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Secret reviews into claimant deaths nearly doubled last year, DWP annual report reveals (…on page 94) July 16, 2026
The number of deaths of benefit claimants investigated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) through its system of secret reviews nearly doubled last year, according to figures hidden in DWP’s annual report. The figures were published on page 94 of […]
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PIP review: DWP removes PIP deaths and harm figures from annual report, just as Timms publishes findings July 16, 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hid figures showing how many cases of death and serious harm of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants it had investigated, on the same day it published the interim report of its major PIP review. Last […]
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PIP review: Disabled people’s organisations raise concerns over ‘less than honest’ and ‘diluted’ report July 16, 2026
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about last week’s “less than honest” report from the Timms Review and have warned that it has “diluted” disabled people’s concerns about possible cuts to their personal independence payment (PIP). Last week’s interim report […]
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PIP review: Disability minister leading review warns there ‘may well be reductions’ in spending July 16, 2026
The minister leading the review into personal independence payment (PIP) has told fellow MPs that there “may well be reductions” in spending on the disability benefit after the government publishes its final report later this year. Sir Stephen Timms was speaking in […]
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Milestone report finds systemic weaknesses in some councils’ delivery of adult social care July 16, 2026
A “milestone” report by the care watchdog has found “systemic weaknesses” in the way some local authorities across England are delivering their adult social care duties. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was most concerned about the variation in performance on […]
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Government reveals next steps, and new research, on addressing pay discrimination facing disabled workers July 16, 2026
The government has laid out its next steps – and published new research – on addressing the pay discrimination faced by disabled workers and other oppressed groups. It is now two years since the new Labour government used its first king’s speech […]
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Nationalised rail firm ‘was desperate’ to settle trio of discrimination cases, as calls mount for stronger laws July 16, 2026
A newly-nationalised rail company desperately tried to settle three separate cases of discrimination taken against it by a disabled campaigner, just weeks after the firm was brought under state control. GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway) offered as much as £20,000 to Doug Paulley […]
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DWP fails to correct dodgy figures on thousands of ESA claimants who dropped out in move to universal credit July 16, 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to correct figures in its annual report that hugely underestimate the number of disabled benefit claimants who had their claims closed as part of the move to universal credit. DWP’s own figures, published […]
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PIP is increasingly vital resource for disabled people but is ‘not fit for purpose’, says interim Timms Review report July 9, 2026
Personal independence payment (PIP) is increasingly vital to disabled people to fill in the gaps caused by cuts to services, but there are “deep-rooted” problems with how it is delivered, an interim report from the government’s PIP review has concluded. Many disabled […]
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ITN fails to explain why Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine does not push back on false claims of ‘spiralling welfare’ July 9, 2026
A third major broadcaster has been unable to provide an explanation for why high-profile presenters are failing to challenge politicians and commentators who repeat the false claim that spending on social security needs to be cut because it is out of control. […]
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