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Church-goer commited suicide after Atos benefits cut

Conservative Party Conference 2013
Conservative Party Conference 2013

More worry about French company Atos and its benefit assessment handling - specifically the Work Capability Assessment. It follows the suicide of a woman with a history of depression who Atos failed to give any points after an Employment and Support Allowance assessment. Consequently the woman's incapacity benefit was slashed from £94.25 to £67.50 a week.

Terrified of not being able to pay her mortgage, Ms "DE" took her life on New Year's Eve, 2011. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%