19 February 2015
DWP admits that 40 of the 49 peer reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants it has carried out were in response to suicides.
What: In a freedom of information response, DWP says that 40 of the 49 peer reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants were carried out following a suicide or an apparent suicide.
Why significant: Many of the benefit-related deaths reported in the media over the previous five years had been suicides. This provides further evidence of links between the government’s welfare reforms and the suicides of claimants.
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