Joy Worrall.
This is utterly despicable:
An elderly woman whose pension was stopped committed suicide by throwing herself into a quarry when she ran out of money.
Joy Worrall had just £5 left to her name when she stepped off the side of the Rhes y Cae quarry near to her home.
The 81-year-old had been left reliant on her savings when the Department for Work and Pensions stopped paying her pension.
In 2017, her pension situation was “re-assessed”, but instead of only freezing the pension credits Mrs Worrall received, the DWP froze her ordinary state pension. She was left with no income whatsoever.
I agree with Another Angry Voice‘s verdict on this:
The Tory DWP hound another vulnerable person to death, but nobody at the DWP will suffer any adverse consequences for it, and Tory voters who endorse this DWP barbarity will carry on telling themselves that it's nothing to do with them.https://t.co/wfndtSAT0T
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) May 9, 2019
Imagine if you killed someone through negligence and thought you could get away with it by pledging to learn the lessons in court!
One rule for the Tories and the minions who carry out their dirty work, and another rule for the rest of us.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) May 9, 2019
This is what the DWP had to say:
A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mrs Worrall.
“We apologise unreservedly to Mrs Worrall’s family for the error that led to her pension payments being stopped and pledge to learn the lessons.”
I have something to say about that (and I apologise in advance for the profanity):
Bullshit.
Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.
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