View Single Post
Old 04-11-2019, 18:07   #2441
nomadking
cf.mega poster
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northampton
Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb, V6 STB
Posts: 7,861
nomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze array
nomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze arraynomadking has a bronze array
Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.

Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
BBC reporting that between December 2011 and February 2014, 90 people a month died after being found totally fit to go out to work:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34074557

All party group of MP's calls for Camerons two child limit to be scrapped:

https://welfareweekly.com/no-governm...benefit-limit/

New fund to help vulnerable people claim Universal Credit excludes those too ill to work!

https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2019/...-need-it-most/
Quote:
The data does not contain a breakdown of how the people died.
Quote:
The figures said 2,017,070 people were given a decision following their WCA between May 2010 and February 2013, with 40,680 dying within a year of that decision.
For the umpteenth time, anything that happens close to the changeover has nothing to do with the government that takes over. No new rules were in place until 28th of March the following year. Any new rules wouldn't have applied to anyone applying before 28th March 2011. The new rules were mostly, if not all, suggested under Labour, eg use of of wheelchair only giving 9 points rather than 15.
7,540 people died in the assessment phase, compared to 2,380 who died after found "fit for work". Those in the "fit for work" group will still have had the reconsideration and appeals phases to go, and would've still been receiving ESA all that time. Even then they were ALL still receiving ESA or JSA, otherwise the DWP wouldn't know about them, and wouldn't be included in that figure. As the numbers of people that didn't die aren't included, it's impossible to assess the comparative mortality rates. Even more so when the pre-2010 figures are not there, and conveniently not asked for in the first place.

BUNCH OF MEANINGLESS FIGURES FROM 4 YEARS AGO.

Still nowhere near the claimed figures of 100,000+ deaths.

Last edited by nomadking; 04-11-2019 at 18:52.
nomadking is offline   Reply With Quote