NHS call for government action on link between mental distress and benefit cuts
The organisation representing NHS service-providers has called on the government to act on the links…
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DWP silent on figures suggesting ‘fit for work’ deaths may have fallen
Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suggest that the proportion of…
DWP handed petition of 200,000 names on benefit assessment travel
A disabled woman has handed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) a petition of…
Reaction to Rudd’s reforms: Tinkering, crumbs and fears of a Trojan horse for cuts
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about a series of reforms to the…
Jodey Whiting: DWP apologises, but no word on preventing future deaths
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has apologised for a series of failings made…
Jodey Whiting: DWP ignored five ‘safeguarding’ chances before WCA suicide
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed five times to follow its own safeguarding…
Jodey Whiting: DWP continued to phone woman who took her own life, inquiry finds
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continued to phone and write to a disabled…
MPs hear of ways to save benefit claimants from harm… or even death
Disabled activists and shadow ministers at a parliamentary meeting have been told of ways they…
Inquiry call after ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘admits it has no safeguarding policy’
The government’s “fitness for work” contractor appears to have no written policy on how to…
Cross-government suicide prevention plan ignores DWP
Ministers have failed to include the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in a new…