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Therese Coffey

Conservative conference: Coffey signals new bid to push support group towards work

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Employment

Conservative conference: Coffey signals new bid to push support group towards work
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has strongly signalled that her department will launch a new bid to try to push more disabled people with high support needs into work. Coffey, speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference […]

Conservative conference: New minister silent on plummeting Access to Work figures

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Employment

Conservative conference: New minister silent on plummeting Access to Work figures
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The new minister for disabled people has refused to comment on figures that show how spending on Access to Work (AtW) plummeted during the pandemic, despite ministers plugging the programme during this week’s Conservative party conference. Chloe Smith highlighted the scheme […]

DWP agrees to stop high-pressure tactics on eve of court hearing

By John Pring on 15th July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP agrees to stop high-pressure tactics on eve of court hearing
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has agreed to stop intimidating disabled claimants into accepting lower benefit payments than they are entitled to, hours before it was due to face a high court hearing over its tactics. Work and pensions […]

DWP silence over figures suggesting 50 deaths inquiries in just six months

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silence over figures suggesting 50 deaths inquiries in just six months
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to explain why it appears to have launched more than 50 secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants in just the first six months of this year. This would be a […]

Disabled woman asks high court to declare DWP’s ‘immoral’ deductions scheme unlawful

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled woman asks high court to declare DWP’s ‘immoral’ deductions scheme unlawful
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A disabled woman left in “great distress” by an “immoral” Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) scheme – which allows it to take money from her benefits to pay off utility debts – is asking the high court to declare the […]

Judge’s ‘astounding’ attack on Coffey’s ‘wholly unsatisfactory’ behaviour

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Judge’s ‘astounding’ attack on Coffey’s ‘wholly unsatisfactory’ behaviour
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A high court judge has accused work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey of “wholly unsatisfactory” behaviour and lacking respect for the mother of a benefit claimant whose death was linked to failures by her department. Mr Justice Morris spoke out about […]

Disabled student wins right to challenge DWP over universal credit ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Education

Disabled student wins right to challenge DWP over universal credit ‘discrimination’
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A disabled student has won the right to challenge efforts by ministers to prevent him and thousands of others in his situation from claiming universal credit while they are studying. Flinn Kays argues that many disabled students should be entitled to […]

DWP lied about duty to keep benefit claimants safe, document suggests

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP lied about duty to keep benefit claimants safe, document suggests
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) lied when it claimed that it had no “duty of care” to protect disabled benefit claimants, new evidence suggests. Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has repeatedly told MPs that her department does not […]

Families of DWP victims want chance to confront ministers over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Families of DWP victims want chance to confront ministers over benefit deaths
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The families of two disabled people whose deaths were caused by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings say they want the chance to confront ministers in parliament, so they can describe to them the damage their actions have caused. The […]

DWP admits number of disability employment advisers plunged during pandemic

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Employment

DWP admits number of disability employment advisers plunged during pandemic
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over its commitment to disability equality after new figures revealed the number of disability employment advisers fell sharply during the pandemic, while the number of mainstream work coaches soared. The figures […]

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