It happened in David Cameron's electorate too.
Unbelievable.
This man was assessed as capable of work by the gov, despite his doctor not being contacted at all by anyone about it. Is this what Abbott wants here? They cut him off everything except a 40pound disability amount. Which is weird in itself, I mean how can he be deemed fit for work but still be paid disability?
Without enough money for rent and utilities even, he starved to death 4 months after the benefits were cut. The gov has now admitted it was wrong to cut him off.
Mark died at his home in Bampton – part of David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency – in August last year.
He had Asperger syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder, in addition to cognitive behavioural problems, including a phobia of certain foods.
His GP Nicolas Ward told Oxford coroners court: "He was an extremely fragile individual who was coping with life.
"Something pushed him or affected him in the time before he died and the only thing I can put my finger on is the pressure he felt when his benefits were removed.”
Dr Ward added that he had not been contacted by Atos – the France-based firm that carries out benefit assessments – or the Department for Work and Pensions about his patient’s medical history.
He told the court that, had he been asked, he would have ruled him unfit for work. Following last April’s assessment, Mark, described as “gentle and sweet”, lost his housing benefit and employment support, leaving him just £40 a week disability allowance – not even enough to cover his rent or utility bills. more
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