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Prevention of future deaths

DWP must take urgent safety steps on large payments, says coroner after suicide, five years on from earlier inquest warning

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP must take urgent safety steps on large payments, says coroner after suicide, five years on from earlier inquest warning
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A coroner has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent safety measures following the suicide of a man who became paranoid after suddenly receiving £5,000 in benefit arrears, five years after a similar call by another coroner. […]

DWP claims missing stats on secret deaths investigations in annual report was just an error

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP claims missing stats on secret deaths investigations in annual report was just an error
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that the omission from its annual report of potentially damaging statistics about deaths linked to universal credit was just an error. The figures would have shown how many deaths linked to universal […]

Coroner’s report describes how disabled woman died after DWP told her she owed £13K

By John Pring on 3rd July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner’s report describes how disabled woman died after DWP told her she owed £13K
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The repeated failures by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that led to a disabled woman’s death – including telling her she owed nearly £13,000 in back-payments after her husband died – have been described in detail for the first […]

DWP staff fail in two-fifths of cases to meet new standards aimed at stopping deaths

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP staff fail in two-fifths of cases to meet new standards aimed at stopping deaths
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff are failing in two out of five cases to meet new standards designed to “significantly reduce” the number of deaths of benefit claimants. A survey by the department found its staff did not meet […]

Foxcroft statement suggests she failed to read coroners’ reports into claimant suicides

By John Pring on 7th March 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Foxcroft statement suggests she failed to read coroners’ reports into claimant suicides
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Labour’s shadow disability minister has been asked why she apparently failed to read two reports by coroners that raised serious safeguarding concerns about the impact of universal credit on disabled people. Vicky Foxcroft had been asked about Labour’s failure to address […]

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 dismisses coroner’s concerns over universal credit suicide

By John Pring on 25th January 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP dismisses coroner’s concerns over universal credit suicide
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has completely dismissed a coroner’s call for action to prevent flaws in its benefits systems leading to further deaths, following the suicide of a disabled man who became overwhelmed by the application process. Kirsty […]

DWP’s 14-year history of dismissing coroners’ concerns over benefit claimant deaths

By John Pring on 25th January 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s 14-year history of dismissing coroners’ concerns over benefit claimant deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has repeatedly dismissed concerns raised by coroners who have investigated the deaths of benefit claimants, in a pattern of behaviour that stretches back 14 years, analysis by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. DNS […]

DWP failings that helped trigger suicide ‘are a national issue’, NHS manager tells coroner

By John Pring on 7th December 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP failings that helped trigger suicide ‘are a national issue’, NHS manager tells coroner
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The actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are having a significant “debilitating” impact on service-users, particularly those trying to claim universal credit, senior mental health figures have told an inquest. One witness said service-users at a mental health […]

Coroner tells DWP to act on universal credit safety after claimant’s suicide

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

Coroner tells DWP to act on universal credit safety after claimant’s suicide
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A coroner has warned work and pensions secretary Mel Stride he needs to act to prevent flaws in the universal credit system leading to further deaths, following the suicide of a disabled man who became overwhelmed by the application process. It […]

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