Number of disabled Brits dying after benefits cut hidden by DWP, petition demands release
‘More than 58,000 people have signed a petition demanding the release of figures detailing the number of disabled people to die within six weeks of having their benefits cut. The government has sought to block their publication.
The Change.org petition is demanding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures, requested under Freedom of Information (FoI), are made public.
“The Information Commissioner’s Office has said that there is no reason not to publish these figures but Ian Duncan Smith’s department – the Department of Work and Pensions – has launched an appeal to prevent the figures being made public,” the petition reads.’
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