MILLIONS of people who depend on benefits to survive were purged from the welfare roll due to Tory sanctions last year, a parliamentary report found yesterday.

Nearly 1.5 million claimants were dropped off the roll in 2015 — and the government didn’t even try to find out why, the work and pensions committee found in its damning report.

The MP found that while some missing applicants might be in jail or have moved abroad, a disturbingly high number are victims of benefit sanctions.