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Please watch tonight - The Truth About Disability Benefits

Nicola Hersh
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The Truth About Disability Benefits: Dispatches, Channel 4, Friday 17 December, 7.30pm

‘‘The DWP really don’t want anyone to watch. It’s a Dispatches documentary investigating the unexpected deaths of disabled benefits claimants, including those who have taken their own lives. Because the DWP will be taking very careful note of viewing figures for this programme. And desperately hoping that it attracts a smaller audience than usual, as proof that there really isn’t any great public interest in the lives and deaths of benefits claimants

If that’s the case, they can carry on denying there’s a problem and keep on covering up the suffering inflicted on disabled claimants by a heartless system

But the more people who watch the documentary, the harder it will be for the department to brush aside its findings. And the more likely that others will begin investigating the secrecy surrounding almost everything the DWP does

The documentary is both filmed and presented by Richard Butchins, who’s had his own personal experience of dealing with the DWP

There’s also testimony from a whistle-blower from inside the department who talks of staff having a dismissive and mocking attitude toward claimants. ‘’

Taken from ‘Benefits & Work’  Please circulate.

Stainsby
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I had to psyche myself up to watch it on Catchup

Andrew Weeks was arguably sacked as a sacrifiicial lamb and the Canteen Culture of Contmpt remains intact