John Pring is founder and editor of the news agency Disability News Service. He is co-creator of the Deaths by Welfare timeline, and co-editor and specialist advisor on the award-winning Museum of Austerity project. He has written for mainstream publications including the Guardian, Observer, Daily Mirror and Private Eye, and was associate producer on the award-winning Dispatches documentary, The Truth About Disability Benefits. He is also the author of Longcare Survivors: The Biography of a Care Scandal.

'This intensive research is the definitive detailed proof of how government austerity hasn’t just harmed disabled people, it has killed them. What is shocking is that government ministers knew the brutality of the system was causing such a loss of life and did nothing. John Pring’s exposé of this killer system forms the charge sheet against the policy makers who inflicted this inhumane system on the most vulnerable in our society.'

• Preface: The death of Philippa DayPart I: 1989-1997: Peter Lilley, incapacity benefits and how ill-health became a luxury1. The first memo2. A promising area for cuts, and the first steps to violence3. ‘Ignorant’ ministers, the insurance industry, and Lilley’s little list4. Scapegoats, the all work test, and how ill-health became a luxury5. Periodic purges, Unum and selective use of evidence6. The death of David Holmes, and the causal linkPart II: 1997-2010: DWP, New Labour and the ‘reckless’ work capability assessment7. Labour’s change of tone, Atos, and a failed rebellion8. The Woodstock conference, ‘malingering’ and an outlaw company9. A groundswell of unease10. The death of Stephen CarréPart III: 2010-2014: The coalition, austerity, and deaths by welfare11. Atos, activism, and the climate of panic12. The death of David Clapson13. The death of Mark Wood14. The death of David Barr15. The death of Ms DE16. DWP, peer reviews, and weaponising time17. The death of Faiza AhmedPart IV: 2014-2022: Cover-up, investigations, and the truth about DWP18. Michael O’Sullivan, and the prevention of future deaths19. Iain Duncan Smith, the UN and 590 suicides20. The death of Jodey Whiting21. The death of James Oliver22. Philippa Day’s inquest and the 28 ‘problems’23. The death of Errol Graham24. The death of Roy CurtisEpilogue

John Pring is founder and editor of the news agency Disability News Service. He is co-creator of the Deaths by Welfare timeline, and co-editor and specialist advisor on the award-winning Museum of Austerity project. He has written for mainstream publications including the Guardian, Observer, Daily Mirror and Private Eye, and was associate producer on the award-winning Dispatches documentary, The Truth About Disability Benefits. He is also the author of Longcare Survivors: The Biography of a Care Scandal.

'This intensive research is the definitive detailed proof of how government austerity hasn’t just harmed disabled people, it has killed them. What is shocking is that government ministers knew the brutality of the system was causing such a loss of life and did nothing. John Pring’s exposé of this killer system forms the charge sheet against the policy makers who inflicted this inhumane system on the most vulnerable in our society.'

• Preface: The death of Philippa DayPart I: 1989-1997: Peter Lilley, incapacity benefits and how ill-health became a luxury1. The first memo2. A promising area for cuts, and the first steps to violence3. ‘Ignorant’ ministers, the insurance industry, and Lilley’s little list4. Scapegoats, the all work test, and how ill-health became a luxury5. Periodic purges, Unum and selective use of evidence6. The death of David Holmes, and the causal linkPart II: 1997-2010: DWP, New Labour and the ‘reckless’ work capability assessment7. Labour’s change of tone, Atos, and a failed rebellion8. The Woodstock conference, ‘malingering’ and an outlaw company9. A groundswell of unease10. The death of Stephen CarréPart III: 2010-2014: The coalition, austerity, and deaths by welfare11. Atos, activism, and the climate of panic12. The death of David Clapson13. The death of Mark Wood14. The death of David Barr15. The death of Ms DE16. DWP, peer reviews, and weaponising time17. The death of Faiza AhmedPart IV: 2014-2022: Cover-up, investigations, and the truth about DWP18. Michael O’Sullivan, and the prevention of future deaths19. Iain Duncan Smith, the UN and 590 suicides20. The death of Jodey Whiting21. The death of James Oliver22. Philippa Day’s inquest and the 28 ‘problems’23. The death of Errol Graham24. The death of Roy CurtisEpilogue

John Pring is founder and editor of the news agency Disability News Service. He is co-creator of the Deaths by Welfare timeline, and co-editor and specialist advisor on the award-winning Museum of Austerity project. He has written for mainstream publications including the Guardian, Observer, Daily Mirror and Private Eye, and was associate producer on the award-winning Dispatches documentary, The Truth About Disability Benefits. He is also the author of Longcare Survivors: The Biography of a Care Scandal.

'This intensive research is the definitive detailed proof of how government austerity hasn’t just harmed disabled people, it has killed them. What is shocking is that government ministers knew the brutality of the system was causing such a loss of life and did nothing. John Pring’s exposé of this killer system forms the charge sheet against the policy makers who inflicted this inhumane system on the most vulnerable in our society.'

• Preface: The death of Philippa DayPart I: 1989-1997: Peter Lilley, incapacity benefits and how ill-health became a luxury1. The first memo2. A promising area for cuts, and the first steps to violence3. ‘Ignorant’ ministers, the insurance industry, and Lilley’s little list4. Scapegoats, the all work test, and how ill-health became a luxury5. Periodic purges, Unum and selective use of evidence6. The death of David Holmes, and the causal linkPart II: 1997-2010: DWP, New Labour and the ‘reckless’ work capability assessment7. Labour’s change of tone, Atos, and a failed rebellion8. The Woodstock conference, ‘malingering’ and an outlaw company9. A groundswell of unease10. The death of Stephen CarréPart III: 2010-2014: The coalition, austerity, and deaths by welfare11. Atos, activism, and the climate of panic12. The death of David Clapson13. The death of Mark Wood14. The death of David Barr15. The death of Ms DE16. DWP, peer reviews, and weaponising time17. The death of Faiza AhmedPart IV: 2014-2022: Cover-up, investigations, and the truth about DWP18. Michael O’Sullivan, and the prevention of future deaths19. Iain Duncan Smith, the UN and 590 suicides20. The death of Jodey Whiting21. The death of James Oliver22. Philippa Day’s inquest and the 28 ‘problems’23. The death of Errol Graham24. The death of Roy CurtisEpilogue