More "benefits" Of Tory Government

[Canary42]

Yet another death by DWP, thank you IDS.

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-death-of-errol-graham-man-starved-to-death-after-dwp-wrongly-stopped-his-benefits/?fbclid=IwAR0l-w9-F4-v5kIvLsInO_yV5AYCjzKjSXRJbrkvTGlVXBpa5a_8dtNAL4c

Life's great under the Tories - NOT.

[Zacs-Master]

It's gonna be a looooong 5 years for you Canary!

[Patsy33]

Poor soul...

[Canary42]

Typical Tory response Zacs. Compassionate Conservatism - you're 'aving a laugh.

[Zacs-Master]

We are, Canary, we are.

[Old_Geezer]

If it was wrongly stopped isn't the issue with the local council rather than anyone at Westminster ?

[gulliver1]

Do you mean " Sir IDS " Canary, or " Cur IDS".?

[Old_Geezer]

Or maybe managers at the DWP

[Unsureme]

Typical Zacs answer,arrogance personified."I'm all right Jack" attitude.

[Zacs-Master]

meh.

[retrocop]

It would appear the 'so called' family also carry a great deal of responsibility for his circumstances. The deceased obviously was vunerable with mental issues. Where was he when tghe two visits were unsuccessful? Why did the family assist with the paperwork required.
Why didn't the family get food for him by personal donation or from a food bank on his behalf.Did the family contact Social Services and tell them their father/in law was vulnerable and starving.
Easy to bash the government but it looks like there is more to this situation that could be partly alleviated by family care.imo

[New Judge]

//If it was wrongly stopped isn't the issue with the local council rather than anyone at Westminster ?//

Indeed. I find it rather childish to lay the blame for isolated procedural errors to be laid at the door of politicians. The benefits system provided for Mr Graham to be paid benefits. A procedural error by his local DWP meant he was not paid. How that can be laid at the door of any individual politician is a puzzle to me. Was IDS (or any other Tory politician) meant to regularly check on every individual benefit recipient to make sure they had received their entitlements? No, I thought not, which makes your post inane.

[Zacs-Master]

Seems like I've upset someone. Maybe two. Result.

[retrocop]

typo why did the family*not* assist with the paperwork.

[THECORBYLOON]

A tragic death but considering he was vulnerable, why had his family not been to see him since DWP wrote to him in September asking why he had not attended an assessment in August 2017?

[barry1010]

Maybe he refused all help from his family, maybe he rejected them and forcefully stopped any contact with them. It is not unheard of.

[fender62]

do you think he would had fared better under corbyn, i doubt it very much, as judge says this comes down to an an individual who dealt with the case...it happens sadly, its not a perfect system, nothing is
but if it were me or a relative..i would have sorted this.

[barry1010]

You wouldn't have been able to sort it if your relative refused your help, fender.

[THECORBYLOON]

BARRY, what would you have expected DWP to have done differently?

[Mozz71]

Seems to me that his poor begger was abandoned by just about everybody. Friends, family and the state. It does strike me though, that someone who would starve in such a way, rather than seek help through charity, even hospital given his condition, shouldn't have been alone in the first place.

I gotta ask, since when has Zacs been a Tory? He's been antagonising the usual suspects throughout Brexit. Are you diversifying a little ZM? :-D