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Parliamentary enquiry examining fully the DWP and the use of sanctions

Submitted on Sunday 19th February 2017

Published on Friday 3rd March 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 1,353

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Parliamentary enquiry examining fully the DWP and the use of sanctions

Petition Details

The DWP give cruel, arbitary and ridiculous reasons for stopping benefits. This leads to greater poverty, reliance on food banks, homelessness, hopelessness and suicide.
A parliamentary enquiry similar to the enquiry held over Sports Direct.

Additional Information

www.dwpunspun.org.uk
www.rnib.org.uk/dwp-s
60 yr old amputee war veteran had benefits stopped for selling Poppies
Successful job applicants with a starting date in two weeks time, have benefits stopped because they did not continue to search for work in that two week period
A job applicants interview is longer than anticipated leading to benefit sanctions for one month because they are 9 minutes late for the Job Centre
Benefits have been stopped because no job search took place on Christmas day


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