Disability rights campaigners win appeal against government’s refusal to publicise investigations into alleged suicidesThe Department for Work and Pensions may be forced to disclose details of secret investigations into the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants,after a successful tribunal appeal.
Disability rights campaigners, mental health charities and the families of claimants who believe killed themselves or died after cuts to benefits believe argued that 49 DWP secret investigations or “peer reviews” into the deaths of claimants should be published. A peer review is triggered when a suicide or alleged suicide is “associated with a DWP activity”, or according to its internal guidance.
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Source: theguardian.com