Damning proof that ‘austerity’ is killing people, and leading people to kill themselves
EDITORIAL It has been revealed that benefit sanctions (that is, the removal of state financial support) against people with mental ...
Tag: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Canary articles on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including benefits, pensions, free school meals, and social security like the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
IDS’ past actions are coming back to haunt him, as a potential investigation is revealed
Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling are facing a possible criminal investigation by police in Scotland, after disability activists accused them ...
Companies are shamelessly praising workfare and benefit sanctions on #esday16
On 15 April 2016, organisations which deliver 'employment-related services' launched the first national 'UK Employability Day'. On this day, they opened their doors to show others ...
When IDS quits his job he doesn’t get sanctioned, he gets this instead
When Iain Duncan Smith resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary, he became eligible for a hefty severance package. If he ...
UK government launches dangerous new welfare sting operation in GP surgeries
This piece originally appeared on LSE Blogs, and has been republished here with permission to its author, Elizabeth Cotton. The ...
DWP tribunal sanctions Labour MP for showing ‘too much humanity’ to a constituent
A Labour MP has received formal criticism from a Department of Work and Pensions benefits tribunal for showing too much ...
This is the sickening wedding ‘gift’ the UK government just gave a dying woman
A newly-wed woman dying of a terminal illness returned home from honeymoon to a sickening 'gift' from the Conservative government. ...
The interrogation of a 7/7 survivor shows exactly how discriminatory the DWP is
The most severely injured survivor of the 7/7 bombings has slammed the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after they ...
Raging Iain Duncan Smith blasts social media critics in arrogant letter to MP
Iain Duncan Smith has blasted social media critics for attacking the government over the reported link between tougher 'fitness-to-work' tests ...
Suicides soar by 22% as mental health service cuts hit home
Shocking stats from England's mental health trusts reveal a sharp rise in sudden deaths and suicides over a two-year period, ...
Unlikely heroes thwart Iain Duncan-Smith’s attempt to scrap child poverty targets
The House of Lords has continued its recent, counter-intuitive role as the most effective opposition there is to the current ...
The DWP sinks to a new low by informing a dead woman she is ‘too healthy’ for sickness benefits
It is not news that the way the benefits system sits now needs addressing. The recent story of a woman ...
Ian Duncan Smith’s bedroom tax is now damaging our children
The bedroom tax, enforced by the coalition government and still in place, has been strongly criticised by education experts. The ...
Humiliation for IDS as courts side with carers over benefits cap
The Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Iain Duncan-Smith, has suffered yet another of those humiliating setbacks that, were ...
The government just delivered a massive ‘F*ck you’ to sick and disabled people across Britain
The War on Welfare (WoW) petition gathered over 104,000 signatures demanding a Cumulative Impact Assessment of austerity on sick and disabled people and ...
Iain Duncan-Smith blows £8.5m of public money on this monstrosity
The Minister of State for Pensions, Lady Ros Altmann - Iain Duncan-Smith's 'right hand' at the Department of Work & ...
Austerity kills: how cuts to social services lead to human rights violations
It appears this government is beginning to reap what it sowed, as the UK becomes the world's first country to ...
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