One in five benefit claimants whose deaths were subject
to official reviews had been sanctioned by the DWP, it has been revealed. In
response to a freedom of information request from Anita Bellows, a researcher
with Disabled People Against Cuts, the DWP admitted that of the 49 peer reviews
carried out into benefit claimant deaths, 10 had received a sanction "at
some point in their claim". At the same time as the response to the
freedom of information request was published, the DWP issued a press release
showing how the number of benefit sanctions issued against claimants had gone
down. Read more on 24dash.
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