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Coroner’s silence over DWP’s failure to give evidence to WCA suicide inquest

By John Pring on 10th December 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner’s silence over DWP’s failure to give evidence to WCA suicide inquest
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A coroner has refused to explain why the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to give evidence at an inquest which heard how an autistic man took his own life after being told to attend a work capability assessment (WCA). […]

Roy Curtis: Autistic man killed himself as council waited two months to begin ‘urgent assessment’

By John Pring on 3rd December 2020 Category: Human Rights

Roy Curtis: Autistic man killed himself as council waited two months to begin ‘urgent assessment’
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A coroner has criticised a local authority that waited more than two months to begin an “urgent” assessment of the support needs of a disabled man, who had taken his own life by the time the council eventually attempted to contact […]

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 […]

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 […]

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