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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 […]

Dispatches exposé sparks anger and frustration over ‘cruel and inhuman’ system

By John Pring on 22nd December 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Dispatches exposé sparks anger and frustration over ‘cruel and inhuman’ system
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Disabled people who watched a documentary exposé of links between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the deaths of benefit claimants have shared their own experiences of its “cruel and inhuman” assessment system. The Dispatches documentary, broadcast on Friday, […]

Families outraged after government hands ‘sickening’ award to DWP safeguarding team

By John Pring on 11th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Families outraged after government hands ‘sickening’ award to DWP safeguarding team
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The government handed its own disability benefits safeguarding team an “outstanding contribution” award, just weeks after a coroner found that flaws in the disability benefits system had caused the death of a young disabled mum. The award was made by the […]

Justice for Jodey fight continues with fresh request for appeal

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Justice for Jodey fight continues with fresh request for appeal
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped is to make a second attempt to secure permission to appeal against a high court ruling. Joy Dove is fighting to secure a second […]

Mother of Jodey Whiting fights on for justice with appeal bid

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mother of Jodey Whiting fights on for justice with appeal bid
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped is to seek permission to appeal against a court’s ruling that there should not be a second inquest into her daughter’s death. Joy Dove […]

Judges reject claim that systemic DWP failings led to death, despite years of evidence

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Judges reject claim that systemic DWP failings led to death, despite years of evidence
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Three judges have rejected a mother’s bid to secure a second inquest into the death of her disabled daughter – who killed herself after her benefits were wrongly stopped – despite one of the judges criticising the “shocking” failures in the […]

Jodey Whiting: DWP tells high court her death was isolated case and not sign of systemic failure… despite years of evidence

By John Pring on 24th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: DWP tells high court her death was isolated case and not sign of systemic failure… despite years of evidence
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told a court that the death of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were removed was not part of a widespread “systemic” problem, despite years of evidence to […]

Jodey Whiting: Judge asks why DWP failed to ‘pick up a phone’ before claimant’s suicide

By John Pring on 24th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: Judge asks why DWP failed to ‘pick up a phone’ before claimant’s suicide
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A high court judge has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) why it did not take the “common sense” step of phoning a disabled woman with a long history of mental distress – who later took her own life […]

Jodey Whiting: Fresh evidence shows need for second inquest into death ‘caused by DWP’

By John Pring on 24th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Jodey Whiting: Fresh evidence shows need for second inquest into death ‘caused by DWP’
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Fresh evidence shows that the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were a “central cause” of the death of a disabled women who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly removed, the high court heard this […]

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