The DWP carried out dozens of secret reviews into benefit claimant deaths – and deleted them. Why? What did they show?
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In that case, what is the Department of Work and Pensions afraid of?
Since February 2012 (as far as we can be sure), it has been carrying out secret reviews into the reasons benefit claimants died – but has destroyed records of all such reviews carried out before 2016.
Why? What did they find that the DWP needed to hide?
Freedom of Information requests show that 49 reviews took place between February 2012 and autumn 2014 (all records of them have been destroyed) – and nine reviews took place between August 2014 and April 2016 (but these overlap with other periods where we know the numbers).
The reason this is cause for serious concern is that the DWP’s policies and practices have been linked to the deaths of benefit claimants – particularly those claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who suffered mental distress – ever since the Tories took over control of that department in 2010 (if not before).
At the time of writing it is only a day since This Site published an article highlighting the fact that more than 300 terminally-ill people have been dying every month after being denied fast-track access to benefits by the DWP.
The department has been rejecting around 100 claims per month.
The concern – as I pointed out yesterday – is that the Department for Work and Pensions intentionally harms people claiming benefits by depriving them of their payments in order to hasten their deaths.
Is that what was revealed in the now-destroyed reviews of the reasons claimants died?
Is that why the DWP shredded them?
If so, then it seems this department’s bosses – and their political leaders from 2010 onwards – have good reason to be afraid. But when will they be brought to justice?
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There is enough damning evidence ever since the dreadful days of Ian Duncan Smith to rightfully accuse the DWP of corporate manslaughter and now more of their dirty washing is revealed
Yet these devils will get away with their lies and using denial of benefit to those most in need culling the stock as RTU IDs said
Aktion t4 rolling along without much of a ado