‘What are they hiding?’: UK govt slammed for destroying reports into people who committed suicide after welfare benefits stopped

The UK Department for Work and Pensions

The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted shredding reports on around 50 people who killed themselves following social security payments being withdrawn, promoting accusations of a “cover-up.”

Officials at the DWP claim they shredded reports into suicides linked to benefit payments — made before 2015 — being stopped, citing data protection laws.

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