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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
He was estranged from his family. Also, we don't have a 'liable relative' rule with regards to benefits in this country. Since the 1940's it has been deemed to be the job of the state to support those in need, but that responsibility has been steadily eroded by stealth over the years (especially since 2010).
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So before 2010, claimants were able to not attend assessments and still get benefits?
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The inquest heard it was standard DWP procedure to stop the benefits of a claimant marked on the system as vulnerable after two failed safeguarding visits. It made two visits on 16 and 17 October. Graham’s ESA payment due on the 17th was stopped on the same day.
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Would those visits have taken place before 2010? In other words it would've been
more likely to have occurred under the rules before 2010.
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The department said Mr Graham had not seen his GP since 2013, and there was no recent ESA questionnaire explaining his level of impairment.
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So the DWP had nothing else to go on. What else were they expected to do?