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11 Nov, 16 tweets, 5 min read
Remembrance Day #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2021 #LestWeForget #LestWeForget

War Veteran Gordon Lang Dies Of Terminal Cancer With No Apology From DWP Over ATOS Results samedifference1.com/2015/04/18/war…
Killed by benefits cuts: Starving soldier died 'as result of Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reform' mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/k…
Dying ex-soldier with Alzheimer's who is bedridden in care home gets sent a fitness to work form by DWP mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/d…
Former soldier with cancer was sanctioned & left cold & humiliated by welfare cuts - blames IDS welfareweekly.com/letters-iain-d…
BRITAIN’S SHAME: Poverty-struck war veteran was told to use FOOD BANKS express.co.uk/news/uk/831817…
Disabled-veteran-left-starving-after-benefits-were-cut inews.co.uk/news/disabled-…
Former soldier on Universal Credit is forced to live on just £8 A WEEK mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/e…
Ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq is refused benefits under assessment system archive.camdennewjournal.com/news/2011/jun/…
"A disabled former soldier who said he is so poor that he lost 16kg (2st 7lb) due to a lack of food is among the contributors to the first United Nations investigation into extreme poverty into the UK" theguardian.com/society/2018/a…
Soldier traumatised by war in Afghanistan died surrounded by benefit sanction letters from DWP - gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-…
Benefits crackdown ‘humiliates’ disabled Army war veterans independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Ex-soldier Stuart Kennell suffering with severe PTSD denied benefits payment by government burytimes.co.uk/news/prestwich…
Royal Marine who lost 3 limbs in Afghanistan: I have to beg, borrow and steal for the care I need standard.co.uk/news/uk/royal-…
Ex-RAF serviceman kept alive by portable machine has benefits stopped thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Ex-RAF-service…
Army veteran with no legs told to prove he's disabled to get assistance benefit belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…
Former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder tells of humiliating Atos assessment camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/dec/…

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