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DWP is planning to force yet more sick and disabled people into work

Steve Topple , 2nd December 2022

The DWP is facing an inquiry into disability assessments

Steve Topple , 11th May 2022

Matt Hancock in another coronavirus test scandal

Someone fixed the care worker badge for Matt Hancock, and it’s damning

Steve Topple , 18th April 2020

Another MP piles pressure on the DWP over dodgy assessments

Steve Topple , 10th March 2020

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DWP assessments are facing yet more controversy

Steve Topple , 3rd March 2020

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Dodgy DWP assessments are now being exposed across the UK

Steve Topple , 23rd February 2020

More DWP horror as the cost of its dodgy assessments explodes

Steve Topple , 15th February 2020

The DWP’s new chief spin doctor used to work for IDS

Steve Topple , 10th October 2018

The DWP just revealed the results of its new ‘back to work’ project. Oh dear…

Steve Topple , 8th June 2018

DWP and NHS logos

The DWP has been caught trying to ‘coerce’ GPs into saying their patients are fit-for-work

Steve Topple , 27th April 2018

DWP Colchester Assessment Centre

Meet the DWP assessment centre disabled people can’t even access

Steve Topple , 11th April 2018

A daughter had to present the DWP with her dead mum’s ashes to prove she wasn’t ‘fit-for-work’

Steve Topple , 20th March 2018

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It’s no wonder the Conservatives tried to bury this secret recording of a benefit assessment [VIDEO]

James Wright , 16th October 2017

worried man DWP

Now a study suggests DWP assessments are causing permanent mental health damage

John Shafthauer , 14th March 2017

Lonely woman DWP

Psychologist says the DWP ‘Kill Yourself’ scandal is more proof disability assessments aren’t fit for purpose

John Shafthauer , 7th March 2017

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Man spends last day alive at a Jobcentre being told he’s ‘fit to work’. He dies on the way home

James Wright , 19th January 2017

George Osborne is paying therapists to ‘coerce’ mentally ill people back to work

Joshua Nevett , 26th February 2016