Dispatches - Season 2021 Episode 22 -

A Dispatches documentary investigating the unexpected deaths of disabled benefits claimants, including those who have taken their own lives.It’s been scheduled at short notice, which is why we’re taking the very unusual step of sending out an email between our normal newsletters.Because the DWP will be taking very careful note of viewing figures for this programme.And desperately hoping that it attracts a smaller audience than usual, as proof that there really isn’t any great public interest in the lives and deaths of benefits claimants.If that’s the case, they can carry on denying there’s a problem and keep on covering up the suffering inflicted on disabled claimants by a heartless system. But the more people who watch the documentary, the harder it will be for the department to brush aside its findings.And the more likely that others will begin investigating the secrecy surrounding almost everything the DWP does.