More Than 4,000 Died Within Six Weeks Of Being Deemed ‘Fit For Work’, Reveal Government
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Some 2,380 people died within two weeks of being found fit for work, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/27/benefits-death-claimants-welfare-ids_n_8047424.html
Try this link for the BBC story:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34074557
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owI7DOeO_ygIt's not hard to believe that conversations like this take place.
Known number of deaths while claiming incapacity benefits nears 100,000
Known number of deaths while claiming incapacity benefits nears 100,000
Quote:A damning report by MPs released in March of this year found that severe financial hardship caused by benefit cuts was driving people to kill themselves.The Work and Pensions Select Committee said 40 people had taken their own lives since 2012 because of problems with welfare payments.Quote:Changes to benefits during Iain Duncan Smith’s tenure at the Department for Work and Pensions have been controversial.The Work and Pensions Select Committee said there was evidence that sanctions to benefits were geared towards punishing people for being unemployed and might not actually help them find work.The MPs said there was evidence that the benefit cuts for unemployed people caused more problems than they solved and might be "purely punitive".
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