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Demand Iain Duncan Smith resign over lying to public in #DWP sanctions leaflets! #IDSmustgo

  • von: Beth Granter
  • empfänger: Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Department of Work and Pensions

The Department of Work and Pensions has admitted that 'case studies' showing the benefits of sanctions on peoples' lives were 'illustrative' only. That is - they were pure lies. The people described did not exist, the photos were stock images, and the stories were fantasy.

The Government has lied to the British public.

Stopping people's benefits such as job seeker's allowance, known as sanctioning, is driving people to suicide. People are resorting to stealing food in order to not starve. Sanctions do not encourage people to get jobs. Sanctions are known to be given to people for extremely minor reasons such as being five minutes late for an appointment. If someone has a heart-attack or has to attend a family members' funeral and misses an appointment - they could be sanctioned and lose their benefits.

Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, is ultimitely responsible for the actions of those in his department, who produced the propaganda leaflet containing lies, presenting a fantasy of positive stories about sanctions. This distorts the truth, which is that people are dying due to sanctions.

In addition to being responsible for the terrible effects of sanctions on hundreds of thousands of people's lives, the Department for Work and Pensions lying to the public in this way is not acceptable. As such, please sign my petition to demand that Iain Duncan Smith resign from his post immediately.



Update #2vor 9 Jahren
In the news: A coroner has concluded for the first time that a man with severe mental illness killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit to work” by the Government’s outsourced disability assessors. Read more. Please keep sharing the petition to raise awareness of the reality of the DWP's deadly policies.
Update #1vor 9 Jahren
Breaking news: The UN will investigate the British Government over human rights abuses caused by Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms. Disabled People Against Cuts said, "This inquiry is the first of its kind-it has great historic importance. It means the UN will examine the vicious and punitive attacks on disabled people’s independent living as well as the cuts which have seen so many placed in inhuman circumstances and has led to unnecessary deaths."
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