List of those for whom Welfare Reform and cuts were too much to bear

[Frankie Jack]

Sad news. Cheerio audiotech.

 

[articul8]

^Not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet:
http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37060/Chris+Maguire+1952-2013

 

[cesare]

 

[yield]

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Nice to put a face to a name, but so sad it's under these circumstances

 

[butchersapron]

^Not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet:
http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37060/Chris Maguire 1952-2013

Just in case people don't click the link - Chris posted here as audiotech and MC5. And he fought a long fight, first against his employer then against the state. I'm sorry that those of who were helping out via pm were ultimately so powerless to effect things.

 

[treelover]

A DISABLED man was crushed by financial pressure in the weeks before his death, according to a friend.

Denis Jones, aged 58, was discovered at his Tarleton Avenue home, in Atherton, on December 1 after a friend became concerned about him after not seeing him for several days and called the police.

http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/20...therton-home-after-his-benefits-were-stopped/

Another sad loss, this is a crime and the L/P and the media should be ashamed of itself not speaking out.

 

[Awesome Wells]

I think IDS is the most dangerous man in Britain.

 

[Awesome Wells]

^Not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet:
http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37060/Chris Maguire 1952-2013

That was about six weeks ago. Cheered by this result, Chris appeared more chipper than he had done in years.

And that's how they get you. Oh you're looking well? BANG! No more money for you as you ain't no more depressed.

 

[UrbaneFox]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/16/ministers-ignored-advice-fit-for-work-tests

Sorry if you all knew about this; I have not read the thread for ages.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Mrs Cooksey, aged 60, said her brother, who was agoraphobic, “never asked for help” and she never imagined changes to the country’s benefits system would affect him.
Relatives only pieced together his dire predicament after discovering a repossession order from South Staffordshire Housing Association in the bin. Dated September 17 - it had given Mr Salter ten days to leave the home he had lived in all his life.

He committed suicide on September 25, two days before the eviction date.

Disabled Kinver man killed himself after being left "almost destitute" when his state benefits were axed

 

[panpete]

woops sorry duplicate

 

[DrRingDing]

^Not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet:
http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37060/Chris Maguire 1952-2013

Fuck.

"Church based housing association"?

I worked for one that they were scumbags. Evangelicals.

 

[Vintage Paw]

http://welfarenewsservice.com/recovering-alcoholic-committed-suicide-ordered-prove-unfit-work/

Recovering alcoholic, 24-year-old Michael McNicholas, was found dead on a golf course the day after receiving a second letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), ordering him to attend a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and prove that he was ‘unfit for work’.

His Mother has hit out against the DWP claiming that the pressure on her son to get a job contributed to his suicide.

Sue, 56, told the Daily Mirror: “The letter upset him and I feel it played a big part in his suicide. He wasn’t well enough to be in work.” She also claims that Jobcentre staff refused permission for Michael to enrol upon a plastering course in Stoke-on-Trent.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Sadly I can well believe JC staff refused permission. This bizarre attitude among some staff is all too common these days.

 

[BigTom]

Yep, if a course is more than 16hrs/wk you've no chance, although him being under 25 I thought he would be allowed.

I hope the staff member who refused the course reads this story and considers the part their actions played.

 

[treelover]

What is to be done?

 

[panpete]

I just found out Audiotech is dead

RIP Autiotech.

Are these suicides increasing or is it just me?
Here's another one that this thread does not yet know about.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grandad-shaun-pilkington-shoots-himself-2989685

 

[Frankie Jack]

https://www.facebook.com/10000AndCounting

Growing weekly.

 

[Libertad]

Here's an update regarding Stephanie Bottrill, whose suicide was documented upthread:

A woman who killed herself last year, leaving a note in which she blamed her death on financial stress exacerbated by the bedroom tax, would have been exempt and eligible for a housing benefit refund were she still alive, it has emerged.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/10/bedroom-tax-exemptions-stephanie-bottrill

Incompetent murdering bastards.

 

[Awesome Wells]

I saw that. Disgusting.

But they will spin this: IDS will say that he could have helped her had she not gone to the extreme. That it was (her, that's the implication) mistake (even when it was theirs).

You watch if this isn't how it gets played out. The whole thing is repugndant.

 

[BigTom]

 

[Growl]

The tragic deaths of all listed here must be kept for all to see.. There are many more. It is a stain for all who live and still breathe that we must keep stabbing the eyes of blind men and make them see the dead and the tear stained families they shunned and despised. Shame on you who did this to them.

 

[Growl]

ATOS the disability denial factory. Kicked out of US.. French IT company.. Employed by Britain.

 

[Growl]

I've also come across snippets in various places about a story of a man with a glass eye that with corrective surgery he would regain his eyesight. I'm not sure if this is a joke or whether it's true or a joke though [/quote

 

[Growl]

Minnie,
It isn't a joke..if you fell Ill tomorrow you would be questioned as to the genuineness/veracity of your illness/disability. Your GP/Consultant/ Psych/CPN would be perhaps/probably ignored and the ATOS hcp would give a flavoured account to your present difficulties and find you fit for work. Your severe health and chronic conditions not considered at all.. To your detriment.

 

[Growl]

 

[Growl]

It is also possible that a man with a glass eye can be fit for work.. It comes down to visual acuity and there are perameters for that too... So being visually impaired is not enough for the Tory's

 

[Greebo]

Minnie,
It isn't a joke..if you fell Ill tomorrow you would be questioned as to the genuineness/veracity of your illness/disability. Your GP/Consultant/ Psych/CPN would be perhaps/probably ignored and the ATOS hcp would give a flavoured account to your present difficulties and find you fit for work. Your severe health and chronic conditions not considered at all.. To your detriment.

FWIW Minnie isn't new to this subject, it's just that even she struggles to believe quite how amazingly stupidly bad ATOS and the DWP can be at times.

 

[Growl]

I think IDS is the most dangerous man in Britain.

He is a toxic piece of shit.. Can I also say as a new member...a quiet and polite hello?.