US EditionOverhaul benefit system to protect vulnerable claimants, urge MPs
- MPs are calling for a new legal obligation on the government agency responsible for welfare to better safeguard vulnerable benefit claimants, following several tragic deaths linked to failures in the support system.
- This demand arises from multiple high-profile cases, including those of Errol Graham and Philippa Day, where DWP errors and cost-cutting priorities led to harm or death.
- The MPs’ report calls for a statutory safeguarding duty, cultural reforms at the DWP, and measures like referring vulnerable claimants to care agencies and adding domestic abuse victims to the Universal Credit support system.
- Since 2015, the DWP has initiated over 240 internal investigations into incidents involving serious harm potentially linked to its actions, with the committee emphasizing that the current system clearly lacks adequate protections for vulnerable individuals.
- The committee calls for new laws and a shift in culture to restore trust and enhance accountability, while the government commits to ongoing consultations aimed at developing a safeguarding system that truly prioritizes and protects vulnerable claimants.
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DWP requires ‘deep-rooted cultural change to stop more benefits deaths’
At least 240 internal reviews have been launched since 2020 into cases of serious harm where there has been an allegation that the DWP’s actions may have contributed to a person’s death or harm, the report found.
DWP 'could have prevented' tragic deaths of benefit claimants, MPs' report says - The Mirror
The Work and Pensions Committee said the DWP provides a 'lifeline to millions of people' but when mistakes are 'it is possible that the severest consequences can arise'
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Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent BBC News Family pictures MPs looked at the cases of Philippa Day (L) and Errol Graham (R) who both died after DWP errors in managing their benefits MPs are calling for a change in the law to prevent benefit claimants from suffering harm at the hands of the government department that is meant to help them. Several people have died in recent years after failures by the Department for Work and …
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