'The treatment of #ChronicallyIll and #DisabledPeople by welfare officials, including #benefits decisions subsequently linked to the deaths of vulnerable claimants, is to be formally investigated by #Britain’s #HumanRights watchdog.
#EqualityAndHumanRightsCommission (#EHRC) said it would examine whether ministers at the #DepartmentForWorkAndPensions (#DWP) had acted #unlawfully by failing to protect claimants with #LearningDisabilities or severe #MentalIllness
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/22/inquiry-to-begin-into-dwps-treatment-of-ill-and-disabled-people-on-benefits
The Guardian · Inquiry to begin into DWP’s treatment of ill and disabled people on benefits