First, a news story from today regarding the latest budget, which is about a disability activist quitting the party.
The latest cuts will reduce the weighting given to the needs of getting dressed and using the toilet. Becuase of course they are not in any way important (!)
This article last February suggests that at least 49 suicides had occurred due to cuts.
In September 2014, a diabetic starved to death due to benefits cuts.
Here are some of the sanctions given to people in which their main source of income is cut off (ableist blog title though)
August 2015, reports of 1000s dying after being declared fit to work.
In July 2014, a DWP report found that the department was deliberately being confusing and not informing people of the hoops they were required to jump through with the aim of producing more sanctions.
Here is the actual DWP report on disabled people dying after their benefits were cut or revoked.
From August 2015, 80 people a month dying due to their benefits being cut. The DWP was forced to release these figures after a number of Freedom of Information requests.
Again from August 2015, BBC reported than 2300 people had died following a declaration of being fit to work.
From only a few days ago, the fact that more than half appealled fit to work assessments turn out to be wrong.
A woman whose son had died was badgered for bedroom tax for so long, given an eviction notice and hung herself.
Have a memorial page for those who have died due to welfare reform, complete with links to their stories.
The #IDSMurder hashtag on Twitter, filled with people telling their stories.
A 22-year old man with schizophrenia was found dead after being decleared fit to work.
A 67-year-old woman was declared to healthy for Sickness Benefits the day she died.
The DWP refused to reinstate the benefits of a disabled woman who is now reliant on food banks.
Partially blind woman commited suicide following benefits being cut.
Another woman also committed suicide within days of beiing declared “fit to work”.
Areas with the highest number of fit to work assessments also have the highest suicide rates.
And that’s just scratching the surface. 20 minutes research got me all that stuff.
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