> some of these people "go away" because they have died

For anyone thinking this is hyperbole, one recent case[1] was of an anorexic woman found dead in her freezing cold flat because she couldn't afford to run the heating. She had been sanctioned for missing a jobseekers meeting due to being in ICU.

1: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anorexic-woma...