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Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unearthed a “draft” report that ministers failed to send to a coroner six years ago, following concerns he raised about a suicide linked to flaws in the “fitness for work” test. The draft […]

Abrahams drags New Labour into Stephen Carré suicide report cover-up

By John Pring on 11th February 2016 Category: Politics

Abrahams drags New Labour into Stephen Carré suicide report cover-up
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The shadow minister for disabled people has implicated New Labour in an apparent cover-up of the government’s failure to respond to a coroner’s report on the suicide of a disabled man found “fit for work”. Debbie Abrahams has repeatedly refused to […]

Government departments and judiciary in ‘fit for work’ suicide ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government departments and judiciary in ‘fit for work’ suicide ‘cover-up’
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Two government departments – and the judiciary – appear to be conspiring to prevent the release of information that would show how ministers ignored an opportunity to prevent the “fitness for work” test causing disabled claimants to take their own lives. […]

Disabled ex-Lib Dem MP backs IDS over WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Politics

Disabled ex-Lib Dem MP backs IDS over WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’
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A disabled former Liberal Democrat MP has refused to criticise the Tory work and pensions secretary for covering up a report that linked the “fitness for work” test with a disabled man’s suicide. Stephen Lloyd, who narrowly lost his Eastbourne seat […]

Justice ministry refuses to probe DWP’s WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Justice ministry refuses to probe DWP’s WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’
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The Ministry of Justice is refusing to investigate why the Department for Work and Pensions failed to fulfil its legal duty to respond to a coroner’s report that linked a disabled man’s suicide to its “fitness for work” test. The coroner’s […]

New evidence suggests DWP covered up coroner’s WCA warning

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New evidence suggests DWP covered up coroner’s WCA warning
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Damning new evidence suggests that senior figures in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) covered up a coroner’s warning about the grave dangers posed by a new disability assessment. Disability News Service (DNS) has seen a series of letters that […]

Government, health unions and Maximus all silent over ‘590 WCA suicides’

By John Pring on 20th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government, health unions and Maximus all silent over ‘590 WCA suicides’
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The Department of Health, doctors’ and nurses’ unions and the contractors paid to carry out the assessments have refused to pledge to take any action following new research linking the government’s “fitness for work” test with about 600 suicides. The study […]

Stephen Carre WCA scandal: Tory ministers ‘knew their policy was lethal’

By John Pring on 13th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Carre WCA scandal: Tory ministers ‘knew their policy was lethal’
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Disabled activists have called for ministers to face a criminal investigation, over their apparent failure to hand a crucial coroner’s report about the discredited “fitness for work” test to their own independent expert. Earlier this week, a Disability News Service (DNS) […]

WCA death scandal: Ministers ‘failed to pass 2010 suicide report to Harrington’

By John Pring on 9th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WCA death scandal: Ministers ‘failed to pass 2010 suicide report to Harrington’
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Ministers appear to have failed to hand a crucial report about the work capability assessment – warning it put at risk the lives of thousands of people with mental health conditions – to the expert they commissioned to review the test. […]

WCA death scandal: Grayling ordered assessment roll-out, despite coroner’s warning

By John Pring on 9th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WCA death scandal: Grayling ordered assessment roll-out, despite coroner’s warning
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Ministers appear to have allowed a controversial disability benefits assessment to be rolled out to hundreds of thousands of long-term claimants with mental health conditions, even though a coroner had warned it was a threat to their lives. Employment minister Chris […]

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