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DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job

Discussion in 'News from the UK, Europe and the rest of the World' started by KeithAngel, Feb 4, 2019.

  1. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    "A man with multiple debilitating illnesses and whose weight plummeted to six stone was denied benefits and deemed fit for work, despite the fact that he could barely walk.

    Stephen Smith, 64, from Liverpool, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, an enlarged prostate and uses a colostomy bag to go to the toilet.

    Nevertheless, he failed a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) work capability assessment (WCA) in 2017, which meant that his employment support allowance (ESA) payments were stopped. Instead, he was told to sign on to receive a £67 a week jobseeker’s allowance, visit the jobcentre once a week and prove he was looking for work."

    https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-for-telling-seriously-ill-man-to-find-a-job

    How awfull
  2. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    Awful, Yes! Awfull no!
  3. Drunken Max
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    Drunken Max Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    This is what happens when you outsource to companies who get incentivised based on the number of people they get off disability benefits.
  4. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Keith's spelling and mixture of accurate and inaccurate and alternative spellings for the same word in different posts, might, just might, indicate dyslexia, then again he might just be pretty bad at typing.

    I constantly type 'the' as 'teh' and I spend all day typing code at work.
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  5. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    I queit like the way i spel and the effect on pendants:)

    I dont use mch punktuation eivre so heres some below for those that neeed it

    ;;;,,,..[] &""!?///?

    Ps did anyone read "Feersum Engin" by Ian M Banks?
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  6. Stupot10
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    Stupot10 Active Member

    Looks like teenager spelling when the are not spelling in phone text.
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  7. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I just read the Wikipedia description a few minutes ago, I take your point :)
  8. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    The fourth chapter of the book's Part One opens with:

    Woak up. Got dresd. Had brekfast. Spoke wif Ergates thi ant who sed itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday? & I agreed & that woz how we decided we otter go 2 c Mr Zoliparia in thi I-ball ov thi gargoyle Rosbrith.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feersum_Endjinn
  9. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    Y (thats ironic):)
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