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Therese Coffey

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 […]

Legal action launched over ‘blatant discrimination’ of DWP’s £20-a-week uplift

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

Legal action launched over ‘blatant discrimination’ of DWP’s £20-a-week uplift
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Two disabled people have launched a legal action against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its failure to offer recipients of so-called legacy benefits the same £20-a-week benefit increase given to those on universal credit. They and hundreds of […]

Secret report casts doubt on DWP’s ‘no duty of care’ claim

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

Secret report casts doubt on DWP’s ‘no duty of care’ claim
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been unable to explain why its secretary of state continues to insist that it has no legal “duty of care” to disabled benefit claimants, when one of its own secret reports states clearly […]

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 […]

Statistics regulator refuses to push DWP over impact of universal credit

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

Statistics regulator refuses to push DWP over impact of universal credit
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The statistics regulator is refusing to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for a key unpublished document that could finally show how many disabled people ministers expect to lose out from the move to universal credit. It is believed […]

Coffey announces 37p benefits rise, after PM announces £24 billion more for defence

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey announces 37p benefits rise, after PM announces £24 billion more for defence
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Benefits for disabled people are set to rise by just 0.5 per cent next year, the government has announced, despite the increasing costs and cuts to support many of them are facing as a result of the pandemic. The announcement by […]

Regulator refuses to criticise DWP over misleading universal credit statistics

By John Pring on 22nd October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Regulator refuses to criticise DWP over misleading universal credit statistics
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The UK statistics regulator has refused to criticise work and pensions ministers even though they have repeatedly breached its code of conduct by misleading parliament about the impact of universal credit (UC) on disabled people. Ministers including work and pensions secretary […]

DWP admits Coffey and Duncan Smith both snubbed Disability Confident

By John Pring on 8th October 2020 Category: Employment

DWP admits Coffey and Duncan Smith both snubbed Disability Confident
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has failed to sign up to her own much-criticised disability employment scheme, Disability Confident, her department has admitted. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has also admitted that Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who launched […]

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