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Minister finally admits that working-age benefits spending is stable, despite months of ‘spiralling’ claims

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister finally admits that working-age benefits spending is stable, despite months of ‘spiralling’ claims
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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 […]

DWP must finally act on ‘deficient’ approach to safeguarding with a duty of care, say MPs

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP must finally act on ‘deficient’ approach to safeguarding with a duty of care, say MPs
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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. […]

Cuts to disability benefits will exert pressure on services, and likely lead to more deaths, MPs are told

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Cuts to disability benefits will exert pressure on services, and likely lead to more deaths, MPs are told
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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 exposes minister’s claims in parliament that DWP is not to blame for deaths

By John Pring on 20th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Years of evidence exposes minister’s claims in parliament that DWP is not to blame for deaths
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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 […]

Minister suggests cuts are coming to Access to Work scheme

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Employment

Minister suggests cuts are coming to Access to Work scheme
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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 […]

Minister hijacks Commons inquiry to defend DWP, as he attacks book that exposed its violence

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister hijacks Commons inquiry to defend DWP, as he attacks book that exposed its violence
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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 […]

DWP’s chief medical adviser downplays her department’s links to countless deaths… again

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s chief medical adviser downplays her department’s links to countless deaths… again
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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 […]

Universal credit barriers mean disabled women face ‘terrifying’ risk of destitution, MPs are warned 

By John Pring on 30th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Universal credit barriers mean disabled women face ‘terrifying’ risk of destitution, MPs are warned 
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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 […]

Concern over ‘gaps’ in safety role of DWP’s chief medical adviser

By John Pring on 9th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over ‘gaps’ in safety role of DWP’s chief medical adviser
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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 […]

Kendall compares DWP deaths to Mid Staffs hospital scandal, as she opens door to new ‘safeguarding duty’

By John Pring on 14th November 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Kendall compares DWP deaths to Mid Staffs hospital scandal, as she opens door to new ‘safeguarding duty’
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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 […]

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