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Nearly 100,000 of the poorest children in the UK went hungry last year because their parents’ benefits were stopped or cut, according to a report by a coalition of churches.
A total of more than a million benefit sanctions were imposed last year - sometimes simply because people were late for an appointment at the Jobcentre - although more than 120,000 of those decisions were overturned on appeal.
Researchers found that more than 100 people with severe mental health problems a day were sanctioned.
The report said: “We are disturbed that a benefit system intended to provide for the needy and vulnerable is used as a means of coercion and compliance.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-after-parents-benefits-are-cut-10079056.html
Shameful
A total of more than a million benefit sanctions were imposed last year - sometimes simply because people were late for an appointment at the Jobcentre - although more than 120,000 of those decisions were overturned on appeal.
Researchers found that more than 100 people with severe mental health problems a day were sanctioned.
The report said: “We are disturbed that a benefit system intended to provide for the needy and vulnerable is used as a means of coercion and compliance.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-after-parents-benefits-are-cut-10079056.html
Shameful