Death Toll Now 21*
The principle object of this site is to provide as definitive a list as possible to evidence the appalling carnage that the past, and current fatally flawed welfare reform is causing for real families and the friends of the bereaved.
The secondary aim is to provide open and frank details in the following pages on this website of how this death toll can and will be stopped if those responsible do not act in a humane manner and do their duty before legal action is taken. It cannot be emphasised enough that whilst there are political issues, this site’s primary aim is not intended from a political perspective. It is to list the number of deaths where welfare reform has alleged to have had some culpability, and to make the best effort possible to work towards reducing this death toll.
The list to so far…..
1. Richard Sanderson
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/Dad_committed_suicide_after_housing_benefit_cut/
2. Paul Reekie
http://news.scotsman.com/arts/Author39s-suicide-39due-to-slash.6438473.jp
3. Paul Willcoxson
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/9095159.Jobseeker_took_own_life/
4. Leanne Chambers
5. & 6. Christelle Pardo and Kayjah Pardo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/07/mother-suicide-welfare-state
7. Elaine Christian
8. George – From Chesterfield
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2011/02/sick-who-gives-atos.html
9. David Groves
10. & 11. Mark and Helen Mullins
12. Man From Uncle
http://www.abcofesa.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=413
The link above is temporarily unavailable whilst that site is transferred to a different server. We shall update it as soon as we are able.
13. Vicky Harrison
14. Tuvalu Widow
http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?262469-help-me-take-Atos-and-DWP-to-court
15. Linda Knott
16. Jack Shemtob
17. Appeal Too Late To Save Sister
http://www.dpac.uk.net/2011/05/cuts-kill-the-story-of-a-sister-driven-to-suicide/
18. Stephen Hill
http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/fit_to_work_dad_had_heart_attack_1_4228295
19. Sandra Moon
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/back_problems_led_to_fatal_dose_1_437852
20. Craig Monk
21. Martin Rust
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_man_killed_himself_over_back_to_work_fears_1_1358116
HOW MANY MORE ?
* Plus 31 Deaths
The above alleged welfare reform deaths do not yet take into account the admission by Department of Work & Pensions Minister, Mr Chris Grayling of a further 31 deaths.
* Plus 39 Deaths
In addition to which we are working through a further 39 reported deaths where welfare reform has been alleged to have some culpability. There is a requirement to exercise ‘due diligence’ in any further reports due to the possibility that the material on this website, and also held in hard copy evidence, progresses to a more formal legal process.
* Total 91 Deaths
The total number of deaths SO FAR where welfare reform has some mention in dispatches as to culpability now totals 91 deaths under inquiry.
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Peter’s List – 32 Deaths A Week
We are having enough difficulty going through the CD Recorded Proceedings and other transcript evidence of the above, without the daunting process of looking into the case-by case carnage uncovered by the first class effort by Mr Penman and Mr Sommerlad at the Daily Mirror. All in good time. Though we have little time given the discovered DWP Welfare Reform Death Rate of 32 per week declared by the DWP and their “contractors” as “fit”.
Andrew Penman and Nick Sommerlad have discovered that, between January and August last year, 2011, 1,100 claimants died after they were put into Iain Duncan-Smiths DWP ”work-related activity group”.
This group – which accounted for 21% of all claimants at the last count – get a lower rate of benefit for one year and are expected to go out and find work.
This compares to 5,300 deaths of people who were put in the “support group” – which accounts for 22% of claimants – for the most unwell, who get the full, no-strings benefit of up to £99.85 a week.
The Mirror study was unable to obtain details of how many people died after being found “fit to work”, the third DWP group, as that information was “not available”.
But we have also found that 1,600 people died before their assessment had been completed.
This should take 13 weeks, while the claimant gets a reduced payment of up to £67.50 a week, but delays have led to claims the system is in “meltdown”.
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For some politicians wishing to “blame the last government” and say it is nothing to do with them – that means MPs like you Mr L – this is NOT good enough. Prime Minister Cameron says you are “all in this together”. It matters not which political party was in the driving seat at any given point. This carnage is still ongoing and has been continuing for far too long. Mr L and your fellow politicians you really need to “GET IT” before anyone else dies. It isn’t this list that scares people half as much as politicians like you who stand idly by whilst the most vulnerable in society are relentlessly demonised by your ilk.
Fortunately it is becoming evident that decent and fair minded House of Commons’ MPs and members of the House of Lords are now prepared to work to a goal of reforming Welfare Reform so that the current and inexorably increasing Welfare Death Toll is reduced. A heartfelt thankyou to all of these people who are concerned about this mess, and prepared to help make welfare reform fit-for-purpose.
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With regard to the authorities. Ironically, the subscribers of this web domain WANT TO TAKE THIS SITE DOWN but will need you to make Welfare Reform FIT-FOR-PURPOSE and put in place systems that will stop this dreadful carnage before we remove the site from the internet.
We hope that those who are in government will recognise this plea and work towards making their current fatally flawed system safe.
Thank you.
Last but not least, this website is being uploaded by people with disabilities. Therefore it may not be progressing as fast as might be the case were the subscribers fully able bodied. For this delay we apologise.