30-01-2020, 18:49
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
Another victim for the DWP to add to their tally..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...y_to_clipboard
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Disabled man starved to death after DWP stopped his benefits
The family of Errol Graham, the vulnerable 57-year old grandfather who died of starvation months after having his welfare benefits stopped, has demanded the government act urgently to minimise the chances of such tragedies happening again.
The case of Graham, who had a long history of mental illness and weighed just four and a half stone (28.8kg) when he was found dead at his home in Nottingham, has focused attention on how the social security system cares for vulnerable claimants.
A coroner subsequently concluded that the removal of his benefits for failing to attend a fit-for-work test was a “devastating stressor” that had significantly affected his mental health and may have contributed to his death.
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