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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]