January 30, 2018 · 4:40 pm
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43% of disabled claimants under Tories attempt suicide. McVey still on board of Samaritans . . .

Last month, the Independent carried the horrifying news that between 2007 and 2014, the number of disabled benefit claimants who had attempted to take their own lives had more than doubled from twenty-one percent to forty-three percent:

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Please click the link below to The Sqwawkbox, to read the entire article:

43% of Disabled claimants under Tories attempt suicide . . .

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Filed under Austerity, Disability Issues, DWP Policies, ESA, Esther McVey, Fit-to-work Assessments, Funding Cuts, Ian Duncan Smith, Ideology, Ill Health, Mental Health Issues, PIP, Politics, Samaritans, Social Security, Suicide, Tory Cuts, Welfare Cuts

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