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Subject: Welfare cuts
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bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:20pm
Welfare cuts deaths: 60,000 demand Tories reveal how many people died after being found 'fit for work' ,The government is refusing to release the figures despite a watchdog ruling. Now campaigners are asking - what has Iain Duncan Smith got to hide? * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:21pm
The government is refusing to release the figures despite being ordered to by a watchdog. A searing ruling by the Information Commissioner said chiefs had acted unreasonably after not publishing any figures for 3 years. But instead of giving in, the Department for Work and Pensions is fighting its own watchdog to get the decision overturned. * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:21pm
Furious benefits campaigners now want to know what the government is trying to hide. Retired welfare advisor Maggie Zolobajluk, 63, launched a petition which 60,000 people signed in a few days. * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:22pm
Why doesn't Iain Duncan Smith want to publish these figures? she said. It gives the impression he's got something to hide. Ms Zolobajluk worked for the Citizens' Advice Bureau for 7 years while the Tories were introducing their welfare reforms. The changes saw some people told to find work despite having chronic illnesses - some of whom died before getting their benefits back. * +

dre4mz 12.06.15 - 08:23pm
I can see marches etc and trouble.If people can prove the state is to blame for such deaths etc .someone is going to have to pay the price for it,sooner or later . * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:23pm
Disabled Mark Wood starved to death four months after his benefits were cut, an inquest heard. The frail and vulnerable 44-year-old weighed just 5st 8lbs when he was found. He had been declared fit to work by Atos, leaving him struggling to survive on just 40 a week, despite numerous health problems. * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:24pm
He had Asperger syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder, in addition to cognitive behavioural problems, including a phobia of certain foods. His GP Nicolas Ward told Oxford coroners court yesterday: He was an extremely fragile individual who was coping with life. * +

bozzalad 12.06.15 - 08:24pm
Something pushed him or affected him in the time before he died and the only thing I can put my finger on is the pressure he felt when his benefits were removed. Dr Ward added that he had not been contacted by Atos the French-based firm that carries out benefit assessments or the Department for Work and Pensions about his patients medical history. He told the court that, had he been asked, he would have ruled him unfit for work. * +

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