Linda Wootton, 49 years old died just nine days after the government found her fit for work.
Elenore Tatton, 39 years old died just weeks after the government found her fit for work.
John Walker, 57, saddled with debt because of the bedroom tax. He took his own life.
Brian McCardle, 57 years old, suffered a fatal heart attack the day after his disability benefits were stopped.
Stephen Hill, 53, died of a heart attack one month after being found fit for work even though he was waiting for major heart surgery.
David Groves, 56, died of a heart attack the night before taking his work capability assessment. His widow said it was the stress that killed him.
Nicholas Peter Barker, 51, shot himself after being told his benefits were being stopped. He was unable to work after a brain haemorrhage left him paralysed down one side.
Mark and Helen Mullins, 48 and 59 years old, forced to live on £57.50 a week and make 12 mile trips each week to get free vegetables to make soup. They committed suicide.
Richard Sanderson, 44, unable to find a job and with his housing benefit cut forcing him to move, but with nowhere to go, he committed suicide.
Martin Rust, 36 years old. A schizophrenic man who killed himself two months after the government found him fit to work.
Craig Monk, 43, a vulnerable gentleman and a partial amputee slipped so far into poverty he hanged himself.
Colin Traynor, 29, who suffered from epilepsy, stripped of his benefits he appealed. Five weeks after his death his family found he had won his appeal.
Elaine Christian, 57 years old, worried about her work capability assessment, she was found at Holderness drain drowned with ten self inflicted wrist wounds.
Christelle and Kayjah Pardoe, 32 years and 5 month old. Pregnant, her benefits stopped, Christelle, clutching her baby son jumped from a third floor balcony.
Mark Scott, 46. His DLA and housing benefit had been stopped. Sinking into deep depression, he died six weeks later.
Cecilia Burns, 51, found fit for work while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She died just a few weeks after she won her appeal.
Chris Cann, 57 years old, found dead in his house just months after being told he had to undergo a medical assessment to prove he could not work.
Peter Hodgson, 49, called to JCP to see if he was suitable for volunteer work. He had suffered a stroke, a brain haemorrhage and had a fused leg. His appointment letter arrived a few days after he took his life.
Paul Willcoxsin, 33 years old, with mental health problems and worried about government cuts, he hung himself.
Stephanie Bottrill, 53. After paying £80 a month for bedroom tax Stephanie could not afford heating in the winter, and lived on tinned custard. She chose to walk in front of a lorry.
Larry Newman had a degenerative lung condition. His weight had dropped from 10 to 7 stone. Atos awarded him zero points, he died just three months after submitting his appeal.
Paul Turner, 52 years old. After suffering a heart attack he was ordered to find a job in February. In April he died from ischaemic heart disease.
Christopher Charles Harness, 39. After finding out that the funding for his care home was being withdrawn, this man with mental health issues took his own life.
Sandra Louise Moon, 57, suffering from a degenerative back condition and depression worried about losing her incapacity benefit,
Sandra overdosed.Lee Robinson 39 years old took his own life after his housing benefit and council tax were taken away.
Mark Wood~ Weighing just 5 stone 8 pounds when he died, Mark Wood from Bampton suffered obsessive compulsive disorder, Aspergers syndrome, phobias of food, pollution, paint fumes, and social situations, and cognitive behavioural problems. He was pronounced “Fit to Work” by Atos and the DWP . His GP said “He was an extremely vulnerable and fragile individual.Iain Caress~ A grieving son whose father looked like a ‘concentration camp prisoner’ after his benefits were slashed has blamed Coalition cuts for his death. In the last 12 months of his life, the 43-year-old’s weight plummeted and he grew so thin the bones on his shoulder were visible.
David Coupe~ Cancer victim David Coupe did not live long enough to win his appeal against a cruel welfare cash cut. But his widow Lyn has vowed to fight on and overturn the decision to axe his £50-a-week incapacity benefit.
Edward Jacques~ A 47-YEAR-OLD man overdosed on a cocktail of drugs after he had his benefits stopped because he was not given a proper medical assessment by the Department for Work and Pensions, an inquest heard. Edward Jacques was found dead in his house in Loughborough Avenue, Sneinton, on September 25 last year.
Tim Salter~ A DEPRESSED blind man killed himself after he was left penniless because his benefits were slashed, an inquest heard Desperate Tim Salter struggled to even feed himself when controversial private firm Atos ruled he was fit for work, despite his failing eyesight. The 53-year-old, who also suffered agoraphobia, was about to be kicked out of his home.
Leanne Chambers~ HEARTBROKEN loved ones of missing Leanne Chambers are today waking up to the news that she is never coming home again. Police have confirmed a body found in the River Wear five weeks ago is that of the 30-year-old, who disappeared five months ago.
George~ from Chesterfield George, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, worked all his life, first as a miner and foundry worker, then as a communications engineer, until a heart attack in 2006 when he was 53. After a brief stint working self-employed his doctor told him to stop and George applied for ESA.
Linda Knott~46, had worked as a supervisor at the Brierley Community Centre in Little Hulton for 16 years before it fell victim to spending cuts. The news tipped her into depression and she had already taken an overdose of pills eight days before she was found dead at her home in Walkden.
Jack Shemtob~ 53, was seen falling six storeys and landing in the lobby of TfL’s offices in Greenwich. Several security guards who saw his fall in the atrium were granted leave after being left traumatised.
Kevin Bennet~ 40, had schizophrenia and used to move around so much it was difficult for his family to keep tabs on him. Neighbours suspicions were aroused after he was not seen for several months and they noticed flies coming from one of the ceiling lights.
Jim Elliot~ suffered a massive heart attack a day after his 20-minute work capability assessment during which he had complained of chest pains and struggling to breathe. He was still deemed fit to work. A DAD who started feeling seriously unwell during his interview with Atos assessors – and suffered a massive heart attack.
Chris Maguire~ 1952-2013 It is with sadness that we report the suicide of
Chris Maguire. Like a large number of working class kids from the estates of Leeds, he found a communal voice for his ideas in the Socialist Workers Party in 1978.
Robert Barlow~ Dying Merseyside man was told by benefits assessors ‘you’re fit to work’ A disabled man died penniless when he lost his benefits after being judged fit to work. Robert Barlow died last November aged 47 while suffering from a heart defect and brain tumour.
Susan Atkinson~2011
Richard Sanderson~2012W&J Hill~2012Donna and Zachary Oettinger~
Zachary Smith~2012
Ranjit Singh~2013
Colin Bobb~2013
Carol Booker~2010
Peter Dutt~2011
Victor Cliff~2013
Alex Brown 2009
Joseph Palmer~
Paul Reekie~
Carl Payne~Fears over losing his incapacity benefits and concerns about his health led a Whitehaven father-of-two to take his own life.
Stephen Cawthra~His benefits had been stopped and he had got into debt but his situation had later been reassessed and benefits restarted.
Michael McNicholas~2013Julian Little~2013
Jaquelene Harris~2013
George Scollen~
James May~
J. Crump. Died September 2013, aged 46. Mental health problems, bowel cancer. Abandoned by the system.
Gary Hulme~
Paul Mickleburgh~
Chris F Lloyd~2013
Karen Sherlock~8th June 2012 ~Karen died after a long and difficult fight,losing her benefits and told she was fit to work.She finally won her appeal.Karen had Diabetes and kidney complications
Eileen Nearne MBE~Eileen was a WW2 spy,tortured by Nazis.She died penniless after her British pension was halted with no explanation.Louise Davis~Anonymous ~ Ill Father hung himself in Devon 2013 after continued harassment from DWP declaring him fit for work and having his benefits stopped several times. Just could not face another assessment when the form came. His family want to remain anonymous as too traumatised to speak out.
Annette Francis - A mum-of-one suffering from severe mental illness died without any money after her disability benefits dried up.Graham Shawcross, 63, had potentially fatal Addison’s disease, but was ruled fit to work last November and had his £400-a-month incapacity benefit halted.
David Clapson Age 59 - EX-Soldier, 16 years BT Engineer. Sanctioned, a diabetic was found with no food in stomach, no money to cool insulin.
Stuart Holley, aged 23 - 2014
Aran Waite -2014Chris Smith - 2014
Trevor Drakard -2014
And so many more to be added...
This pic was taken on the 19th of October 2014.THEY had the upper hand by sheer numbers............. they bullied, intimidated and BRUISED US!
