“The systems do have biases; it’s whether they are biases that are not allowed in the law.”
DWP bring in discriminatory AI to detect ‘fraud’
Tag: DWP
DWP renews CAPITA contract despite deaths
The government has awarded to Capita, on the same day that the company was linked to the death of a young disabled mum.
DWP plans to further dehumanise disabled people
DWP decisions around deciding fitness for work and work-related activity through the WCA have been linked to countless deaths over the last 15 years, but there are now fears that the government’s plans could lead to even more deaths.
Call for solidarity: Defend the rights of disabled campaigners
In advance of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion this week, Netpol is calling on the Metropolitan Police to prevent a repeat of the systemic discrimination towards disabled protesters that we documented in our report “Restricting the Rebellion” in 2019.
Coffey’s DWP watered down key parts of plan to prevent suicides
Away from the spectacle of the government imploding, Freedom republishes an investigation by Disability News Service (DNS) into the effects of Tory rule: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) watered down key parts of a plan drawn up to prevent suicides and learn lessons from claimant deaths, while under the leadership of [then] deputy
Means Testing in the Time of Corona
An open letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Senior Coroner for Inner North London, from Joe Reynolds. “I don’t want people to go away thinking we have stopped our support for people with disabilities, far from it…” – Thérèse Coffey, MP “…Far from it.” – Peter Schofield CB, Civil
I am still a cliché
This text talks about social benefits, but with a focus on people who have mental health issues due to being abused as children: a group hardly considered at all, and being failed by the Work Capability Assessment. If you’ve seen the film Wedding Belles and the character Kelly, then you’ll understand why I’m a ‘master
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As night follows day, repression follows Thatcherism
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Palestine Action blockades Elbit’s Instro Precision
Direct action has again halted production at Instro, a subsidiary of Israel's largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, preventing all entry.
