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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he was too ill to undergo an upcoming benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”. It is […]
The high court has this week been asked to consider evidence of the “unbearable” and “catastrophic” impact of the government’s “fitness for work” system on people with experience of mental distress. The evidence was submitted to the high court in support […]
The mother of a disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were wrongly stopped has asked the high court to order a second inquest into her death. Joy Dove wants to see the “heartless and cruel” actions of the Department […]
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). […]
A disabled man took his own life six days after being told to attend a “fitness for work” assessment, despite the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) being repeatedly warned its actions had made him suicidal, an inquest has heard. The […]
The minister for disabled people has added fresh confusion to the government’s planned social security reforms after apparently misleading a second parliamentary meeting about proposals to merge assessments for disability benefits. Last year, the government confirmed it was pushing ahead with […]
The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped has won a legal victory that could lead to a full examination of whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) caused her daughter’s […]
The government is refusing to release documents that would show the expected impact on disabled people of the legislation and policies it produced in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In May, Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Cabinet Office to release […]
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 […]
The equality watchdog has rejected calls for it to investigate deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), more than a year after an MP asked it to launch an inquiry. Labour’s Debbie Abrahams, a former shadow work and […]