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Atos/dwp
fight_the_cuts
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how to deal with people made suicidal by their potential loss of benefits.
These guidelines were leaked by a job centre worker on Monday.
They had been sent out to all staff working for job centres and other Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) contractors, including Atos.
The guidelines state that some claimants will talk about suicide as “a threat or a tactic to ‘persuade’”. It does go on to say, though, that such declarations must be taken seriously, because it is hard to “distinguish” those who “mean it”.
Workers fear that the pressure on staff to cut benefits is leading to vulnerable claimants being targeted.
Over 40 percent of appeals against Atos Origin’s decisions have resulted in benefits being restored.
Terry Hutt, a 76-year old pensioner who joined the protest (pictured), summed up the mood of resistance. “The Tories like to talk about benefit thieves. But they are targeting people in wheelchairs. They are the thieves—we have to fight to stop them,” he said.
These guidelines were leaked by a job centre worker on Monday.
They had been sent out to all staff working for job centres and other Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) contractors, including Atos.
The guidelines state that some claimants will talk about suicide as “a threat or a tactic to ‘persuade’”. It does go on to say, though, that such declarations must be taken seriously, because it is hard to “distinguish” those who “mean it”.
Workers fear that the pressure on staff to cut benefits is leading to vulnerable claimants being targeted.
Over 40 percent of appeals against Atos Origin’s decisions have resulted in benefits being restored.
Terry Hutt, a 76-year old pensioner who joined the protest (pictured), summed up the mood of resistance. “The Tories like to talk about benefit thieves. But they are targeting people in wheelchairs. They are the thieves—we have to fight to stop them,” he said.
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