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Government backs down over inaccessible shielding letters, hours before court case

By John Pring on 25th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government backs down over inaccessible shielding letters, hours before court case
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The government has been forced to make a series of promises aimed at improving the accessibility of the way it communicates with those shielding from coronavirus. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made the concessions hours before it was […]

Hancock faces court action over accessible shielding information

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Independent Living

Hancock faces court action over accessible shielding information
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The high court is set to hear a disabled woman’s claim that the government breached equality and human rights laws by failing to provide her with accessible shielding information during the pandemic. Sarah Leadbetter, from Narborough, Leicestershire, who is blind and […]

Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
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Ministers appear close to defeat in their six-year battle to prevent the release of secret reports into the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, after the release of findings from a second Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) investigation. The […]

Philippa Day: DNS wins legal fight with DWP over ground-breaking release of secret report into benefit death

By John Pring on 14th January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: DNS wins legal fight with DWP over ground-breaking release of secret report into benefit death
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Disability News Service (DNS) has won a ground-breaking legal battle with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the release of a secret government report into the death of a disabled benefit claimant. A DWP barrister told an inquest yesterday […]

High court is asked to order fresh inquest into death of Jodey Whiting

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

High court is asked to order fresh inquest into death of Jodey Whiting
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The mother of a disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were wrongly stopped has asked the high court to order a second inquest into her death. Joy Dove wants to see the “heartless and cruel” actions of the Department […]

Philippa Day: Disabled woman left note implicating DWP and its PIP failings in her death

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Disabled woman left note implicating DWP and its PIP failings in her death
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A disabled woman, who apparently took her own life in despair at the way her benefits claim was being dealt with, left a note that “directly implicated” the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in her death. Philippa Day, who had […]

Legal victory is step towards fresh inquest into Jodey Whiting’s death

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Legal victory is step towards fresh inquest into Jodey Whiting’s death
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped has won a legal victory that could lead to a full examination of whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) caused her daughter’s […]

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’
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The human rights watchdog may finally be ready to announce an inquiry into the deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a campaigning MP. The Equality and […]

Errol Graham: Family win right to court challenge of DWP safeguarding

By John Pring on 16th July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: Family win right to court challenge of DWP safeguarding
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The family of a man who starved to death after his out-of-work disability benefits were wrongly removed have won the right to have the safeguarding policies of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) examined by the high court. The family of […]

Round-up: Failing justice system, arts leaders speak out, and Scotland’s shielding caution

By John Pring on 11th June 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Round-up: Failing justice system, arts leaders speak out, and Scotland’s shielding caution
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The criminal justice system is failing many disabled people and needs reform to ensure they receive a fair trial, according to a new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The watchdog said the system in England, Wales and […]

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