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The proposed public spending changes could exacerbate issues, potentially driving vulnerable individuals into poverty and undermining their dignity and well-being. Human rights advocates stress that such policies may contravene international human rights standards, particularly those related to social security and an adequate standard of living.
The DWP’s actions, including the termination of essential benefits without comprehensive evaluations of individual circumstances, have directly contributed to the suffering and deaths of vulnerable disabled individuals. There is an urgent need for systemic reforms to ensure that the welfare system effectively safeguards and supports those it is designed to help.
Universal Credit should act as a lifeline, not an additional source of stress. For the system to truly support individuals, it must respect their dignity, accommodate disabilities, and employ an empathetic approach to those facing life’s most challenging circumstances.
The DWP’s decision to send work coaches into mental health hospitals to push vulnerable patients off benefits and into work is a deeply concerning practice. It violates basic human rights, risks further harm to those in mental distress and may breach UK law. There must be immediate scrutiny of this policy, and the government needs to reconsider how it supports, rather than coerces, those with severe mental health conditions. Failing to act could not only worsen the mental health crisis in the UK but also invite serious international condemnation.