Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:48:25 +0000 Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - The PM's misleading conference speech, re sickness benefit claimants From: [FOI #89313 email] To: [email address] Dear Prime Minister’s Office, Re: The PM's misleading speech to the Conservative Party Conference: Quote: “We've got to get some sense back into our labour market and get British people back into work. For years you've been conned by governments. To keep the unemployment figures down, they've parked as many people as possible on the sick. Two and a half million, to be exact. Not officially unemployed, but claiming welfare, no questions asked. Now we're asking those questions. It turns out that of the 1.3 million people who have put in a claim for the new sickness benefit in recent years. One million are either able to work, or stopped their claim before their medical assessment had been completed.” Do you know if David Cameron intends to apologise to the sick, vulnerable and disabled people that he completely misrepresented / maligned in his speech, and change the current entirely negative policy towards the sick, disabled and vulnerable, in the light of his facts being completely wrong on this point? Newspapers have to print retractions when they print a clear fasehood, why cannot he? Why are you trying so very hard to distance yourselves from the clear and knowing untruth in his speech, and dodge answering my FoI? Kind regards, [P. Smith]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please use this email address for all replies to this request: [FOI #89313 email] Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/officers If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government Secure Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless Worldwide in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) In case of problems, please call your organisation’s IT Helpdesk. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes.