Any DPAC supporters who want to are invited to join Gill Thompson the sister of David Clapson when she delivers her petition to DWP on March 9th. Gill has asked for anyone who hasn’t already to sign up to the petition which has over 200,000 signatures.
David Clapson, a diabetic ex-soldier, died starving and destitute because he was penalised by the Job Centre for missing a meeting. David had his £71.70 weekly allowance stopped meaning that he couldn’t afford food or electricity. He was penniless, starving and alone.
His electricity card was out of credit meaning the fridge where he should have kept his diabetes insulin chilled was not working. Three weeks after his benefits were stopped he died from diabetic ketoacidosis – caused by not taking his insulin.
Gill is joining with UNITE day of action against benefit sanctions to highlight the plight of people sanctioned and left without support.
Shockingly there has never been any inquest held into David’s death and Gill is also trying to raise funds through Crowd Justice to appeal to the Attorney General to launch an inquest into David’s death.
By doing Gill hopes to show that David’s death could have been avoided and help ensure that this stops happening to others.
The Crowdfunding campaign is launching Wednesday 2nd March at the following link: www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/david-clapson
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Details of protests against sanctions around the country can be found here: https://www.unitetheunion.org/growing-our-union/communitymembership/day-of-action-against-sanctions
