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Council failed disabled woman over anti-social behaviour

By John Pring on 10th August 2023 Category: Housing

Council failed disabled woman over anti-social behaviour
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A disabled woman was left living in a home where she didn’t feel safe for more than a year because of the failures of a local authority and its housing agency, a joint ombudsmen report has concluded. Neighbours began ganging up […]

DWP criticised in parliament for ‘hiding’ information on starvation death

By John Pring on 8th June 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP criticised in parliament for ‘hiding’ information on starvation death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been criticised in parliament for its “serious” failure to provide crucial information to a statutory safeguarding review about a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly removed. Nottingham City […]

Disabled mum took her own life after actions of DWP and Capita ‘magnified’ anxiety

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled mum took her own life after actions of DWP and Capita ‘magnified’ anxiety
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A young disabled mother who took her own life had been left with stress and “debilitating anxiety” by the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its contractor Capita, an inquiry has found. A safeguarding adults review into […]

MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’
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MPs have raised concerns over the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after it hid vital evidence from a statutory safeguarding review into a disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped. Nottingham City […]

DWP hid vital evidence from starvation death inquiry, board confirms

By John Pring on 18th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP hid vital evidence from starvation death inquiry, board confirms
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of “absolutely disgraceful” behaviour after confirmation that it hid vital evidence from a statutory safeguarding inquiry into why a disabled man starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped. DNS […]

Errol Graham: DWP ‘hid key evidence’ from inquiry into starvation death

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: DWP ‘hid key evidence’ from inquiry into starvation death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have hidden crucial evidence from an inquiry into how a disabled man starved to death after having his benefits wrongly stopped, Disability News Service can reveal. The long-awaited safeguarding review into the […]

Errol Graham: DWP criticised by report into disabled man’s starvation death

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Errol Graham: DWP criticised by report into disabled man’s starvation death
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been criticised in an official report for the first time for failings that contributed to the death of a disabled man who starved to death after it wrongly stopped his out-of-work benefits. The […]

Company implicated in benefit death of disabled mum secures ‘gold standard’ DWP award

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

Company implicated in benefit death of disabled mum secures ‘gold standard’ DWP award
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A private sector contractor has been announced by the government as a “gold standard” employer of disabled people, just as a coroner was implicating the company in the decision of a young disabled mum to take her own life. The Department […]

Philippa Day: Flawed PIP system led to young mum’s death, says coroner

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

Philippa Day: Flawed PIP system led to young mum’s death, says coroner
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Flaws in the disability benefits system were “the predominant factor and the only acute factor” that led to a young disabled mother taking her own life, a coroner has concluded. Gordon Clow, assistant coroner for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, yesterday highlighted 28 […]

Philippa Day: Secret DWP report reveals errors ‘that led to disabled mum’s death’

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Philippa Day: Secret DWP report reveals errors ‘that led to disabled mum’s death’
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The release of a secret government report has revealed how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made repeated, serious errors with the benefit claim of a young disabled mother that appear to have contributed to her decision to take her […]

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