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Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows
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Scores of deaths of claimants in the last three years have been linked to persistent, systemic flaws in the way benefits are managed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), an official document has shown. The DWP document, released to […]

Labour backs away from DWP deaths inquiry in meeting with families

By John Pring on 17th November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour backs away from DWP deaths inquiry in meeting with families
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has refused to promise that his party will order a public inquiry into deaths linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if it wins power. Jonathan Ashworth avoided pledging that […]

Concern after DWP admits it has not signed benefit deaths legal agreement

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern after DWP admits it has not signed benefit deaths legal agreement
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The equality watchdog has been told to take “urgent” action over its failure to persuade the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to sign a legally-binding agreement that would force it to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. The Equality […]

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister
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Three disabled women who lost relatives because of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings have expressed their shock and anger at the appointment of Therese Coffey as the new deputy prime minister. Coffey, who was also appointed health and social care […]

Secret reviews into DWP deaths more than double in three years

By John Pring on 14th July 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret reviews into DWP deaths more than double in three years
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New figures show how the number of secret reviews into deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has more than doubled over the last three years. They show how […]

Company linked to death of PIP claimant gives itself ‘seven or eight out of 10’

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Company linked to death of PIP claimant gives itself ‘seven or eight out of 10’
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The boss of a private sector contractor has told MPs that he gives his company a mark of seven or eight out of ten for its performance in carrying out disability benefit assessments, despite it being closely linked to the death […]

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 […]

EHRC faces questions over failure to act on DWP benefit deaths

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

EHRC faces questions over failure to act on DWP benefit deaths
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Disabled activists have asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) why it is still failing to act over links between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) and […]

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, […]

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