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DWP broke law by destroying safeguarding report, says information commissioner

By John Pring on 27th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP broke law by destroying safeguarding report, says information commissioner
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) broke the law by destroying a damaging internal report about its failure to ensure the safety of benefit claimants in jobcentres, the information commissioner has ruled. The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a decision […]

DWP refuses to release secret benefit death report to mother of Jodey Whiting

By John Pring on 27th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP refuses to release secret benefit death report to mother of Jodey Whiting
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A senior civil servant has refused to allow the mother of a woman who took her own life – after being repeatedly failed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – to see a secret report into her daughter’s death. […]

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