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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Its never been about sorting the scroungers out, its been about punishing the poor for being poor and finding a headline grabber to keep people from talking about the real problems in this country. Its a ****ing disgrace. I remember posting on here once about a friend (not sure if I posted on here or DS) who was sanctioned for taking her kid to hospital and missing a jobcentre appointment, even though she rang them as soon as was possible to let them know what had happened.
Sanction targets are a disgrace. How can you set a target when the sanction is supposed to only apply to people who are taking the piss?
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Heh, heres a new sanction story. One of our best friends was sanctioned around xmas time for not seeking work. Fair enough some will shout. But...he wasn't looking for work because he had a huge fire and lost everything, literally everything.
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When the DWP sanctioned my benefit for not actively seeking work after I lost all my computer equipment and my usb stick with all my cvs on in the house fire and all library's and the job centre was closed as it was Christmas holidays I appealed the decision and had the tribunal today and I won hands down go **** ya selfs DWP I hope it brings tears to ur eyes wen ur printing that giro bunch of wank splats.
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His status about it^
Yes he comes across bitter and angry...can't blame him
He is employed again now and only just has his appeal tribunal. Which he won, obviously.
But seriously, this is ridiculous that these kinds of sanctions happen in the first place. I wonder how much the sanction 'targets' are rising each year. Still don't understand how you can have a target for something like this :S