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johnpring.bsky.social
Still can't quite get over being called 'vengeful' and 'vexatious' by #DWP for asking for an unredacted email that could reveal details re the department's links with hundreds, and probably thousands, of deaths over the last 15 years.
#DeathsByWelfare
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Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email
The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain informatio…
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January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
‘DWP were pushing, pushing, pushing my wife to kill herself, but nothing has been done’
#BenefitDeaths #DeathsByWelfare #DWP
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‘DWP were pushing, pushing, pushing my wife to kill herself, but nothing has been done’
A grieving widower has accused the disability minister of trying to erase the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in his wife’s suicide. An ombudsman concluded earlier this year that…
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September 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
johnpring.bsky.social
DWP refuses to release #PIP assessment audit that followed death or serious harm of ‘Customer 23’
#DWP #DeathsByWelfare
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DWP refuses to release PIP assessment audit that followed death or serious harm of ‘Customer 23’
The government is facing accusations of a cover-up after refusing to release a report that examined the quality of personal independence payment (PIP) assessments, following a sub-standard test lin…
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April 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
Tribunal allows DWP to continue to hide information from secret reviews into universal credit deaths
#UniversalCredit #DWP #DeathsByWelfare
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Tribunal allows DWP to continue to hide information from secret reviews into universal credit deaths
A tribunal has allowed ministers to continue to hide vital information from scores of secret reports into deaths of universal credit claimants, just as they publish a new bill that will have a majo…
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June 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
New publications ask how disabled people and allies can hold the state to account for welfare state killings
#DeathsByWelfare #DWP
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New publications ask how disabled people and allies can hold the state to account for welfare state killings
A new series of resources examines ways in which disabled people and allies can find ways to hold the state to account for the deaths of hundreds – and probably thousands – of claimants it has kill…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
DWP quietly reveals how universal credit flaws were linked to multiple claimant deaths and serious harm
#UniversalCredit #DWP #DeathsByWelfare
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DWP quietly reveals how universal credit flaws were linked to multiple claimant deaths and serious harm
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to publish details of multiple flaws within its universal credit working-age benefits system that led to deaths and serious harm to claima…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
August 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
One in five assessors have not had vital safeguarding training, despite years of DWP deaths
#DWP #Safeguarding #DeathsByWelfare
#Maximus #Serco #Ingeus #Capita #Atos
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One in five assessors have not had vital safeguarding training, despite years of DWP deaths
One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deat…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
survivingwork.bsky.social
Episode 3 Psychic Pilates with China Mills #DeathsbyWelfare Emily Yue @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social & @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social

Podcast Launch 11 Sept 18.30 BST/10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85...
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August 31, 2026 at 10:39 AM
johnpring.bsky.social
‘Shocking’ figures show parents linked to DWP service face death rates up to three times higher
#DWP #ChildMaintenanceService #DeathsByWelfare
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‘Shocking’ figures show parents linked to DWP service face death rates up to three times higher
Parents who pay to support a child through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its Child Maintenance Service (CMS) face death rates up to three times higher than others the same age, acc…
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October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
DWP ‘shamefully’ failed to track its response to secret advice on cutting suicides
#DWP #DeathsByWelfare
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DWP ‘shamefully’ failed to track its response to secret advice on cutting suicides
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has “shamefully” failed to keep a record of how it responded to a secret report that called for it to reduce suicides of benefit claimants and other “very…
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September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
Please listen to this podcast from my brilliant colleague @ChinaTMills on how #DWP 'systematically dehumanised' benefit claimants over the last 20 years. Based on her brilliant #DeathsByWelfare work.
It's part of the @survivesocpod Material Crimes series.
Death by Welfare — Material Crimes
Death by Welfare On Tothill Street, in the heart of London’s Whitehall, sits Caxton House, home to the Department for Work and Pensions. The DWP...
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September 19, 2024 at 11:00 PM
survivingwork.bsky.social
It should come with a health warning for authors that you will experience that most awful disease of book-envy. But if your ego can stand the brilliance of #ChinaMills @deathsbywelfare you will learn important things.
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
mdpac.bsky.social
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Disability News Service on X: "The end of a very long journey. Some of Jodey Whiting's amazing family arriving today for the long-awaited 2nd inquest to examine what role #dwp played in her death in 2017, and its ongoing failures. Much more from me on Thursday. #DeathsByWelfare https://t.co/qEnXoO90Ob" / X
The end of a very long journey. Some of Jodey Whiting's amazing family arriving today for the long-awaited 2nd inquest to examine what role #dwp played in her death in 2017, and its ongoing failures. Much more from me on Thursday. #DeathsByWelfare https://t.co/qEnXoO90Ob
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June 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
johnpring.bsky.social
McFadden admits ministers are working on ‘key areas for improvement’ after years of #DWP deaths
@patmcfaddenmp.bsky.social
#DeathsByWelfare #NoMoreBenefitDeaths
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McFadden admits ministers are working on ‘key areas for improvement’ after years of DWP deaths
The work and pensions secretary has admitted to MPs that his department has identified “key areas for improvement” in how it protects benefit claimants from harm, following years of deaths linked t…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ubertherapy.bsky.social
It should come with a health warning for authors that you will experience that most awful disease of book-envy. But if your ego can stand the brilliance of #ChinaMills @deathsbywelfare you will learn important things.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM