Petition Background (Preamble):
We, the undersigned, call on the Government to sack Ian Duncan Smith, as Minister for Works & Pensions. He is intent on making many people homeless with his upcoming 'Bedroom Tax' - as they cannot afford to pay the 14% tax being placed on their rents!
Many more people will die through suicide, due to his medical assessments, carried out by the French firm ATOS, declaring people fit for work, when they are clearly NOT!
When more than 40% of claimants are having this decision overturned, on appeal, this proves that the ATOS decision was WRONG! How much are these appeals costing?
We DEMAND the resignation of IDS, as he is not fit for purpose!
Many more people will die through suicide, due to his medical assessments, carried out by the French firm ATOS, declaring people fit for work, when they are clearly NOT!
When more than 40% of claimants are having this decision overturned, on appeal, this proves that the ATOS decision was WRONG! How much are these appeals costing?
We DEMAND the resignation of IDS, as he is not fit for purpose!
Petition:
Ian Duncan Smith has caused, and continues to cause, great pain and hardship to the ordinary people of Great Britain, with his unfair, unjust, welfare reforms.
Not least in his reforms, he is declaring that disabled and sick people are 'fit for work' by ordering the French company, Atos, to get as many people as possible off Incapacity Benefit, and into work related groups.
More than 40% of these so called 'fit' people are then taking their decision to Tribunal, and winning their case on appeal - proving that the decision by Atos was wrong!
These assessments are causing many, many people so much distress, that many have committed suicide! While waiting for appeals, claimants' benefits are stopped - so, as well as having to cope with illness, the claimant also has to live without enough money to both heat their homes, and eat!
Another part of the Welfare Reform, the 'Bedroom Tax' is also the most unfair, demonisation of social housing tenants ever to have been allowed in this country!
From April 1st 2013 thousands of long standing social housing tenants face losing their homes, by falling into rent arrears, as they are deemed to be 'under-occypying' if they have ONE spare bedroom! The councils and Housing Associations DO NOT HAVE the amount of ONE BED properties needed for these tenants to move to - but are persecuting them, for something that is no fault of their own! The situation of shortage in housing is the Governments', for not building enough social housing over the years, and for selling off the housing that we DO have left! So these tenants, that have made their house a home, over 20, 30, 40 years, (as their tenancy states it is a 'Lifetime' tenancy), will not be able to pay the extra 14% in rent that IDS has told them they will have to pay, so they will be evicted!
This man is not fit to run our works & Pensions department...... get him out NOW!
Not least in his reforms, he is declaring that disabled and sick people are 'fit for work' by ordering the French company, Atos, to get as many people as possible off Incapacity Benefit, and into work related groups.
More than 40% of these so called 'fit' people are then taking their decision to Tribunal, and winning their case on appeal - proving that the decision by Atos was wrong!
These assessments are causing many, many people so much distress, that many have committed suicide! While waiting for appeals, claimants' benefits are stopped - so, as well as having to cope with illness, the claimant also has to live without enough money to both heat their homes, and eat!
Another part of the Welfare Reform, the 'Bedroom Tax' is also the most unfair, demonisation of social housing tenants ever to have been allowed in this country!
From April 1st 2013 thousands of long standing social housing tenants face losing their homes, by falling into rent arrears, as they are deemed to be 'under-occypying' if they have ONE spare bedroom! The councils and Housing Associations DO NOT HAVE the amount of ONE BED properties needed for these tenants to move to - but are persecuting them, for something that is no fault of their own! The situation of shortage in housing is the Governments', for not building enough social housing over the years, and for selling off the housing that we DO have left! So these tenants, that have made their house a home, over 20, 30, 40 years, (as their tenancy states it is a 'Lifetime' tenancy), will not be able to pay the extra 14% in rent that IDS has told them they will have to pay, so they will be evicted!
This man is not fit to run our works & Pensions department...... get him out NOW!
