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Nurse used benefit assessment info to launch campaign of harassment that left disabled neighbour suicidal

By John Pring on 6th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Nurse used benefit assessment info to launch campaign of harassment that left disabled neighbour suicidal
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A nurse who carried out benefit assessments on behalf of the government obtained a medical report belonging to his disabled neighbour and then used it to launch a campaign of bullying and harassment that left him suicidal. Carlo* has told Disability […]

Disabled MP asks health and safety watchdog why it has never investigated DWP’s links to hundreds of deaths

By John Pring on 6th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled MP asks health and safety watchdog why it has never investigated DWP’s links to hundreds of deaths
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The boss of the health and safety watchdog has been asked by a disabled MP why her organisation has never investigated the government’s “fitness for work” test, even though it was linked to nearly 600 suicides in less than three years. […]

Deaths, lies and cover-ups: the case for a public inquiry into the ‘unthinkable cost’ of DWP’s systemic violence

By John Pring on 20th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Deaths, lies and cover-ups: the case for a public inquiry into the ‘unthinkable cost’ of DWP’s systemic violence
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Senior civil servants and ministers spent more than a decade covering up evidence that links the actions of a government department with hundreds, and probably thousands, of deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system. Documents secured through […]

DWP hides historic ‘fitness for work’ papers from National Archives

By John Pring on 21st November 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP hides historic ‘fitness for work’ papers from National Archives
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has stopped sending key records from a crucial period in the history of disability benefit reform to The National Archives so they can be viewed by researchers. Under the Public Records Act, government departments […]

Fear, anger and confusion as budget blundering creates chaos over government’s plans for ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring on 31st October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fear, anger and confusion as budget blundering creates chaos over government’s plans for ‘fit for work’ test
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The new Labour government’s policy on social security reform is in chaos after it issued contrasting statements and briefings on budget day about whether – and how – it would press ahead with planned Conservative cuts to spending on out-of-work disability […]

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports
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The Labour-run Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has blocked the release of information that would show how often the “fitness for work” test has been linked to suicides and other deaths and harm over the last five years. It is […]

Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for ‘duty to engage’ and cuts to disability benefits

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for ‘duty to engage’ and cuts to disability benefits
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Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while disregarding risks to their health. Kendall announced this […]

Labour’s DWP set to continue with appeal linked to scrapping of ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s DWP set to continue with appeal linked to scrapping of ‘fit for work’ test
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to continue with an appeal against a watchdog’s decision that it should release vital information about plans to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA). Government lawyers are set to argue in the […]

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator

By John Pring on 13th June 2024 Category: Politics

Statements by Sunak and Stride on disability benefits were potentially misleading, says stats regulator
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Three statements made by government ministers on disability benefits – including one by Rishi Sunak – have been found to be potentially misleading by the UK statistics regulator. Of the three misleading statements, one of them was made by the prime […]

Tory MP brands plan to scrap WCA and allow work coaches to decide fitness for work ‘a crazy idea’

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory MP brands plan to scrap WCA and allow work coaches to decide fitness for work ‘a crazy idea’
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A Conservative MP has branded government plans to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA) and hand jobcentre work coaches responsibility for deciding if someone is fit for work “a crazy idea”. Nigel Mills (pictured) made the comments as the Commons work […]

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