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6 stone and barely able to move, this man was told to go and look for work....
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6 stone and barely able to move, this man was told to go and look for work....
Starving, unable to stand and looking like he is about to waste away - this is a man deemed fit to find work and denied vital benefits by a cruel system. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/weighing-six-stone-barely-able-15762870
A man with incurable brain cancer has been found to be fit for work by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) assessors, a GP has revealed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/dwp-pip-brain-tumour-benefits-fit-for-work-parkinsons-mental-health-gp-a8334511.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Cancer-suffering dad dies with just £8 after DWP stop benefits ruling him 'fit to work' https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cancer-suffering-dad-dies-just-13183757.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cancer-suffering-dad-dies-just-13183757.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
Father-of-five with terminal disease is deemed fit to work - despite doctors saying he'd never work again https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/father-five-terminal-motor-neurone-13617046.amp?__twitter_impression=true
DWP’s fit-to-work tests ‘cause permanent damage to mental health’, study finds https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fit-to-work-wca-tests-mental-health-dwp-work-capability-assessment-benefits-esa-pip-a7623686.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Disabled veteran, 35, who can only use one arm left with £30 a week after being declared ‘fit for work’
https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/disabled-veteran-who-cant-stand-properly-was-declared-fit-for-work/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/disabled-veteran-who-cant-stand-properly-was-declared-fit-for-work/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Thousands have died after being found fit for work, DWP figures show
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/27/thousands-died-after-fit-for-work-assessment-dwp-figures?__twitter_impression=true
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/27/thousands-died-after-fit-for-work-assessment-dwp-figures?__twitter_impression=true
One in fourteen British people has used a food bank, shocking figures reveal
Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/news/food-bank-figures/
Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/news/food-bank-figures/
A year of disability cuts has done nothing but starve the sick https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/05/year-disability-cuts-starving-sick-employment
Jodey Whiting, 42, of Stockton, Teesside, took her life in 2017 when her payments were halted because she missed a capability assessment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-47332954
Mum died alone in her freezing home after her benefits were stopped https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-now-investigating-how-mum-13879721
Southfields dad committed suicide after housing benefit cut
A desperate man who lined up three kitchen knives before stabbing himself twice in the heart, blamed cuts in housing benefit.
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9215292.dad-committed-suicide-after-housing-benefit-cut/
A desperate man who lined up three kitchen knives before stabbing himself twice in the heart, blamed cuts in housing benefit.
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9215292.dad-committed-suicide-after-housing-benefit-cut/
Stephanie Bottrill suicide note blames government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22500009
Paul Willcoxson
A man with mental health problems who was worried about benefit cuts killed himself while he was searching for a job on the south coast. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9095159.jobseeker-took-own-life/
A man with mental health problems who was worried about benefit cuts killed himself while he was searching for a job on the south coast. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9095159.jobseeker-took-own-life/
“Five million disabled people in absolute poverty is five million individual human beings living terrible, degrading, miserable, half-lives. A living nightmare.” https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/number-of-disabled-people-in-poverty-rose-by-200000-in-one-year-says-dwp/
Scott Harrison, 20, cannot walk or talk, is partially sighted, and wears hearing aids in both ears.
Despite this, Scott was forced to travel to a local job centre so Department of Work and Pensions staff could check he wasn’t able to work https://talkradio.co.uk/news/mother-left-depressed-and-sick-dwp-treatment-disabled-son-19040430566?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Despite this, Scott was forced to travel to a local job centre so Department of Work and Pensions staff could check he wasn’t able to work https://talkradio.co.uk/news/mother-left-depressed-and-sick-dwp-treatment-disabled-son-19040430566?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Health and social care spending cuts linked to 120,000 excess deaths in England
https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/health-and-social-care-spending-cuts-linked-to-120000-excess-deaths-in-england/
https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/health-and-social-care-spending-cuts-linked-to-120000-excess-deaths-in-england/
The twin brother of a man who killed himself after being told he was ineligible for two disability benefits has backed calls for an inquiry into links between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and deaths of benefit claimants. https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/twin-backs-call-for-inquiry-into-dwp-failings-four-years-after-brothers-suicide/
Attempted suicides by disability benefit claimants more than double after introduction of fit-to-work assessment https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/disability-benefit-claimants-attempted-suicides-fit-to-work-assessment-i-daniel-blake-job-centre-dwp-a8119286.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Man who lost his disability benefits because he 'wasn't ill enough' dies five months later
Philip Williams fought authorities despite being stripped of his cash by despite enduring two strokes, a heart-attack and a kidney transplant https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-lost-disability-benefits-9499911.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
Philip Williams fought authorities despite being stripped of his cash by despite enduring two strokes, a heart-attack and a kidney transplant https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-lost-disability-benefits-9499911.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-lost-disability-benefits-9499911.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
The sister of a man who starved to death, four months after his benefits were cut, says she wants "straight answers" following a government review. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-30346414
Northampton woman, 39, took her own life after ‘constant battle’ to receive disability benefit
https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/northampton-woman-39-took-her-own-life-after-constant-battle-to-receive-disability-benefit-1-6615017
https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/northampton-woman-39-took-her-own-life-after-constant-battle-to-receive-disability-benefit-1-6615017
British Father Commits Suicide After His Welfare Benefits Were Cut https://21stcenturywire.com/2015/03/09/british-father-commits-suicide-after-his-welfare-benefits-were-cut/
A father-of-one took a fatal overdose of prescription medication after becoming increasingly worried about his finances when his benefits were cut. https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/11212371.father-from-hendon-took-fatal-overdose-after-benefits-were-cut/
Martin Hadfield killed himself out of frustration because he could not find a job, and the fault lies with politicans and employers who make people like Martin feel worthless, says Paul Routledge. https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/news-opinion/martin-hadfield-suicide-politicians-bad-3581860
'He's been in absolute torture': Mum's anger after son was refused surgery on broken arm for five days due to lack of beds https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/teenager-five-day-wait-operation-16060353.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/teenager-five-day-wait-operation-16060353.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
Retired NHS nurse, 93, left "soaked with own urine" for hours then spends SIX DAYS in hospital corridor with broken back https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/retired-nhs-nurse-93-left-12209009
Stephen Hill, 53 died in December of a heart attack. The dad of 2 had suffered heart problems for around two years and was awaiting major heart surgery but following a ten-minute medical examination he was deemed well enough to work.
Read more at: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/fit-to-work-dad-had-heart-attack-1-4228295
Read more at: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/fit-to-work-dad-had-heart-attack-1-4228295
benefits bullies killed my sick dad, says devastated Kieran, 13
Kieran McArdle told the Daily Record in a harrowing letter how his father Brian, 57, collapsed and died the day after his disability benefits were stopped. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/atos-killed-my-dad-says-boy-1411100
Kieran McArdle told the Daily Record in a harrowing letter how his father Brian, 57, collapsed and died the day after his disability benefits were stopped. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/atos-killed-my-dad-says-boy-1411100
A cancer sufferer, who had her benefits cut by government officials who said she was fit to work, has died.
Ms Burns had her benefits cut after she was assessed by government contractor https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19433535
Ms Burns had her benefits cut after she was assessed by government contractor https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19433535
Man with brain damage and 'uncontrolled' epilepsy killed himself when DWP threatened to cut benefits.
Trevor Drakard was panic-stricken at the thought he would have to find a job when he could suffer a severe attack at any time. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-brain-damage-uncontrolled-epilepsy-4305508
Trevor Drakard was panic-stricken at the thought he would have to find a job when he could suffer a severe attack at any time. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-brain-damage-uncontrolled-epilepsy-4305508
Man too ill to attend fit-for-work interview but terrified of losing benefits dies after Atos test.
Terry McGarvey had to be taken to hospital by ambulance after his Atos assessment but he died the following day. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terry-mcgarvey-man-ill-attend-3178486
Terry McGarvey had to be taken to hospital by ambulance after his Atos assessment but he died the following day. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terry-mcgarvey-man-ill-attend-3178486
ELENORE TATTON had been ordered to find a job by the disability assessors but just weeks later she died from the brain tumour she had had since she was a teenager. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mum-of-three-elenore-told-find-job-2074333
Blind man has benefits axed after not replying to DWP letter that he couldn't read
Alan Moody, 60, could not read the letter sent to him by the Department for Work and Pensions summoning him for a 'work capability assessment' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blind-man-benefits-axed-after-9380033.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
Alan Moody, 60, could not read the letter sent to him by the Department for Work and Pensions summoning him for a 'work capability assessment' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blind-man-benefits-axed-after-9380033.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blind-man-benefits-axed-after-9380033.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true
Disabled man ‘wasting away’ after DWP stopped his £700 a month disability benefits
Mr Jones says he has become "too weak to walk to foodbanks". https://welfareweekly.com/disabled-man-wasting-away-after-dwp-stopped-his-700-a-month-disability-benefits/
Mr Jones says he has become "too weak to walk to foodbanks". https://welfareweekly.com/disabled-man-wasting-away-after-dwp-stopped-his-700-a-month-disability-benefits/
DWP letter to GPs deprives sick and disabled people of lifeline benefits support
GPs advised not to provide sick notes for sick and disabled people found 'fit for work' by the DWP. https://welfareweekly.com/dwp-letter-to-gps-deprives-sick-and-disabled-people-of-lifeline-benefits-support/
GPs advised not to provide sick notes for sick and disabled people found 'fit for work' by the DWP. https://welfareweekly.com/dwp-letter-to-gps-deprives-sick-and-disabled-people-of-lifeline-benefits-support/
New parents on Universal Credit left 'on brink of homelessness'
Tim Bates claims the DWP docked his money because he couldn't attend an interview as his partner was in hospital https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/universal-credit-money-delayed-payments-2700264?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Tim Bates claims the DWP docked his money because he couldn't attend an interview as his partner was in hospital https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/universal-credit-money-delayed-payments-2700264?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/universal-credit-money-delayed-payments-2700264?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
