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she would have daily meetings, so, all ministers within dwp _ meetings, so, all ministers within dwp _ receptive to issues being raised which she — receptive to issues being raised which she would then take up if they needed _ which she would then take up if they needed to— which she would then take up if they needed to be. there were occasions where _ needed to be. there were occasions where i_ needed to be. there were occasions where i attended where there were specific _ where i attended where there were specific disability... we where i attended where there were specific disability. . ._ specific disability... we are listening — specific disability... we are listening to _ specific disability... we are listening to justin - specific disability... we are i listening to justin tomlinson, listening tojustin tomlinson, former list of state for disabled people, work and health, giving evidence to the code inquiry which is taking place in central london. earlier we heard from the phobe former cabinet secretary mark sedwill who was the chief civil servant during that period. you can fol
she would have daily meetings, so, all ministers within dwp _ meetings, so, all ministers within dwp _ receptive to issues being raised which she — receptive to issues being raised which she would then take up if they needed _ which she would then take up if they needed to— which she would then take up if they needed to be. there were occasions where _ needed to be. there were occasions where i_ needed to be. there were occasions where i attended where there were specific _ where i attended...
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senior ministerial position within the dwp, is that correct?- the dwp, is that correct?ary when i returned _ parliamentary undersecretary when i returned the second time, the role had been _ returned the second time, the role had been upgraded to minister of state, _ had been upgraded to minister of state, so — had been upgraded to minister of state, so i was in effect number two in the _ state, so i was in effect number two in the department for work and pensions — in the department for work and pensions. �* . , in the department for work and pensions. . ,, . ., , ., ,, ., pensions. and as secretary of state, the most senior— pensions. and as secretary of state, the most senior minister _ pensions. and as secretary of state, the most senior minister within - pensions. and as secretary of state, the most senior minister within that | the most senior minister within that department and at cabinet level, to ease a coffee at that stage? —— was therese coffey at that stage. and in terms of the group of disabled people whose interests you are seeking to represent, that's a hu
senior ministerial position within the dwp, is that correct?- the dwp, is that correct?ary when i returned _ parliamentary undersecretary when i returned the second time, the role had been _ returned the second time, the role had been upgraded to minister of state, _ had been upgraded to minister of state, so — had been upgraded to minister of state, so i was in effect number two in the _ state, so i was in effect number two in the department for work and pensions — in the department for...
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dwp region around that area.d other jobcentre ears in that area, it it seems highly area, but it it seems highly unlikely to me that this is confined to just a few job centres in one place with all these moving parts and all these concerns, there's a realistic possibility that this is going on parts of the country. >> so you've been working on this for months and months and months the scenes, months behind the scenes, getting ducks in getting all your ducks in in a row. how does the department for work to work and pensions begin to investigate say investigate this? you say there are moving parts here. are so many moving parts here. >> whistleblower, the >> well, the whistleblower, the main whistleblower from main whistleblower we heard from there, been there, mark, he has been fighting in the dwp and before he left to try and launch an investigation internally raised many grievances about the situation in and whistleblowers come to the media as a last resort. okay. they really want things to be fixed internally.
dwp region around that area.d other jobcentre ears in that area, it it seems highly area, but it it seems highly unlikely to me that this is confined to just a few job centres in one place with all these moving parts and all these concerns, there's a realistic possibility that this is going on parts of the country. >> so you've been working on this for months and months and months the scenes, months behind the scenes, getting ducks in getting all your ducks in in a row. how does the...
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when working with ex prisoners , dwp civil servants prisoners, dwp civil servants should process intelligenced multi agency public protection arrangements or mappa that detail their restrictions in work and training more mark alleged that this information was often missing. >> i later learned of a universal credit claimant i was interviewing who had mappa conditions due to the fact he was a sexual offender. >> but there was no map intelligence or safeguarding measures pinned to his digital account . contacted the mappa account. i contacted the mappa lead for the office and response that i got back was if we don't have the mapping telligence from the national probation service , the national probation service, we do not chase it. that is not ourjob. and at that point i realised we have a huge problem . realised we have a huge problem. >> mark also claimed that there were problems in storing and reviewing information about ex—prisoners or the physical mappa documentation is stored under lock and key in a cabinet. >> when i first accessed that folder , i was absolutely folder, i was absolutely a
when working with ex prisoners , dwp civil servants prisoners, dwp civil servants should process intelligenced multi agency public protection arrangements or mappa that detail their restrictions in work and training more mark alleged that this information was often missing. >> i later learned of a universal credit claimant i was interviewing who had mappa conditions due to the fact he was a sexual offender. >> but there was no map intelligence or safeguarding measures pinned to his...
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but failing in oxford, the question that gb news is posing to the dwp is , is this happening dwp is, that question in their statement and we have heard from other whistleblowers in the region around that this around oxfordshire that this concern is growing others concern is growing and others are sharing these fears. >> well , listen, charlie, are sharing these fears. >> well, listen, charlie, thank you for that. well, we'll keep an report because an eye on that report because i'd to hear more about that i'd love to hear more about that if you've just joined me. welcome you're welcome on board. you're watching welcome on board. you're watchi there's more to come news. there's loads more to come in a moment . i good afternoon. it's just coming up to 4:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua now, coming up in the next hour , suella braverman her next hour, suella braverman her route to rwanda , she wrote a route to rwanda, she wrote a very eloquent piece in the telegraph saying that the current system , the current plan current system, the current plan is to wor
but failing in oxford, the question that gb news is posing to the dwp is , is this happening dwp is, that question in their statement and we have heard from other whistleblowers in the region around that this around oxfordshire that this concern is growing others concern is growing and others are sharing these fears. >> well , listen, charlie, are sharing these fears. >> well, listen, charlie, thank you for that. well, we'll keep an report because an eye on that report because i'd...
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>> my understanding is previously the dwp needed to have some evidence of perhaps fraudulent activitysk banks to release the accounts of individuals. but this seems to be suggesting that there don't need to be any reasonable grounds for suspicion at all, that these bank accounts can just be handed over to the government. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> and the way the government has presented these amendments isindeed has presented these amendments is indeed to make those checks regular checks. so fundamentally , the government wants the power to be routinely scrutinising what is going on in your bank account and possibly take action if they believe there is a suspicion of fraud coming from those activities. >> i mean, how sinister do you think this is? you know, we very used to these days, i think being spied upon , big brother being spied upon, big brother cctv, the information we put onune cctv, the information we put online devices seemingly listening to us, but actually looking into our bank affairs without reasonable justification or cause strikes me as being very orwellian. >> well, i
>> my understanding is previously the dwp needed to have some evidence of perhaps fraudulent activitysk banks to release the accounts of individuals. but this seems to be suggesting that there don't need to be any reasonable grounds for suspicion at all, that these bank accounts can just be handed over to the government. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> and the way the government has presented these amendments isindeed has presented these amendments is indeed to make those...
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>> my understanding is previously the dwp needed to have some evidence of perhaps fraudulent activity banks to release the accounts of individuals. but this seems to be suggesting that there don't need to be any reasonable grounds for suspicion at all, that these bank accounts can just be handed over to the government. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> and the way the government has presented these amendments isindeed has presented these amendments is indeed to make those checks regular checks. so fundamentally , the government wants the power to be routinely scrutinising what is going on in your bank account and possibly take action if they believe there is a suspicion of fraud coming from those activities. >> i mean, how sinister do you think this is? you know, we very used to these days, i think being spied upon , big brother being spied upon, big brother cctv, the information we put onune cctv, the information we put online devices seemingly listening to us, but actually looking into our bank affairs without reasonable justification or cause strikes me as being very orwellian. >> well, i m
>> my understanding is previously the dwp needed to have some evidence of perhaps fraudulent activity banks to release the accounts of individuals. but this seems to be suggesting that there don't need to be any reasonable grounds for suspicion at all, that these bank accounts can just be handed over to the government. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> and the way the government has presented these amendments isindeed has presented these amendments is indeed to make those checks...
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that is how we are already seeing it be deployed so if you take government for example, dwp, a caseworkerdo 11 cases in the course of a week. a! can't do the same amount of work with that same person, it can help that same person do the same amount of work in an hour. that is extraordinary because it means that that person can get through the backlog much faster, we can get through peoples cases much quicker and it is a good example of how we can bring the benefits of ai how we can bring the benefits of al to lots of people but we should think about much more like that, like a co—pilot to someone doing theirjob. that is how i think about it. technology also is has the potential to change the liver market and patterns of employment. it is hard to predict how that will evolve but we do know that al is already responsible for 50,000 jobs across the uk. we should be proud that we are a leading ai the uk. we should be proud that we are a leading a! nation. we have world leading research on talent here, companies developing technology that is all ready creating jobs in our country. as it pertai
that is how we are already seeing it be deployed so if you take government for example, dwp, a caseworkerdo 11 cases in the course of a week. a! can't do the same amount of work with that same person, it can help that same person do the same amount of work in an hour. that is extraordinary because it means that that person can get through the backlog much faster, we can get through peoples cases much quicker and it is a good example of how we can bring the benefits of ai how we can bring the...
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. >> when working with ex—prisoners , dwp, civil ex—prisoners, dwp, civil servants should process intelligencerestrictions in work and training . mark alleged that this training. mark alleged that this information was often missing . information was often missing. >> i later learned of a universal credit claimant. i was interviewing . he had mappa interviewing. he had mappa conditions due to the fact he was a sexual offender, but there was a sexual offender, but there was no map intelligence or safeguarding measures pinned to his digital account. i safeguarding measures pinned to his digital account . i contacted his digital account. i contacted the mappa lead for the office and response that i got back was if we don't have the mapping telligence from the national probation service , we do not probation service, we do not chase it. that is not our job. chase it. that is not ourjob. and at that point i realised we have a huge problem . have a huge problem. >> mark also claimed that there were problems in storing and reviewing information about ex—prisoners or the physical mappa documentation is
. >> when working with ex—prisoners , dwp, civil ex—prisoners, dwp, civil servants should process intelligencerestrictions in work and training . mark alleged that this training. mark alleged that this information was often missing . information was often missing. >> i later learned of a universal credit claimant. i was interviewing . he had mappa interviewing. he had mappa conditions due to the fact he was a sexual offender, but there was a sexual offender, but there was no map...
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yvonne says the dwp already help people on benefits with mortgage payments.y pay the interest amount if 2.5. what do you mean? do you mean of do they pay 2.5? she's saying it's interest free, but you have to pay interest free, but you have to pay it back when you get a job or sell your house. i must confess, i'm not familiar with that scheme, so i'm sure you can enlighten me. wales enlighten me. yeah. wales michael says can afford michael says wales can afford loans , apparently. and if so , loans, apparently. and if so, that means that the barnet for the barnett formula might need tweaking if they've got all of this cash to be readily handing out as loans, sue said. it's absolutely not the role of the taxpayer to subsidise people's mortgages. no doubt this money, she says, will be doled out the same as covid handouts . but same as covid handouts. but you're quite harsh. so you're saying that perhaps the reason people can't afford their mortgages is because they prioritise other things like takeaways and new takeaways and holidays and new cars, but yet still
yvonne says the dwp already help people on benefits with mortgage payments.y pay the interest amount if 2.5. what do you mean? do you mean of do they pay 2.5? she's saying it's interest free, but you have to pay interest free, but you have to pay it back when you get a job or sell your house. i must confess, i'm not familiar with that scheme, so i'm sure you can enlighten me. wales enlighten me. yeah. wales michael says can afford michael says wales can afford loans , apparently. and if so ,...
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and during the pandemic, leader, dwp, pandemic, your leader, the dwp, ensure the welfare system keptrks here her record on remarks here about her record on nature and the environment. i think that's the first exchange of letters we've got the number 10 letter writers and the signature busy signature will be very busy today because more letters signature will be very busy tonbe because more letters signature will be very busy tonbe signedse more letters signature will be very busy tonbe signed and more letters signature will be very busy tonbe signed and written letters signature will be very busy tonbe signed and written anders to be signed and written and sent ministers, sent out to various ministers, but it does show but ministers. but it does show to me that i think teresa coffey is leaving some terms . is leaving on some good terms. there's of letters there's an exchange of letters is normal way. we is all done in a normal way. we haven't apart from haven't yet seen any apart from some , but some tweeting, maybe, but nothing yet from the suella braverman. think what she does brav
and during the pandemic, leader, dwp, pandemic, your leader, the dwp, ensure the welfare system keptrks here her record on remarks here about her record on nature and the environment. i think that's the first exchange of letters we've got the number 10 letter writers and the signature busy signature will be very busy today because more letters signature will be very busy tonbe because more letters signature will be very busy tonbe signedse more letters signature will be very busy tonbe signed...
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so very, very close joined up work between dwp and the department for health in this area . this area you very much indeed for joining us this morning in the dark, as you are . it's lovely to dark, as you are. it's lovely to see you. thank you very much. >> good luck with the darker the cold. >> yeah, good luck with the christmas tree. let's see what nigel and clare make of all of that. and actually, you that. and actually, nigel, you already times look already picked the times to look at looking at the migration figures and the pressure on the prime minister. >> well, the trouble is that what has just been outlined there is the it just shows there is that the it just shows that government's that the government's immigration and its immigration policy and its welfare policy are completely contradictory. so if you want to get british workers into the kind of jobs that migrants are currently doing , what you have currently doing, what you have to do is end the 20% discount rate on wages that employers get for taking a foreign worker. so unless you do that, obviously an employer is going
so very, very close joined up work between dwp and the department for health in this area . this area you very much indeed for joining us this morning in the dark, as you are . it's lovely to dark, as you are. it's lovely to see you. thank you very much. >> good luck with the darker the cold. >> yeah, good luck with the christmas tree. let's see what nigel and clare make of all of that. and actually, you that. and actually, nigel, you already times look already picked the times to...
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yeah, so can the prime minister do his duty and tell us now how many of the 137,000 jobs on the dwp find a job website? are rules which specify that you can work from home. prime minister >> well, mr mr speaker , it >> well, mr mr speaker, it wouldn't be right to pre—empt the chancellor's autumn statement later, but let me just say this. i'm proud. proud say this. i'm proud. i'm proud of this government's record in supporting those with disabilities . mr speaker, not disabilities. mr speaker, not only have we closed the disability employment gap, not only have we increased the number of employed that are now disability confident, we are also making sure that support also making sure that we support those most vulnerable in those who are most vulnerable in our society, not least with the cost of payments this cost of living payments this yean cost of living payments this year, include £150 for all year, which include £150 for all those on means tested disability benefits. >> andrew jones thank you, mr speaken >> does the prime minister agree that the measures taken to get us through the e
yeah, so can the prime minister do his duty and tell us now how many of the 137,000 jobs on the dwp find a job website? are rules which specify that you can work from home. prime minister >> well, mr mr speaker , it >> well, mr mr speaker, it wouldn't be right to pre—empt the chancellor's autumn statement later, but let me just say this. i'm proud. proud say this. i'm proud. i'm proud of this government's record in supporting those with disabilities . mr speaker, not disabilities....