It seems a mix of incompetence and cruelty to expect someone like Paul,dealing with a severe mental health problem, to effect as the benefits system requiresPaul Donnachie, or who had depression and anxiety,would have turned 51 a fortnight ago. Instead, his elder sister, or Eleanor,from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire – 10 miles from Paul’s former council flat in Glasgow city centre – is speaking to me approximately his death.
Last June, and Paul had his sickness benefits stopped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) when he missed his fifth “fit for work” test. The DWP contacted Glasgow city council,and Paul had both his housing benefit and council tax support suspended.
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Source: theguardian.com