Sanctioned: Catherine's Story
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2015
- Catherine Hale suffers from ME and receives Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as she is unable to work. Catherine talks about how her mental health was affected by the threat of having her benefits sanctioned and how it felt to be sanctioned.
Catherine successfully appealed the sanction.
To leave someone with no money to live on is a disgrace/
It is conscious murder. Leaving vulnerable people without money is CONSCIOUS MURDER BECAUSE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DIE!!!! THESE DEMONIC BASTARDS SHOULD BE HAULED BEFORE THE COURTS!!!!!!!
Explained so clearly and eloquently appreciate you sharing this!
Its utterly disgusting the way the sick and the disabled are being targeted and declared fit for work when they aren't. You then get claimants with nothing medically wrong with them claiming ESA/PIP and they seem to sail through the welfare system with ease. It really does anger me to say the least
So they declare someone with mental health conditions as 'fit for work'. Then what? What if the person has a breakdown in the job? What if the person attacks an employee because of their mental health? Where does the law stand on this in reference to health and safety of the person who is mentally disabled - and also in reference to the safety of those employees who have to work with someone with mental health? There should be people taking the DWP to court left right and centre.
Be interesting from an insurance point of view if they find out the gp and surgeon said they should not be at work but some scratter from the dwp deemed them fit for work and they accidentally kill somebody because of their illness. Then what? Could insurers recover from the dwp?
Hi I did go to citizens advice and they did a great job and I won my appeal. Hope you are well.
I feel you need to go and see the citizen advice. In 2011 I was placed on the work component under the ESA. I had a medical at home and they said I was fit for work. Any way after appealing and loosing and then going to the appeal court in London who said the appeal was over turned I had another appeal and won. I got back pay from 2011, but still the DWP got the figures wrong so I will sue them in the courts. Under disability discrimination act they can not force you to travel so far. Please go and see citizen advice, they are great and know the law. Any questions please ask and I will see if I can help. take care you are not alone. God bless.
chad24ist hello, did u sue them? They have put me through hell for a few months im just getting back on my feet but will struggle a lot through the next month if i find a job but i really want to sue them for the shit i have been theough i really nearly gave up
Well done but jesus all that and the dwp say they are saving money......
this is so true I'm going through it now. I hope you are all right now. tony uk
Just been assessed and placed in the work related activity group. The doctor intimidated me and twisted my answers. Question do the GMC sanction Dr's who act like the Spanish Inquisition, seems they do.
Makes you question the taxes we did pay while fit for work , but when u need help your contributions dont count for poo
I have CFS and IBD and I've been on ESA since it started. Got moved to work-related group three years ago. Never done any activity at all. Just went to the Jobcentre twice a year to tell them I can't do it, which they accepted. Makes me wonder why they put me in the group and why I'm still in it. Maybe things have changed but I do look a lot worse than this woman most of the time and can't usually talk coherently due to fatigue. My problems are definitely not invisible
Its so cruel the way they are treating people who genuinely need help, one of the problems is the people who try to cheat the system, because of people like that, everyone is tarred with the same brush, they think everyone is lazy and dosnt want a job and just sit around doing nothing. Ive overheard the staff in the jobcentre calling people names when they walk off from an interview , its disgracefull how they treat these people, and they have no sympathy for them whatsoever, ive been on universal credit now for one year, i had to come out of work to look after my mother who is disabled with osteo arthritis, i had to wait 13 weeks for any money, and i was told that i couldnt get any money to help until i get my first payment of universal credit, so they lied to me because you can get a loan to help you until you get paid, if you dont know what you are entitled to they will not tell you, ive been lied to so many times in the jobcentre about money that im entitled to but because i didnt know, they told me there was nothing i could apply for, and it wasnt just one person who made a mistake, i asked 3 different people in the place and they all lied to me. Another thing that is totally wrong about the way benefits are given out, foreign immigrants get twice as much money in one week, than a pensioner gets in a week, a pensioner thats worked all their life paying tax and insurance , and someone whos been here 5 minutes , payed nothing into the system, gets twice as much, why do they need more money than anyone else, food gas and electric cost the same for them, and ive been told that they can get a grant of £5000 to help set up their own business, unbelievable, its getting worse and worse
People have just got the have the guts to fight these fuckers and more often than not you win at appeal. Relying on benefits can happen to anyone.
Would Catherine be interested in talking about the WCA for a DPAC documentary?
The trouble is they tar everybody with the same brush people who clearly cant do any work get treated the same as a down and out drop out who cant be bothered to get work i couldent be a job centre worker
I fiddled the sick for over a year by exaggerating my stutter then yeah I do feel guilty when genuine people get accused but if I coulda easy have made a convincing vid to get at everyone's heart strings. It's very easy to fake a serious speech impediment when you already have a mild one.
She should have appealed the group she was placed in..
She seemed lovely but she was very loathe to say what her health condition is so it is extremely hard to comment fairly on her plight.
No one passes for ESA they get bonuses to fail you,same applies to JSA sanctions,massive payouts off you
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Get a sit down job ie supermarkets allow you to sit down and take regular breaks .better for you than relying on benefits there's also child care. And tax credits .you seem educated go back to college do accounting from home around your illness .you just need some inspiration
Karen Novakovic The lady has already stated she already needs help and support with basic parenting tasks due to her health, benefits system must be in place for those that are most vulnerable and in need!
Sorry to sound harsh but she was fit enough to have two children...
Istvan .Vilmos I marvel at people who are too unwell to work; but never too unwell to have children, have holidays and days out and go out for social events etc.
The whole point of what she's saying is looking after two children is like a full time job for her! Plus, she probably had them when her condition wasn't so bad. It's a debilitating condition, which means it gets worse over time. Hope you never get a condition like that.
It is true,they moan about universal credit,illnessesbut have kids,then go moan about the money they get but continue to have kids, even though they cannot afford it ...
sound educated and had a meal ticket from hubbie for years you had the energy to have a couple of sprogs? now want benefits advice -get a job you probably had the house off him
sam333 you seem to know alot for an ignoramous .
Another ignorant fuck wit!