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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. […]

PIP cuts will cause further deaths, say disabled relatives of claimants who died due to previous DWP reforms

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP cuts will cause further deaths, say disabled relatives of claimants who died due to previous DWP reforms
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Three disabled people who lost relatives as a result of past reforms to disability benefits have spoken of their horror at the Labour government’s plans to cut billions of pounds from the system. Tuesday’s Pathways to Work green paper announced cuts […]

MPs join activists and families in call for public inquiry into years of DWP deaths

By John Pring on 12th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs join activists and families in call for public inquiry into years of DWP deaths
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MPs have joined disabled activists and bereaved families in calling for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to the actions of ministers, senior civil servants and advisers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Disability News Service […]

Concern over scope of EHRC inquiry into ‘unlawful acts’ by work and pensions secretaries 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over scope of EHRC inquiry into ‘unlawful acts’ by work and pensions secretaries 
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The equality watchdog has finally launched a – limited – investigation into unlawful treatment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of disabled benefit claimants, including some who died, five years after it was first told to act.   The move […]

Second coroner links universal credit flaws with death of a claimant

By John Pring on 29th February 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Second coroner links universal credit flaws with death of a claimant
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A coroner has linked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its universal credit benefit system with the death of a disabled woman, after its repeated failings and missed opportunities to protect her triggered a significant increase in her anxiety. […]

DWP faces cover-up claims after secretly weakening suicide rules

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP faces cover-up claims after secretly weakening suicide rules
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing allegations of another cover-up after the minutes of a panel set up to examine “serious cases” failed to mention that rules on when to investigate benefit claimant suicides had been weakened.   […]

‘This is why we fight for justice after losing loved ones to state violence’

By John Pring on 9th November 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘This is why we fight for justice after losing loved ones to state violence’
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Three women who have lost loved ones to state violence have described how they were able to spend years fighting for justice, while coping with the grief caused by the flawed and dangerous police, mental health and social security systems. Anna […]

Anger at ‘shameful’ failure to include DWP deaths inquiry in Labour policy document

By John Pring on 21st September 2023 Category: Politics

Anger at ‘shameful’ failure to include DWP deaths inquiry in Labour policy document
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The Labour party has sparked anger over its “shameful” and “inexcusable” failure to promise a public inquiry into deaths linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if it wins power at the next general election. Confidential […]

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 […]

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New inquiry call as DWP deaths mount, despite decade of secret investigations
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Extracts from new secret reports show a catalogue of errors made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private contractors that have been linked to the deaths of disabled people interacting with the benefits system. DWP has finally […]

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