This is outrageous.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been criticised after one of
its officials apparently submitted papers to a benefits appeal tribunal
in which they called a disabled claimant a “lying ****”.
The submission, formally rejecting an appeal by a disabled woman
against the removal or downgrading of her personal independence payment
(PIP) award, was made public by her outraged advice worker.
In an extract from the papers,
the DWP official questions whether the claimant is genuinely entitled
to carer’s allowance, a benefit for people who care for another person
for at least 35 hours a week.
“In this lying bitches [sic] case she is receiving the mid-rate
carers [sic] allowance component for providing day time supervision to
another disabled person. The tribunal may wish to explore this further,”
the official writes.
A welfare adviser posted a copy of the submission on the discussion boards of Rightsnet, a site for advice workers.
