Hollow victory for DWP after ‘ESA deaths’ tribunal
Seen to be done: The tribunal took place at the Law Courts in Cardiff (pictured), in public – which allowed friends of Vox Political to hear the case.
It is with a heavy heart that I must report that a tribunal has upheld the Information Commissioner’s decision that my Freedom of Information request, seeking an update on the number of sickness benefit claimants who have died, was vexatious.
The tribunal agreed unanimously that my blog article, to which I appended a single line suggesting other readers should also submit FoI requests to demonstrate that there are many people who want the latest figures released, was an abuse of the system.
If you are unaware of the situation or your memory needs to be refreshed, you can read the article here.
But judge Chris Ryan criticised both the Information Commissioner and the Department for Work and Pensions for every other…
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Same Difference 
the bottom line mike is that thousands have died we know that as a fact’ what we would have liked is some closure into how thousands of people have died having been found fit for work by the DWP.ATOS and then within a few weeks of a medical they’ve died somehow
We have evidence that some took their own lives through committing suicide but for many we have nothing at all other then a press statement never to be spoken about ever again
as for you being vexatious i believe you to be the main originator of the request for the update death count so i find you innocent of the charge that you were vexatious.
as for other blogs i read then yes they may well be a concern of those blogs being vexatious but i find in your favour mike and that you have always had the desire to understand on why the sick and disabled in going through the welfare reform process have died and for the rest of both yours and mine lives that will always be the case
As for the rest of the country what i would say to those people is that looking the other way and not showing any kind of interest in the deaths of the sick and disabled only goes to make life much worse for the sick and disabled leading the government to further persecute them’ and as we have seen over the past few years leading many to their deaths prematurely
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Someone should also try and find out how many people are facing trials or criminal charges because they committed crimes to survive.
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Did the tribunal people get paid to keep their mouths shut? were they threatened even?
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