Twitter Takes Down The DWP After News Of Fake Benefit Sanctions In Brilliant #fakeDWPstories Hashtag

Twitter Is Mercilessly Mocking Iain Duncan Smith And He Only Has Himself To Blame

People have taken to Twitter to add to the Department for Work and Pensions' bank of fabricated stories in the brilliant #fakeDWPstories hashtag.

The trending tag comes hot off the back of the news that the DWP were forced to edit and re-issue a leaflet after being caught fabricating testimonials from fake benefit claimants praising the Government's welfare crackdown.

"Sarah's story"

Twitter user, Martin McKee, asked: "Can satire succeed where parliamentary accountability and media scrutiny have failed?"

Well yes, Martin, we think so...

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