The Department

‘A must-read exposé of one of Britain’s biggest hidden scandals’ Frances Ryan, Guardian journalist and author of  Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People ‘This is the definitive proof of how government austerity hasn’t just harmed disabled people, it has killed them’ John McDonnell MP In the early 2010s, reports began to emerge of deaths linked to a government department. Suicide notes, coroners’ reports, and research by disabled activists pointed to failings within the