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London theatre to host installation that exposes how DWP austerity measures led to countless deaths

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

London theatre to host installation that exposes how DWP austerity measures led to countless deaths
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A major London theatre is to host an installation that exposes how Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) austerity measures caused countless deaths of benefit claimants, just as the new government tries to push through a new wave of spending cuts. […]

Activists to discuss working together over ‘insidious’ violence faced by disabled people and migrants

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activists to discuss working together over ‘insidious’ violence faced by disabled people and migrants
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Grassroots activists fighting for disability and migrant justice are to discuss how they can work together to combat the bureaucratic violence that both groups face at the hands of the state. The informal public meeting will take place next week at […]

Spring tour for austerity installation on DWP deaths that was inspired by war photographers

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Spring tour for austerity installation on DWP deaths that was inspired by war photographers
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A spring tour of an award-winning installation is set to expose how the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) caused “devastating violence” and led to countless deaths of benefit claimants in the austerity years. The mixed reality installation […]

Known harm caused by benefits system ‘just the tip of the iceberg’, MPs hear

By John Pring on 16th November 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Known harm caused by benefits system ‘just the tip of the iceberg’, MPs hear
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What is known publicly about the harm caused by the benefits system – including deaths by suicide linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – is just “the tip of the iceberg”, MPs have been told. […]

Book will expose how DWP’s decades of ‘violent bureaucracy’ led to countless deaths

By John Pring on 19th October 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Book will expose how DWP’s decades of ‘violent bureaucracy’ led to countless deaths
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A new book will expose how decades of “violent” bureaucracy within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) led eventually to the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of disabled people who were claiming benefits. The Department* reveals how the actions […]

Families share experiences of DWP deaths after viewing ground-breaking exhibition

By John Pring on 14th October 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Families share experiences of DWP deaths after viewing ground-breaking exhibition
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The families of disabled benefit claimants whose deaths have been closely linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have met for the first time after visiting a ground-breaking digital exhibition. The Museum of Austerity uses the […]

Ground-breaking production will create a high-tech museum of DWP’s victims

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ground-breaking production will create a high-tech museum of DWP’s victims
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The stories of 10 disabled people whose deaths have been linked publicly to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are to be told in a ground-breaking digital production that explores the devastating human impact of austerity. Museum […]

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