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This weekend the government once again quietly revealed they wouldn’t be following through with another promise. This time Therese Coffey, Secretary for Works and Pensions said she would not be publishing any of the previously promised reports or research from her department.
Of the five reports Coffey has so flippantly dismissed, three were especially shocking. It’s research into the effectiveness of support for vulnerable claimants moving from previous benefits onto universal credit, the impact of benefits sanctions as a deterrent and to force people into work and finally an internal investigation into the deaths of benefit claimants.
