Senior DWP civil servant blamed carers for the benefits scandal

The government accepted the blame for the mishandling of the carer's allowance - but one DWP bigwig thinks carers are to blame

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Disability benefit cuts cause rise in poverty and mental health issues, not employment rates

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DWP: 5 reasons it doesn’t actually want to ‘improve trust’ in PIP

PIP fraud has stood at 0% for many years
#DWPCrimes
#LabourDemocide
#LabourScum

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/11/19/dwp-reasons-it-doesnt-actually-want/?__s=43tdi5b96azmty2p7sbg

5 reasons why DWP don't actually want to "improve trust" in PIP

DWP claims it wants to rebuild trust—but its PIP reforms, hidden reviews, and cuts tells a story of a system built to punish disabled people

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DWP wrongly accused PIP claimant of £28,000 fraud - then backtracked

The DWP has stripped a disabled woman of her PIP - but her case is only the tip of the iceberg of the department's systemic failures

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PIP AWARD REVIEW BACKLOG COULD TAKE TEN YEARS TO CLEAR

A Freedom of Information request has revealed that there are currently an astonishing 392,000 PIP planned award reviews outstanding in England and Wales.

However, the latest PIP statistics show that, in the last quarter, the DWP only managed to reduce the backlog by 10,000.
#DWPCrimes #ToryDemocide #FixTheNHS

DWP has already started moving ESA claimants to Universal Credit as 'guinea pigs'

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has quietly started moving benefit claimants on ESA over to Universal Credit.

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DWP to be investigated by EHRC

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DWP staff admit ignoring safeguarding rules for vulnerable claimant
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/05/31/dwp-safeguarding/?__s=43tdi5b96azmty2p7sbg

DWP staff ADMIT that despite thousands of dead disabled people they STILL don’t follow safeguarding rules
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#ToryDemocide
Future #LabourDemocide

DWP staff ADMIT that despite thousands of dead disabled people they STILL don't follow safeguarding rules

A survey of DWP staff has found the problems with safeguarding appear to be systemic - with workers admitting they don't follow rules

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DWP: Stride caught lying twice for latest disability benefits assault
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/05/08/dwp-pip-cuts-benefits/?__s=43tdi5b96azmty2p7sbg

DWP boss caught lying TWICE to lay cover for latest assault on disabled people
Barefaced lies and hypocrisy

#DWPCrimes
#ToryDemocide
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DWP boss caught lying TWICE to lay cover for latest assault on disabled people

DWP boss Mel Stride has spun a web of lies about disability benefits PIP to lay cover for the Tories' rancid plans for them.

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