Twitter’s best fake Department for Work and Pensions sanction stories

Poke Staff. Updated August 19th, 2015

The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. Luckily, Twitter had some more sanction stories…

https://twitter.com/craigpberry/status/633934597387087872

"Despite decades without work, we found this woman a job in a chocolate factory." #fakeDWPstories pic.twitter.com/0F0gv3nisQ

— Michael Gray (@GrayInGlasgow) August 18, 2015

Doctors hate her! Find out how this woman magically got rid of her disability using one weird tip! #fakeDWPstories

— Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (@Scriblit) August 18, 2015

DWP sanctions meant we had to dress our child like the ghost of a Victorian schoolboy. #fakeDWPstories pic.twitter.com/8qX9kHq4oe

— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) August 18, 2015

"Thanks to DWP sanctions I got the courage to apply for that job on the Death Star"

TK-421#fakeDWPstories pic.twitter.com/LGuYlfGTOn

— Craig (@Jahaangle) August 18, 2015

https://twitter.com/yakhunt/status/633633191618867200

https://twitter.com/geekplanetmatt/status/633924233555496960/photo/1

I realised that the spare bedroom where I keep my wife's oxygen & medicine really was a luxury. So we let the bailiffs in. #fakeDWPstories

— Pank (@pankp007) August 18, 2015

Bestest ever #fakeDWPstories ( apologies can't find originator to credit) pic.twitter.com/YOjGkfMnSb

— Muriel Gray (@ArtyBagger) August 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/NewsFrames/status/633919266631364608

https://twitter.com/KevinTurveyRIP/status/633625883413229568

“I had self-worth once, but thanks to the sanctions and endless vilification that’s just a distant memory. Phew!” #fakeDWPstories

— The Kwisatz Hackenbush (@DocHackenbush) August 18, 2015

https://twitter.com/petercbowden/status/633617169759268864

"Losing my benefits has given me a much greater appreciation of nature now I live in the park." #fakeDWPstories

— sarah 🇵🇸 (@sazza_jay) August 18, 2015

Tian Tian's contribution to #fakeDWPstories pic.twitter.com/Gje4ea1MNM

— A Woman's View (@ScotWomenIndy) August 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/yakhunt/status/633613190732115968

https://twitter.com/Kerrypurcell/status/633939749342982144

'I never realised how watching my children starve would inspire me. I have a lot to thank the DWP for." #fakeDWPstories

— sarah 🇵🇸 (@sazza_jay) August 18, 2015

https://twitter.com/swindon81/status/633645805904244737