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Secret reviews into claimant deaths nearly doubled last year, DWP annual report reveals (…on page 94)

The number of deaths of benefit claimants investigated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) through its system of ...
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Disabled activists have expressed alarm at the decision by prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham to appoint former work and pensions secretary James Purnell as his new chief of staff. Purnell, who ...
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PIP review: DWP removes PIP deaths and harm figures from annual report, just as Timms publishes findings

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hid figures showing how many cases of death and serious harm of personal ...
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PIP review: Disabled people’s organisations raise concerns over ‘less than honest’ and ‘diluted’ report

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about last week’s “less than honest” report from the Timms ...
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PIP review: Disability minister leading review warns there ‘may well be reductions’ in spending

The minister leading the review into personal independence payment (PIP) has told fellow MPs that there “may well be ...
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Activists ask why a Labour government is ‘gleefully’ backing Tory plans to tighten work capability assessment

Disabled activists have questioned why a Labour-run department was in the high court this week defending cuts proposed by the last government which would cause “human suffering” among hundreds of ...
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We will keep fighting, disabled activists warn DWP as they protest against benefit cuts outside Tate Modern

Disabled people have warned the Labour government that they will “not go quietly” and plan to keep fighting its plans to cut spending on their benefits by billions of pounds a year, as they staged a ...
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Citizens Advice signed ‘gagging clause’ in exchange for £21 million from DWP

A national advice charity signed a £21 million contract which included a “gagging clause” that prevented it bringing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “unfairly” into “disrepute”, an official ...
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Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP discrimination

A disabled lawyer has launched a ground-breaking legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over his claim that it deliberately discriminated against him in rejecting his claim for ...
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DWP boss ‘really hopes’ fraud-busting IT scheme doesn’t echo Horizon scandal

The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told MPs that he hopes DWP’s use of artificial intelligence in detecting fraud among benefit claimants will not lead to ...
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DWP admits court defeat after universal credit discrimination led to suicide thoughts

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted repeatedly breaching the Equality Act, after a disabled man was left needing hospital treatment three times for suicidal thoughts caused by ...
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DWP is forcing distressed claimants to attend weekly meetings, says whistleblower

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whistleblower has warned that harsh new policies that are forcing more disabled people to attend weekly face-to-face jobcentre meetings could lead to benefit ...