Woman hit by benefits sanction after miscarriage says experience left her feeling ‘suicidal’

‘A woman was left with just £24 a week week of her social security payments to live on after suffering a miscarriage and being sanctioned by the cruel and callous Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), it has been reported.
Lyndsey Turnbull told the Daily Record how she considered suicide after being left with barely anything to buy food and pay household bills.
Lyndsey spoke of her ordeal as the Scottish Government formally launched their new welfare-to-work programmes.
Lyndsey from Midlothian in Scotland, said: “I wanted to get into work but the whole thing seemed geared up to punish those who wanted to get off benefits.”’
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