I HATE POLITICS!!

I agree in part to what the Government is trying to do, clearing out scroungers from the benefits system. BUT........ do not tar everyone with the same brush!!!
And not at the expense of the actual sick and therefore innocent claimant!!!

In my post above I have put that Lil'Sis had been for a visit. It was a blummin' good job she did. She needed to calm down and relax plus get fed and looked after by Big Bruv, Sis'in'Law and myself. We were actually frightened for her health! 

I HATE POLITICS!

I'll tell you why........

Lil'Sis has high blood pressure and has been on the sick through very bad depression for a number of years now. A couple of months ago she had her yearly medical assessment....What a shambles!!!!
The assessor ticked all the wrong boxes!!! Seems he decided there is nothing wrong with her and stated so on the form, immediately the 'powers that be' stopped all incapacity payments and left her with absolutely NOTHING to live on, she couldn't buy food, she couldn't get her blood pressure prescription or pay any bills.

I HATE POLITICS!

Her blood pressure rocketed to 180 over 120 when it should be 140 over 80 (or something like that?)
She became extremely depressed and ill.

I HATE POLITICS!

She was told to ring the DWP and sort out an appeal and they would then pay her a reduced rate until her appeal got sorted. She did as she was told, sent her appeal then waited for the reduced payment to hit her bank...she waited.....waited....waited....three weeks passed without any money and she decided to ring again to find out when it would come through. Only then did she get told she actually had to APPLY for the reduced rate. So, she applied..... she waited...waited...waited... another two weeks had gone by so she rang again only to be told the DWP had lost all her paperwork and she would have to reapply for everything all over again.

I HATE POLITICS!

The assessor, we think, had got her mixed up with someone else of the same name as in his report he named her doctor incorrectly, gave the date of when she started on the sick incorrectly, and gave idiotic details which were never even discussed in the assessment like...She naps a lot during the day????? She socialises on a daily basis??????? She is not off sick due to any medical reason????? She is off sick due to redundancy????? She goes shopping weekly yet, at the same time, goes shopping monthly??????  WHAT????!!!! Who/what is this guy talking about?

I HATE POLITICS!

Seems she will also be penalised due to coming down here to be fed and looked after by us, (you don't get anything if your family is supporting you!!!) What were we supposed to do, let her starve or let her blood pressure kill her????

I HATE POLITICS!

Poor Lil'Sis is now having to take this to a tribunal to try and get it sorted out, how she will cope with this stress I don't know.

I HATE POLITICS!