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Official thread: ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper released Tuesday 26th November
thought I’d get this thread started early as I’ll imagine the papers will be publishing significant leaks later tonight From the sounds of things upcoming welfare reforms (such as wca and pip) won’t be covered in this white paper (at least in major detail) - past quotes from the gov suggest welfare reform reveal launch…
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DWP’s chief medical adviser dismisses importance of her own department’s reviews into benefit deaths
From DNS - "only 5 PFD reports" in 16 months 😶 By John Pring on 9th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty The chief medical adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over why she dismissed the importance of hundreds of secret reviews carried out by her own department into the deaths…
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Liz kendell
I found very sinister The way liz kendell responded to question something like don't you feel bad for ladies trying to claim payback for pensions she's said NO !!!
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Article about migration from esa to uc causing issues.
Read an article from disability news was saying that the migration from esa to uc was affecting alot of disabled people as to many mistakes they said they didn't have the time to so safeguarding ??? !
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Ellen clifford court case
Any updates can't find any
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Possible PIP government study?
So the government doing a study on pip and how it's spent that will come out in the summer scope was mentioned why haven't scope communicated this
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Link to Social Prescribing
Hello All, no need to respond to this message; it's just to say that the link to Social Prescribing is below (I am not involved with this organisation). Best wishes, E xx https://mailchi.mp/a38b5d2cbb45/the-social-prescribing-network-december-2024-newsletter?e=10808b00f4 For example, here is a link to what is happening in…
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Why a constant attack on vunerable
Why is this gov putting forward more plans to bully the vunerable..All are so misinformed what crippling anxiety and depression involves
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No local elections
What are people's thoughts on no local elections
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Trigger Warning topic (Assisted dying bill)
Remove if not allowed. Are we allowed to discuss the assisted dying bill on here? It's in the news today about Canada. In Canada they intend to include mental illness from 2027. It's quite obvious to me that if we pass anything through, gradually things change and get added by various governments. I have huge concerns over…
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Help
hi I’m disabled I have a lot of illnesses long term, I have scoliosis of the spine, fibromyalgia, I’m asthmatic, diabetic, have psoriasis which is all over my body, I suffer with depression and anxiety, I’m classed as morbidly obese and have arthritis , suffer with migraines I was on the high rate for mobility and middle…
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Banning social media for under 16s
This came up on question time last night that Australia plans to ban the use of social media to those under 16. I found an article on it. I have to say when smart phones came out I assumed these would not be for anyone under 16. As adults we already know what content we can be exposed to, we already know we can be addicted…
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France
What does it mean that the French parliament has folded ? Is that a good or bad thing
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Tonight's QUESTION TIME panel..
If you thought Dispatches was bad…(I didn't) Tonight's panel of four includes two Tories and Nigel Farage 🙄 I will watch. I prefer knowing what these people think and say, however unsavoury.
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"...and basically these people are frankly parasites"
Read our response to Isabel Oakeshott's recent comments: James Taylor, Executive Director of Strategy and Social Change at disability equality charity Scope, said: “Isabel Oakeshott’s views on people who claim benefits belong in the past. Calling people “parasites” is utterly disgraceful and fuels a dangerous and damaging…
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The White paper
@pooleemily29 hey! Folks. I'm going to talking about this white paper I've just skimmed throughin my personal view they're putting too much focus on the NHS and nog enough on disabled people this make work pay scheme labour have cooked up I really did sir Keir when he said " we will change Britain" just last week I read…
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Toxic
I'm in tears so tired They are moving My dad from his flat to do his bathroom as he lives in squalor you can literally tidy up next day filthy so left on me only child to help him so spoke to manager Friday said leave key in fob he didn't baring in mind it was horrific getting out door today didn't want to be seen anxiety…
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Waspi
Hi no doubt there may have been discussions before about the waspi findings, it says you can apply online, I'm 64 so I think I might qualify, I'm not holding my breath that I will get a £1 or 2, it states that you have to give evidence of financial + emotional impact it's had on you because of the delayed pension from age…
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Is it worth joining a trade Union?
During Covid my grandson was working frontline in a school. It was then he joined a trade Union. He needed someone in the workplace to protect him. They did. I’ve read some parts of the Easy Read version of the White Paper and it seems they intend to consult unions on lots of areas. There is a Union for Disabled People but…
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The official 2024 budget discussion.
Howdy folks. So today is the day many have been dreading, so to help us support each other and keep things a bit tidier, I thought it'd be good to have just one discussion about the budget, so others needing help don't get lost in lots of discussions saying the same thing. Scope will of course make an official statement,…
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Waiting longer for benefit reforms
so need to worry longer cheers goverment Department for Work and Pensions@DWPgovuk The voices of disabled people will be at the heart of the benefit reforms that will be set out in spring 2025, while the Get Britain Working White Paper that will be published soon will set out how the Government will extend opportunity to…
