The future for the disabled claiming UC/ESA, etc - budget march 2023

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Ray212

Voluntary scheme? Have to see the details but lets hope voluntary means just that

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I’ll add more when it pops up - not sure if the white paper will come today

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Sources of the screenshots are the live texts from the guardian, sky news and bbc news

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Can’t see many over 50’s wanted to put themselves through a ‘boot camp’!

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The wealthy will be so happy

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The white paper IS being published today

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budge budget has ended - will post links to the pdf links to this and the white paper as soon as I find this

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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1142901/Print_Budget_2023.pdf

120 pages - thank god for term search

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Becky93

The thing is in principle the government could save a lot of money combining elements of the WCA and PIP. Especially given the waiting lists on these are just ridiculous these days. In the last few years I had an 18 month wait on my WCA, and a 12 month wait on PIP, just how much money has been spent on such an inefficient system?

The reality is though this will take ages to actually implement into something workable, and do you really trust that to be a true motive.

worried33

I too was sceptical the first moment I read it, they were never going to scrap the WCA without replacing it.

Now we know there is to be a fitness to work assessment in its place.

The problem is, just because you can maybe occasionally make phone calls or type a few thing son a computer it doesnt mean you employable.  Or that you can do it regularly at full time hours without there been a negative impact on your health.

I am guessing all the Legal precedents set during the WCA's reign are now invalidated as well? So all those errors will be made again.

Ironically I think its Labour who started the current process, they announced at the start of the year they felt the number of people getting back to work in the support group was unacceptable low and the Tories have jumped on it knowing there would be limited opposition to it.

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tomm said:

This ASSUMPTION  that someone can do a certain type of work, is Plainly wrong , Because those jobs may not even exist in your immediate area, and  you may not process the skills of be qualified for those rolls  And then there are many other factors  such as age  no employer wants  middle-aged or old people if they require training , as it isn't a good investment for the company , This  will be a disaster  and labour are not going to prevent it their rhetoric is basically the same IMO  and who was it who started this attack on us, LABOUR  Gordon Brown  what an odious **** he is

I agree, thats very important, people will be deemed able to work as they can do one type of job, but then pushed into doing another type of job because thats all thats available in their area, and part of that pushing will be of course they no longer get the previous financial support and threats of sanctions.