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Originally Posted by denphone
l cannot say l am surprised at that Taf as my Dad served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Falklands and after he left the services he went down to the local DWP job centre and their attitude was appalling to say the least so much so that he vowed he would never go down there again as he felt they belittled him and humiliated him.
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I can believe it. Veterans get no special treatment from the DWP whatsoever, in fact an ex soldier was sanctioned and literally starved to death by David Cameron's new benefit regime (largely unchanged by Theresa May):
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...oldier-3923771
By contrast, in America, I believe that veterans are treated with a lot more respect e.g. being allowed onto planes first, free drinks etc.
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Originally Posted by Taf
Signed-for of course. I've had DWP forums "disappear" before. And all scanned onto a USB stick just in case.
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Yep, if
they lose the forms it's
your fault!
There have been several cases where the DWP were insistent that paperwork hadn't been returned to them. The claimants were given the run around and experienced delays, had to fill in duplicates and had to go through the hassle of appealing the start date.
Then the paperwork was found within the DWP office...