, if they vote for cuts to disability benefits, the “gloves will be off”. Ellen Clifford, one of the key organisers of the […]

DWP hides truth from coroner on exactly what happened in lead-up to Jodey Whiting’s suicide

By John Pring on 5th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP hides truth from coroner on exactly what happened in lead-up to Jodey Whiting’s suicide
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hidden the truth from a coroner about its role in a disabled woman’s suicide, allowing ministers to avoid having to explain how they would prevent more benefit claimants taking their own lives. Helga […]

Call for public inquiry into deaths after coroner rules suicide was ‘triggered’ by DWP

By John Pring on 5th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for public inquiry into deaths after coroner rules suicide was ‘triggered’ by DWP
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly stopped her benefits has called for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to the department’s actions. Joy Dove […]

Coroner finds DWP’s decisions and safeguarding failings were ‘trigger’ for suicide of Jodey Whiting

By John Pring on 5th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner finds DWP’s decisions and safeguarding failings were ‘trigger’ for suicide of Jodey Whiting
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A coroner has found that the decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to wrongly stop a disabled woman’s benefits after a string of safeguarding failings was the “trigger” for her to take her own life. Coroner Clare Bailey […]

MPs join activists and families in call for public inquiry into years of DWP deaths

By John Pring on 12th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs join activists and families in call for public inquiry into years of DWP deaths
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MPs have joined disabled activists and bereaved families in calling for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to the actions of ministers, senior civil servants and advisers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Disability News Service […]

Campaigners welcome election defeats for DWP ministers, but frustration as key trio survive

By John Pring on 11th July 2024 Category: Politics

Campaigners welcome election defeats for DWP ministers, but frustration as key trio survive
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Campaigners have welcomed election defeats for a series of former Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers, while also expressing disappointment that three of the most unpopular figures from the last 14 years managed to survive the Labour landslide. There was […]

Concern over scope of EHRC inquiry into ‘unlawful acts’ by work and pensions secretaries 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over scope of EHRC inquiry into ‘unlawful acts’ by work and pensions secretaries 
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The equality watchdog has finally launched a – limited – investigation into unlawful treatment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of disabled benefit claimants, including some who died, five years after it was first told to act.   The move […]

Government denies fixing Jodey Whiting inquest date to clash with Labour conference

By John Pring on 11th April 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government denies fixing Jodey Whiting inquest date to clash with Labour conference
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The government has denied playing any role in deciding that a high-profile second inquest into a disabled woman’s suicide – linked closely to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – will clash with the Labour party conference. […]

DPAC demands ‘no more deaths from benefit cuts’ outside DWP headquarters

By John Pring on 7th March 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC demands ‘no more deaths from benefit cuts’ outside DWP headquarters
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Disabled activists have explained why they travelled from across England to protest outside the headquarters of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) at social security reforms they say will put the lives of even more claimants at risk. Monday’s protest […]

‘Warrior’ disabled mum takes crucial step in ‘justice for Jodey’ fight

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

‘Warrior’ disabled mum takes crucial step in ‘justice for Jodey’ fight
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The “warrior” mum of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were cut has welcomed another crucial stage in her fight for justice, which is now well into its seventh year. Joy Dove (pictured) was at Teesside […]

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