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
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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.

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

Well yes, Martin, we think so...