ciaran says my life has been made hell by the dwp.ick action from my mumi if it was not for quick action from my mum i would be dead now, the whole system has made my life a misery and i‘m constantly in fear of what the department for work and pensions will do next. eric says, i don‘t know about you but zero point awards for pip, esa, assessments of incurable, progressive disabilities and looming universal credit for the roll—out gives me a massive psychological boost, not! another viewer says i have try —— quite more about this than my diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. the punitive assessment processes, handing the sick. thank you all for coming on the programme, gary, neil and joy. it‘s the end of week three in our month long sustainability challnege, where we‘ve tasked six students from loughborough university to live in a more enviromntally friendly way. so far we‘ve covered fashion, plastics, and this week was food. they were given the goal of reducing their food waste by 50% whilst also drastically changing the way they eat a

they concluded two years into the government's work health and disability strategy, the dwp lacks any implementation plan to promote the employment of disabled people. the report found that the number of disabled people out of work has remained stagnant at 3.7 million for the last five years, highlighting that the increased number of disabled people has not been matched by a decrease in the number of disabled people that are actually out of work. the report also found that the government has yet to evaluate the effectiveness of the employment support programme and indeed the head of the nao himself a significant event in the number of disabled people out of work. disability employment gap has stayed at little about 30% and the last two yea rs. i don't recognise much of what the shadow minister says because there are 930,000 more people at work over the last five years, this is real people having the opportunity to work, it's record numbers. over 400,000 workers, disabled people a year move move into work. when a charity surveyed disabled people, only 20% received support from access t

take for example the food bank in hastings represented by the dwp secretary. its demand has gone up 80% after universal credit was rolled out and a significant proportion of referrals relate to benefit changes, delays or sanctions. a huge increase in food bank increases. 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. last week the resolution foundation said uk child poverty was on course to hit record levels. will the prime minister take action to prevent this? will she start by ending the two child limit? will she end the benefit count? will she restore the 1000 centers that have been lost under her government? >> i say to the right honorable gentleman, what we want to insure is a welfare system that is fair to those who use the welfare system but is also fair to all those hard-working taxpayers whose taxes actually go to pay for the welfare system. he talks about child poverty. child poverty is at a record low and we know a child growing up in a home where all the adults work is around 5 times less likely to be in poverty than a home where nobody works and

they concluded two years into the government's work health and disability strategy, the dwp lacks anyeasures or implementation plan to promote the employment of disabled people. the report found that the number of disabled people out of work has remained stagnant at 3.7 million for the last five years, highlighting that the increased number of disabled people has not been matched by a decrease in the number of disabled people that are actually out of work. the report also found that the government has yet to evaluate the effectiveness of the employment support programme and indeed the head of the mao himself that the government has yet to make a significant event in the number of disabled people out of work. disability employment gap has stayed at little about 30% and the last two years. i don't recognise much of what the shadow minister says because there are 930,000 more people at work over the last five years, this is real people having the opportunity to work, it's record numbers. over 400,000 workers, disabled people a year move into work. when a charity surveyed disabled people,

the independent case examiner has found multiple and significant failings by the dwp, including five missed opportunities to identify the mental health problems and probably safeguard her. her family are asking for an apology and to make sure that this can never happen again to anyone else. and the prime minister offer this? >> i say to the honorable judge but he's right to raise this case that took place and our sympathies are with her family at this time. as he said what's been identified is there were mistakes handling her case and it's right to department has apologized for their failings and they are providing compensation to the family. that of course can never bring her back. we obviously need, appointing it is we need to learn from this case and that is why absolutely department is looking at the case to make sure we never see these sorts of failings happening again and relating to such a tragic consequence. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister has rightly made a priority to deliver more homes. so will she welcome a great work of pro-growth council which is providing

the dwp is taking the issue seriously. they have around 1200 people working to sort the issue out. we have paid out almost 330 million pounds, and the department wants to fix a majority of the corrections. -- finish the majority of the original cases by april, additional cases by the end of the year. >> yesterday, people from the secondary school, amazing work, more people to cycle to school will the primus to join me in congratulating the school and moving ahead with the team of staff committed to creating a thicker, greener and more directly focused next-generation? >> can i say to my honorable friend i'm happy to join her in thinking and congratulating community middle school for the excellent work they've been doing encouraging people to cycle to school. it is clearly an excellent achievement and we congratulate them. we all know the importance of keeping our young people active and i would like to congratulate all the teachers, particularly the students for putting it into practice. it's a good example of schools across the country. >> alan brown. >> thank you, mister speaker.

a dwp of residents in brookland tell us they don't feel safe in their own homes after a broad daylight shootout. news 4's megan fitzgerald tal to residents who say it felt like a war zone. >> outrageous. outrageous. and you try to leave it up to the parental control and that is nonexistent. >> reporter: neighbors on the 2,000 block of newton street are convinced that some of the young people who live around here are up to no good. >> i came from my garage, returning from the store, walked through to the steps.or >> rr: before cecilia ford could enter her home around 6:00 p.m. saturday, she heard gunfire. what happened steps away from her home wastu cd on her surveillance camera. you can see several suspects with their heads covered opening and returning fire in the middle of newton street. >> pow pow pow. come through the door, mom,sh m. s in the dining room down on her knees. are you all right, yeah i'm all righ stay down, stay down. >> reporter: some neighbors say it felt like a war zone. this family just moved in twogo weeks and they had a bullet lodged in their front door. d this w

however, the dwp hasn‘t been informing next of kin that there is no legal obligation to pay.ned for some. there is one lady we have been talking to, laura, her grandad in the autumn. then she got three letters for the department for work and pensions are saying she had been overpaid after the death. a total of £625 and she should pay it back. she thought the letter m ea nt should pay it back. she thought the letter meant she should pay it back. when public funds are incorrectly paid, we are obliged to ask for them to be returned, we recommend you use the bank giro credit slip and close. she didn‘t feel there was a choice. although she had had nothing from her gran‘s estate, living in a rented flat, left money for her funeral and that was about it. she felt obliged to pay it, and sent them £625. what happened? they kept it. because the purpose of this department, as i understand it, is to get back whatever money they can. they write to executors or relatives if there are none, those people probably haven‘t got a will or executors, they ask for the money back on these terms. ma

dwp! oak—wood slip. i will rephrase that. —— oak—wood slip. i will rephrase that. -- awkward slip.umberten and the report says you have been gagged by number ten and there could be sexist behaviour of your stance on brexit. i think brexit. ithinki brexit. i think i can contradict the second pa rt i think i can contradict the second part of that sentence by my presence here, speaking freely about the issue that matters most to me, which issue that matters most to me, which is work and pensions in my agenda and in my subject area. and on the first point, what i acknowledge there is that it is an imperfect system to some people and i think it isa system to some people and i think it is a mistake to look at the difficulties that are in the system at the moment and say, do you know, before the tories or before universal credit, it was perfect. it was far from perfect. universal credit, it was perfect. it was farfrom perfect. six universal credit, it was perfect. it was far from perfect. six different benefits, three different places, nowhere near the same personal engagement. it is impe