Deaths of people on benefits prompt inquiry call
The Department for Work and Pensions has reviewed 150 cases where people died or came to serious harm. …
Ken Butler, welfare rights adviser at the charity Disability Rights UK, said people had their benefits cut and suffered “fear and anxiety” due to “poor and inaccurate medical assessments” carried out on behalf of the DWP by the private contractors Capita, the Independent Assessment Services (formerly called Atos) and Maximus.
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