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Therese Coffey

Coffey dodges questions from MPs over benefit deaths

By John Pring on 23rd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey dodges questions from MPs over benefit deaths
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has been accused of dodging key questions about links between her department and the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, during an evidence sessions with MPs. Coffey repeatedly told members of the Commons work […]

Coffey shows ‘active contempt’ for rights over Disability Confident snub

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Uncategorised

Coffey shows ‘active contempt’ for rights over Disability Confident snub
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Work and pensions secretary Dr Therese Coffey has shown “active contempt for disability rights” by refusing to sign up to her own flagship disability employment scheme, information released by the government has confirmed. Disability News Service (DNS) has been trying since […]

DWP secrecy over panel that examines its own fatal errors

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP secrecy over panel that examines its own fatal errors
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Work and pensions ministers are refusing to release key details of the panel they set up last year to examine deaths linked to the actions of their own department. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was forced to admit in […]

Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’
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Disabled campaigners have described the government’s decision to reintroduce benefit sanctions – in the middle of a pandemic – as “barbaric” and “life threatening”. The decision meant an end to the three-month suspension of benefit sanctions and conditionality* in England, Scotland […]

Influential Labour MP fails four times to put benefit deaths questions to DWP

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Influential Labour MP fails four times to put benefit deaths questions to DWP
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The Labour chair of the Commons committee tasked with holding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account is refusing to question its attempts to cover up links between its actions and the deaths of benefit claimants. Disability News Service […]

DWP silence over Coffey’s absence from list of Disability Confident backers

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Employment

DWP silence over Coffey’s absence from list of Disability Confident backers
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say why its secretary of state does not appear to have signed up to her own flagship disability employment scheme. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last week that a DWP database […]

Coffey has no Disability Confidence in her own scheme, DWP list suggests

By John Pring on 5th March 2020 Category: Employment

Coffey has no Disability Confidence in her own scheme, DWP list suggests
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey appears to have failed to sign up to her own department’s flagship disability employment scheme, despite employing staff herself in her role as an MP. Coffey (pictured) has been in post since last September and […]

DWP scraps plan to strengthen Disability Confident… after just four days

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Employment

DWP scraps plan to strengthen Disability Confident… after just four days
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A government plan to strengthen its discredited Disability Confident employment scheme, and force leading employers to report on how many disabled people they employ, has had to be scrapped just days after it was announced. Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey, […]

Ministers push ahead with single face-to-face assessments for disability benefits

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers push ahead with single face-to-face assessments for disability benefits
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Ministers are pushing ahead with controversial plans to merge two disability benefit assessments into one, despite concerns raised by disabled campaigners. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wants to offer a single face-to-face assessment – with the agreement of the […]

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’
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Disabled activists have welcomed Labour’s promise to scrap universal credit (UC) if it wins power at the next general election as a victory for years of campaigning. But they have warned the party that they still want to know how UC […]

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