MPs investigate DWP’s failure to safeguard claimants
A committee of MPs is investigating the DWP’s approach to safeguarding and how it supports vulnerable benefit claimants
Read moreTrevor Russel is a former senior journalist and communications director who has worked for the local, regional and national press, including as a lobby correspondent at Westminster. He writes on national/international political and social issues, and has authored several books. He chairs two community and voluntary organisations in Warwickshire.
A committee of MPs is investigating the DWP’s approach to safeguarding and how it supports vulnerable benefit claimants
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