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Foxcroft defends Labour’s near-silence over death of Philippa Day

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Foxcroft defends Labour’s near-silence over death of Philippa Day
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Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has been unable to explain why she and her party have stayed almost silent about a young disabled mother whose death was linked by a coroner to fatal flaws in the disability benefits system. Last […]

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 […]

Coffey dodges MP’s questions over death of Philippa Day

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

Coffey dodges MP’s questions over death of Philippa Day
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The work and pensions secretary has refused to answer questions from an MP about the death of a young disabled mother which was blamed by a coroner on flaws in the disability benefits system. MPs on the work and pensions committee […]

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 (Wednesday) highlighted […]

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 […]

Philippa Day: Capita made changes to PIP assessments after young mum’s death

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

Philippa Day: Capita made changes to PIP assessments after young mum’s death
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A government contractor made key changes to the way it assesses disability benefit claims after the apparent suicide of a young disabled mum who had repeatedly warned she could not cope with attending a face-to-face assessment. The admission of the changes […]

Philippa Day: DWP civil servant denies PIP ‘culture of scepticism’

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

Philippa Day: DWP civil servant denies PIP ‘culture of scepticism’
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Evidence from a senior DWP civil servant has helped to expose multiple flaws at the heart of the personal independence payment (PIP) benefit system that appear to have played a key role in the suicide of a young disabled mother. She […]

Philippa Day: Young mother ‘took her own life after being told to attend PIP assessment’

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

Philippa Day: Young mother ‘took her own life after being told to attend PIP assessment’
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A young disabled mother killed herself after hearing she would have to attend a face-to-face interview at a benefits assessment centre, following repeated warnings that she could not cope with such a meeting, an inquest has heard. Philippa Day left an […]

Philippa Day: DWP phone agent ignored sobbing claimant who later ‘took her own life’

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

Philippa Day: DWP phone agent ignored sobbing claimant who later ‘took her own life’
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Evidence from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff to an inquest has revealed a series of failings in dealing with the disability benefit claim of a young disabled mother, in the months leading up to her apparent suicide. Assistant coroner […]

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 […]

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