Benefit sanctions are driving “vulnerable” claimants to hunger, destitution and crime, a report by Salford City Council has revealed.
The research, first picked up by the Independent, warned that rather than encouraging claimants to enter the labor market, the sudden loss of basic income has adverse effects on mental health, which “could lead to self-harm or suicide.”
( There was in yr 2000 (ish) a labor scheme called New Deal that was just the same and as bad, uk benifit claimer s were made to work 8hrs a day for around 45p per hr ($0.75c)
