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Mr Duncan Smith, in a press release on Disability Living Allowance, the Department for Work and Pensions declared that ‘over the last decade the system has become open to abuse.’ Given that the DWP’s ... Show more »Mr Duncan Smith, in a press release on Disability Living Allowance, the Department for Work and Pensions declared that ‘over the last decade the system has become open to abuse.’ Given that the DWP’s own figures show that DLA fraud is running at 0.5% please may I ask what factual basis the DWP has for making such a statement? Show less »

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Twitter_amonrosier at Jul 15 2010 12:00:00 AM

Mr Duncan Smith said in an interview with Andrew Neil that he awakens every morning relishing the thought of reforming this broken system. What is broken ? There is a deficit, the department he runs has been given orders to make huge savings and Mr.Smith relishes his great lifestyle and that is all. If he was a decent man, he would stop pretending he knows what it is like to live in poverty because he visited a few housing estates for a half hour, and that he knows how he can make everything better by being tougher on the poor. There are no jobs, there ar, e no incentives, the incentive he is talking about is, I will stop peoples benefit unless they start painting railings or picking up rubbish, he did not offer higher wages. And as for constantly talking about fraud, he needs to have a look at his own class. This government is going to kill people through poverty, they will take away the means for a disabled person to live. I just had a DLA medical, and it was an agonizing process, the Doctor kindly told me that I was too unwell to handle the stress, he even considered getting me an ambulance because my bp reached 240/140. I'm not saying he was nice to me, but according to others ATOS doctors wouldnt show the slightest concern. I was awarded 2 high rates for life, and now | will have to go through it all again, and another doctor might come to a completely different conclusion. Why is my GP's report and an ATOS examination not enough, why am I being f. orced to go through this ? I cannot handle it. And I have a message for George Osborne in response to his TV after budget talk, when he talked about people behind closed curtains. My curtains are closed everyday, that is my right, and it is none of his business how people choose to live at home, he was inciting hatred towards the sick and people out of work, he wanted people going to work to detest us, like he does. They look upon us with disgust, but the feeling is becoming mutual. There is no humanity in any of this, its the worst time to be alive if you are ill. I'm not relishing awakening Mr.Smith, I need 14 pills to get out of bed. Why not give the disabled more money, because the rates at present are scandalous ? Give the disabled an incentive to live ? Increase DLA, stop intrusive medicals, and get practical. A GP can tell you the health of a patient, and a carer can tell you the needs. 0.05% says it all. Stop ripping our lives apart with fear, stop hurting us. One day you will be accountable Mr.Smith.

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