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EFFORTS to make the government reveal how many people have died after being wrongly declared “fit for work” were branded “disgusting” yesterday by witchfinder general Iain Duncan Smith.
The Work and Pensions Secretary snubbed questions in the Commons about the scandal that arose when his department’s refusal to release details was deemed “unlawful” by the High Court earlier this month.
More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to come clean.
“It is a crying shame that Labour MPs want to go out and scare people every day,” said Mr Duncan Smith. “No wonder they lost the election.”
The Star reported last Thursday that at least 10,600 people had been found to have died of undisclosed causes between January and November 2011 after undergoing “work capability assessments.”
