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Originally Posted by Russ
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I find both Fat Shaming and the link to be disgusting.
News just in says that the Tories intend to cut Housing Benefit by 10% in order to meet their 12 billion pound cuts as well as further cuts to Council Tax Support.
This is in addition to the freeze on all benefits, the taxation of DLA, PIP and Attendance Allowance, the cessation of the Work Related Activity Group, scrapping Contribution Based JSA and ESA.
Looks like they are now abusing the 'deprivation of capital rule'. This terminally ill woman was told she couldn't pay for her own funeral or she could be committing an "offence".
When pressed which " offence" she would actually be committing, the DWP "declined to comment".
http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com...r-own-funeral/
This is getting ridiculous.