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Under-fire Samaritans faces anger over advisory board crammed with Tories

By John Pring on 1st February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Under-fire Samaritans faces anger over advisory board crammed with Tories
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A mental health charity that refused to criticise the government for ignoring links between claimants of out-of-work disability benefits and suicide attempts is facing criticism after it emerged that more than half of its advisory board are influential Conservatives. Disability News […]

Samaritans refuses to criticise government over suicide report’s ESA failings

By John Pring on 21st December 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Samaritans refuses to criticise government over suicide report’s ESA failings
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A mental health charity has refused to criticise the government for failing to warn local services that claimants of out-of-work disability benefits are at a hugely-increased risk of attempting to take their own lives. Samaritans – the leading charity working on […]

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