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A minister has finally admitted that spending on working-age benefits is stable, and is not spiralling out of control, despite months of claims from his own department and fellow ministers. Sir Stephen Timms (pictured) made the admission as he told the […]
A report from MPs today calls on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to introduce a new legal duty for it to safeguard “vulnerable” claimants of benefits, after decades of deaths and other harm linked to its policies and procedures. […]
The government’s multi-billion pound cuts to disability benefits will cause huge pressure on services, make it harder for disabled people to find work, and likely lead to more deaths of claimants, disabled campaigners have told a cross-party committee of MPs. They […]
Years of evidence shows clearly how a “violent” culture that developed within the Department for Work and Pensions over three decades was responsible for countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants, despite a minister’s claims last week in parliament. The evidence has […]
Ministers appear to be set to announce cuts to a flagship disability employment scheme, just as the government is trying to push more disabled people towards the workplace. Sir Stephen Timms (pictured), the social security and disability minister, told MPs yesterday […]
The minister for social security and disability has publicly attacked a book that exposed decades of “bureaucratic violence” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence was published […]
The chief medical adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked fresh anger after again publicly downplaying links between the deaths of disabled benefit claimants and her own department’s actions. Dr Gail Allsopp (pictured), who was appointed to the […]
Disabled women have warned MPs that the continuing process to move them onto universal credit from their existing benefits is risking their health and putting them at threat of destitution. The disabled women’s organisation WinVisible told the Commons work and pensions […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been unable to explain why its chief medical adviser has no responsibility for safeguarding across significant parts of its work, including for key roles introduced after a disabled claimant starved to death. Dr […]
Labour’s new work and pensions secretary has told MPs that she is open to the idea of her department being subject to a legal “safeguarding duty”, a move that could transform its approach to the safety of disabled benefit claimants. Liz […]