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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

MPs demand inquiry into benefits 'failings' as new DWP chief backs sanctions crackdown

A group of senior MPs have backed calls for a public inquiry into “failings” in the benefit system as the new Tory welfare chief set out her vision today.

The Westminster leaders of the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party have demanded a public inquiry into failings in the benefit system.

The leading MPs backed calls from Rethink Mental Illness, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and charities including Disability Rights UK, Liberty, Inquest and the MS Society.

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