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Influential Labour MP fails four times to put benefit deaths questions to DWP

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Influential Labour MP fails four times to put benefit deaths questions to DWP
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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 […]

Coronavirus: ‘Long delayed’ data on disabled people’s deaths to be published

By John Pring on 21st May 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: ‘Long delayed’ data on disabled people’s deaths to be published
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Official figures showing how many disabled people are dying due to coronavirus will finally be published next month, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has told DNS that it recognises the importance of providing the […]

Rethink sparks anger over deaths inquiry petition, after snubbing Justice for Jodey

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Rethink sparks anger over deaths inquiry petition, after snubbing Justice for Jodey
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Disabled activists have questioned why a charity is spearheading a new campaign to call for an inquiry into deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), eight months after refusing to support a similar call by user-led groups. Last […]

The death of Errol Graham: Activists left ‘enraged’ and ‘sickened’ by latest DWP death

By John Pring on 23rd January 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

The death of Errol Graham: Activists left ‘enraged’ and ‘sickened’ by latest DWP death
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Disabled activists have been left sickened, shocked and enraged after hearing how a disabled man starved to death when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly removed his out-of-work benefits for missing an assessment. One campaigner said the level of […]

Call for second Jodey Whiting inquest increases pressure for DWP deaths inquiry

By John Pring on 9th January 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for second Jodey Whiting inquest increases pressure for DWP deaths inquiry
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A mother who has asked the attorney general for permission to seek a second inquest into her disabled daughter’s suicide says it would boost growing calls for an inquiry into all deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). […]

Boris Johnson’s arrival as PM greeted with alarm, scepticism and appeal for engagement

By John Pring on 25th July 2019 Category: Politics

Boris Johnson’s arrival as PM greeted with alarm, scepticism and appeal for engagement
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Disabled people and their organisations have reacted to Boris Johnson becoming the new prime minister with alarm and scepticism, but also an appeal for “honest engagement”. Johnson (pictured) has already concerned many opponents – both within his party and among opposition […]

WOW questionnaire responses ‘show assessors are still lying’

By John Pring on 4th July 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WOW questionnaire responses ‘show assessors are still lying’
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Detailed evidence from disabled people has shown that disability benefit assessment reports are still riddled with distortions, twisted facts and ignorance, say grassroots campaigners. WOWCampaign launched its Assessing the Assessors campaign earlier this year to highlight the continued flaws within the […]

MPs must speak out on criminal probe into DWP death links, say activists

By John Pring on 2nd May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs must speak out on criminal probe into DWP death links, say activists
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MPs have been asked why they are failing to speak out to back calls for a police investigation into alleged criminal misconduct by ministers and civil servants that may have led to the deaths of benefit claimants. The Justice for Jodey […]

DWP ‘hypocrite’ ministers refuse to be held to same safety standards as social media

By John Pring on 11th April 2019 Category: Politics

DWP ‘hypocrite’ ministers refuse to be held to same safety standards as social media
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Ministers have been branded “hypocrites” for rejecting the idea that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should be held responsible for benefit-related deaths, despite their government calling for social media managers to be held criminally responsible for safeguarding failures. Home […]

Number of disabled people in poverty rose by 200,000 in one year… says DWP

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Number of disabled people in poverty rose by 200,000 in one year… says DWP
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The number of disabled people living in poverty has risen by 200,000 in just one year, government figures have revealed. The new figures [summary results, tables 7a and 7b], published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show levels of […]

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