Submitted on Friday 9th October 2015
Published on Thursday 15th October 2015
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 15th April 2016
Signatures: 3,112
Make it illegal to sanction families with disabled, children or elderly people.
Teachers are dealing with children who are coming to school hungry because their families have had their benefits sanctioned. Government is knowingly relying on food banks to fill the gap, when once the state would do this. Vulnerable families with disabled, children and elderl people are starving.
This article comments on a report which shows that nearly 100,000 children are affected by benefits sanctions: http://www.methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/news-releases/new-report-nearly-100000-children-affected-by-benefit-sanctions-in-201314
In Scotland, 3000 families are affected when parents have their benefits sanctioned for "not doing enough to find work": http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/uk/uk-government-welfare-sanctions-benefits-ruling-forcing-kids-to-go-hungry-1.854524
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