We’d like you to help us document how problems with welfare benefits have affected people with disabilities. Share your experiences
Thu 30 Jan 2020 12.52 EST
Last modified on Thu 30 Jan 2020 12.55 EST
We would like to understand more about the different ways that people with disabilities, including mental illness and chronic conditions, have been adversely affected by changes to their welfare benefits.
On Tuesday the Guardian published a story about Errol Graham, a disabled man with a long history of mental illness, who starved to death just months after welfare officials stopped his out-of-work and housing benefits. The case has prompted MPs and campaigners to call for an independent inquiry. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it had referred the case to a newly created serious case panel process to learn lessons.
Other similar cases may have gone undetected and we would like to find out from friends and relatives about anyone who may have died after their benefits had been stopped.
We also want to find out from people with disabilities, including mental illness and chronic conditions, about when changes or difficulties with your welfare benefits have had a serious impact on your life.
We’d like you to tell us in detail about the times that problems with welfare benefits have affected you. What was your situation at the time, what impact has it had and how did you feel you concerns were dealt with?
Please share your responses in the encrypted form below, anonymously if you prefer. However it’s important to leave contact details so our journalists can discuss your story. We will use your responses to help our reporting in this area.
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