SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'The treatment of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChronicallyIll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicallyIll</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a> by welfare officials, including <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> decisions subsequently linked to the deaths of vulnerable claimants, is to be formally investigated by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> watchdog.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EqualityAndHumanRightsCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualityAndHumanRightsCommission</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a>) said it would examine whether ministers at the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DepartmentForWorkAndPensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentForWorkAndPensions</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a>) had acted <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/unlawfully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unlawfully</span></a> by failing to protect claimants with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a> or severe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/22/inquiry-to-begin-into-dwps-treatment-of-ill-and-disabled-people-on-benefits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/22/inquiry-to-begin-into-dwps-treatment-of-ill-and-disabled-people-on-benefits</span></a></p>