One Step Beyond ?
It may seem madness that as we start 2025 the DWP have already announced some of its plans to ramp up its intimidation and fear mongering of disabled claimants and this is going to include using social media.
They've stated they aim on hiring teams of people to search social media for claimants and look for posts so that they can build a case against them. We're not talking organised criminals fleecing the system of hundreds of thousands here although that's what they are leading the public to believe with one breath, but in another they state they will be looking at peoples posts to see if they're doing something they've perhaps said they cant do on a claim form, or any activity that could show they aren't as ill/disabled as they have stated. Now there's a huge problem with this......
Firstly as we all know, people can create false lives for different reasons, photos can be photo shopped, someone bed-bound that never leaves their room can create a social media presence that is the complete opposite, its not hard to do? Secondly the forms and subsequent assessments are designed for an individual to fail or be classed as fraudulent. As an example, during my assessment on the section where i was asked about eating, I explained about the difficulties with choking (unsafe swallow) due to exhaustion and also muscle problems. I was then asked what meal is easiest to eat over the day? I explained that as my illness fluctuates it was impossible to answer . Ignoring this the assessor pressed ahead, breakfast ? Lunch? Dinner? Supper? so I repeated why it would be impossible to answer honestly. I was then told I HAD to choose one because failing to do so would jeopardize my renewal claim, "Shall we say breakfast?" she said. When the report came back it stated I'd received no points for problems with eating due to the fact I'd said breakfast was the easiest meal to eat over the day therefore I could eat something between the hours of 7-12 if i wanted ? When i questioned this, I was then told the decision was also based on the fact for unsafe swallow I wasn't under a Psychiatrist ? Eating disorder clinic? or Weightloss consultant ?Er...hallo, firstly I've had M.E for 34 yrs, hospitals tend not to keep you in the system that long, plus as there was and still is nothing they can really do for M.E sufferers due to the neglect of governments and the medical profession we had to find our own way of coping, which I have, secondly unsafe swallow is one of the many physical symptoms of M.E, DWP accept M.E but they won't accept the symptoms of M.E unless there's proof of each symptom, and their suggestions of the consultants I should be under only goes to show their complete ignorance ?
The fact of the matter is #DWP are one of the most corrupt departments that exist, they lie, create papers, files and situations regarding a claimant that have never occured to secure a false conviction, they will do whatever it takes including lying on oath in a court of law, so to give them even more powers is terrifying and doesn't bear thinking about ?
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