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Sammme · 17-02-2011, 21:11

How do people feel on this issue?

We all know that there are people out there bleeding the system with false claims but they are only really small in number in the grand scheme of things.

Now this Goverment, and the Daily Mail have taken it upon themselves to brand everyone as Benefit cheats on Incapacity benefit. And with newspapers like the Daily Mail making false headlines with next to no research saying 2 million disabled on incapacity benefit are faking it, is absolutely disgusting.

How in the world does the Daily Mail get away with writing such garbage on this issue? Do they not give a damn about people with disabilitys, do they not think disabled people exist? How can they write articles saying 94 percent of claimants are faking it?

No idea how many people are following this but ATOS the people who do these medicals are frauds, hundreds of thosands people are having to go to tribunals because these clowns are falsely declaring them fit for work with 70 percent of these cases being won if they have representation.(i.e help from Citizens advice).

The appeals system is currently in a huge backlog, with people waiting up to 6 months to get an appeal heard, and in this time they have to live on reduced benefits(As much as 30 pounds a week less). These appeals are costly to the taxpayer, yet so many are being won, which proves that these *Medicals* Are a farse.

Yet it seems as anyone on Incapacity Benefit has been demonised by the Goverment and Daily Mail, we all have to get *Re tested* i.e *Kicked off* regardless of condition.

This isn't a way to help the legitimately disabled, this is just kicking the people who NEED to benefit off the benefit to save a few quid because the disabled are an easy target for them.

You may want to pay attention to your newspapers/news sites, although none of them report on the high amount of successful appeals on ESA, as they spout Goverment propaganda. It will be an interesting read from April.

Basically from April they want to *Re assess* 2.6 million on the benefit. This is where the system collapses, with tens of thosands of appeals left to be heard every month, it's going to be chaos.

Anyway, why does no one care about the Disabled in society anymore? It's like the Daily Mail, and it's staff have no morals, or anyone disabled in their families. The way they've demonised benefit claimants with badly written articles saying everyone on the benefit is cheating the system is so. Morally wrong.

17-02-2011, 21:11	#1
Sammme Inactive Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4	Goverments Attack on the Disabled? How do people feel on this issue? We all know that there are people out there bleeding the system with false claims but they are only really small in number in the grand scheme of things. Now this Goverment, and the Daily Mail have taken it upon themselves to brand everyone as Benefit cheats on Incapacity benefit. And with newspapers like the Daily Mail making false headlines with next to no research saying 2 million disabled on incapacity benefit are faking it, is absolutely disgusting. How in the world does the Daily Mail get away with writing such garbage on this issue? Do they not give a damn about people with disabilitys, do they not think disabled people exist? How can they write articles saying 94 percent of claimants are faking it? No idea how many people are following this but ATOS the people who do these medicals are frauds, hundreds of thosands people are having to go to tribunals because these clowns are falsely declaring them fit for work with 70 percent of these cases being won if they have representation.(i.e help from Citizens advice). The appeals system is currently in a huge backlog, with people waiting up to 6 months to get an appeal heard, and in this time they have to live on reduced benefits(As much as 30 pounds a week less). These appeals are costly to the taxpayer, yet so many are being won, which proves that these Medicals Are a farse. Yet it seems as anyone on Incapacity Benefit has been demonised by the Goverment and Daily Mail, we all have to get Re tested i.e Kicked off regardless of condition. This isn't a way to help the legitimately disabled, this is just kicking the people who NEED to benefit off the benefit to save a few quid because the disabled are an easy target for them. You may want to pay attention to your newspapers/news sites, although none of them report on the high amount of successful appeals on ESA, as they spout Goverment propaganda. It will be an interesting read from April. Basically from April they want to Re assess 2.6 million on the benefit. This is where the system collapses, with tens of thosands of appeals left to be heard every month, it's going to be chaos. Anyway, why does no one care about the Disabled in society anymore? It's like the Daily Mail, and it's staff have no morals, or anyone disabled in their families. The way they've demonised benefit claimants with badly written articles saying everyone on the benefit is cheating the system is so. Morally wrong.