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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>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a>’s unchecked database leaves tens of thousands of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/carers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carers</span></a> at risk of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DepartmentForWorkAndPensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentForWorkAndPensions</span></a> (DWP) has been accused of “burying its head in the sand” after it emerged ministers put in place only enough staff to check half of the alerts it receives when unpaid carers’ benefits are deemed “<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/overpayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overpayments</span></a>”.<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/09/dwp-unchecked-database-leaves-tens-thousands-carers-risk-debt" 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/09/dwp-unchecked-database-leaves-tens-thousands-carers-risk-debt</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnderfundingCivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnderfundingCivilService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>