Rejected petition Open inquiry into the deaths of benefit claimants since UC introduction

When people, who have worked for most of their adult lives, cannot get help in times of hardship there is something seriously wrong with the system. I don't dispute the system needed to change but this is horrific - people dying of starvation and suicide in the 5th richest country...

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Too many homeless, destitute, hungry and without shelter.
If there is humanity in people, let it be shown through their support of this injustice.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243337

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Date submitted 27 May 2019
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