Disabled man dies in poverty and squalor after DWP removes his benefits, just as Labour cuts PIP by £4.5bn

Disabled man dies in poverty and squalor after DWP removes his benefits, just as Labour cuts PIP by £4.5bn



by fantasy53

14 comments

  1. Removed his pip benefits as he didn’t complete the form and return it.

    His sister now seems very involved and has the time to give interviews. It’s a shame she didn’t have the time to help him whilst he was still alive, isn’t it.

  2. Seems like a safeguarding failure rather than a PIP failure. Even a phone without credit can phone 999.

  3. This is tragic and an awful example of the cruelty in the way the DWP has been operating for the past decade. But I don’t understand how the proposed changes to eligibility would have made any difference to this scenario. From what is described here he’d have been eligible for PIP under the new criteria? So I don’t understand the conflation.

  4. Odd headline as it was a few weeks only

    It seems he shouldn’t have been living alone and should have been placed into residential care….

    If you can barely walk and are completely incontinent not sure how you’re meant to be caring for yourself.

  5. How convenient for the ‘Disability news service’ to find this story from 2 weeks ago before the budget was even announced. Can i get money for feeling manipulated?.

  6. If it’s gonna be anything like the last set of cuts it’s gonna be the honest ones that gonna suffer while the fakers get away with it.

  8. He died instantly after having his PIP cut?
    No he didn’t. Give us a break.

  9. I don’t think he’s going to be missed, doesn’t read like he was contributing anything to society.

  10. Unfortunately,  scammers are much better prepared to fill in forms than genuinely disabled people – bit of a flaw but doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to reduce the number of people playing the system

  11. Labour voters – Do you regret voting Labour yet?

    Conservative Voters – Do you regret letting other family members vote Labour yet?

  12. This guy died in his flat alone, covered in blood and his own feaces as he couldn’t afford the nappies he had to wear. A total failure of both the benefit system and our social care. 

    Reddit

    Don’t gas light me it’s not pips fault it’s his sisters. 

  13. If he was that ill today think his family would have taken more of an interest in him.

  14. If they catch just *one* person who is claiming mobility allowance when “not really needing it” then this man’s death will not have been in vain.

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