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    Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports
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    Four weeks into a Labour government and DWP blocks release of more info on deaths from secret reports

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    1. BobMonkhaus on

      Maybe it’s good that they were denied the use of “things can only get better”.

      Refusing to release data that could embarrass the previous lot until you announce your own plans for benefits? That’s not a good sign at all.

    2. EwokSuperPig___ on

      Interesting that one of the reasons given is that the data can be misinterpreted. Obviously without seeing the data it’s hard to say if that’s true or not but it is something academics take into account. In their studies they won’t include statistics if they think it could be easily misinterpreted by the wider public. But you can’t tell if that’s valid without seeing the data first so this requires trust in Labour, which not everyone has.

      Also can’t see any other news source report this. Very easy to dismiss this as they all want Starmer to look good but why not the telegraph or other right wing papers. Either this is a new publication making a lot out of nothing or something else. If someone has an idea why that may be I’d be interested to hear it.

    3. salamanderwolf on

      >It is the second time in consecutive weeks that DWP has refused to release information about the operation of the work capability assessment (WCA) under the previous Conservative government.

      The only reason I can think of, not to release this, is it’s really bad, but about don’t want to come out and let people know because their own plans will make it worse.

    4. Ivashkin on

      I keep saying this, but if you want to reform the DWP you will need to suspend employment rights for the entire staff and start down a path of mass terminations. You can replace ministers as often as you want, replace the entire government, but it will not change the fact that a lot of the DWP’s staff are scum. The only solution for this is terminating thousands of DWP staff and introducing new legislation blocking these people from working in the public sector or for a private sector firm that provides services to the public sector.