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Court orders second Jodey Whiting inquest to probe consequences of DWP’s actions

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court orders second Jodey Whiting inquest to probe consequences of DWP’s actions
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The appeal court has ordered a second inquest into a disabled woman’s suicide so that the “consequences” of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stopping the benefits of disabled people who rely on social security can be examined in public. […]

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told
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Links between the decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to stop the benefits of a disabled woman and her subsequent suicide should be considered by a fresh inquest, the Court of Appeal has heard. The court was hearing […]

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest
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Disabled activists and allies will hold a silent vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to mark the latest stage in the fight for a second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting. Joy Dove, Jodey’s mother, has been […]

Shock and anger over DWP’s ‘despicable’ decision to abandon work on deaths plan

By John Pring on 15th December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Shock and anger over DWP’s ‘despicable’ decision to abandon work on deaths plan
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Disabled campaigners have expressed shock and anger after learning how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretly abandoned work on a £106 million plan that was supposed to help it prevent further deaths of benefit claimants. The plan was draw […]

Labour backs away from DWP deaths inquiry in meeting with families

By John Pring on 17th November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour backs away from DWP deaths inquiry in meeting with families
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has refused to promise that his party will order a public inquiry into deaths linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if it wins power. Jonathan Ashworth avoided pledging that […]

Book describes how fight for justice changed Jodey Whiting’s mother

By John Pring on 13th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Book describes how fight for justice changed Jodey Whiting’s mother
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A disabled campaigner has described in a new book how her fight to highlight the countless deaths caused by the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including the suicide of her own daughter, has changed her life. Joy […]

Mother ‘cries tears of joy’ after winning second chance to challenge DWP inquest ruling

By John Pring on 6th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mother ‘cries tears of joy’ after winning second chance to challenge DWP inquest ruling
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life when her benefits were wrongly stopped has described how she cried “tears of joy” after being told she had won another chance to seek a second inquest into her daughter’s […]

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister
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Three disabled women who lost relatives because of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings have expressed their shock and anger at the appointment of Therese Coffey as the new deputy prime minister. Coffey, who was also appointed health and social care […]

Trio of disabled women say EHRC has failed them and other families over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trio of disabled women say EHRC has failed them and other families over benefit deaths
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Three disabled women who lost relatives because of the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have accused the equality watchdog of failing them and countless other families. They spoke out this week after the Equality and Human Rights […]

Trio of disabled women shame DWP with parliamentary call for action on safety

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trio of disabled women shame DWP with parliamentary call for action on safety
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Three disabled women whose relatives have died because of failings by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have told a parliamentary meeting of the need for urgent safety improvements to the social security system. Imogen Day, Alison Burton and Joy […]

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