KEEP CALM PLEASE - Media Malarkey "Disabled people face end to monthly benefits cash"

TheManFromLondon

This media malarkey has turned to inflict distress to the disability community.

The article that appeared today under a mild title, has turned toxic using the title 
"Disabled people face end to monthly benefits cash"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0ry09d50wo

This is unacceptable and calls for Charities to take action.

This "prepare" culture of the government to use the media pets to announce bad reforms ahead of the fact, just to make it more acceptable to the impacted groups has gone off limits here. 

Disabled people deserve a better treatment and respect.

Try not to panic, and make your own call to Scope, Mind and other charities to end this media torture. 

If the government something to say, or do, or reform, let it be when it comes to parliament. It is disgusting to read it on the news, and millions of people go tonight at bed with a worry, over what? A title.

This is bullying and harassment if you ask me, and the media are responsible for anyone who will be affected by such articles.

Lets face it, if its not law, its not true. That article is illegal the way it is titled.

Please keep calm. Message your MP and Charities, If we send 3 million messages to MPs and charities, it will make a difference greater that 3 million of us reading such garbage and stay idle.

Jimm_Scope

This is actually the very article I was thinking of when I mentioned in the "How is your day?" discussion about being very annoyed by the way the media are portraying these "consultations".

I felt myself getting far more frustrated by the BBC than by the proposed changes!

Many of these changes require legislation to pass, passing legislation takes time. Time this current government does not have, there will be an election before they can put any of these proposals in place.

woodbine

I don't claim PIP for these reasons, however I think it should be noted that consultations will go on till mid July, then parliament breaks up for summer then the conference season then we will be in election mode, therefore these "changes" won't see the light of day, unless the Tories win the election....as if

TheManFromLondon

woodbine said:

I don't claim PIP for these reasons, however I think it should be noted that consultations will go on till mid July, then parliament breaks up for summer then the conference season then we will be in election mode, therefore these "changes" won't see the light of day, unless the Tories win the election....as if

That goes without saying, it will take significant time for any changes to come into actual force and remember contracts with Assessment companies bind both sides. Those companies have guarantees in the contract they will have time to stop providing services, and considering they size of population they work with for PIP, its not something that can just stop as easy as not opening offices next week or month or quarter, as apart from employees they have contracts for buildings, IT maintenance etc etc

Meg24

Well I've had a mental health crisis today, which for me involves becoming very distressed, trying to get my head around my reasons for living disappearing, and ending up having to take a huge amount of medication to sedate me. I came round to worse news, that they plan to strip us of any ability to have agency over what we know helps us to live. What I consider a protective factor for me is not going to be the same for everyone, and I suspect won't make sense at all to these policy makers. If the Tories win the election I genuinely don't see how I can survive this.

TheManFromLondon

The Tories win the elections... you have to use common sense and consider the numbers. It is NOT going to happen.

No political direction, simple logic and maths.

Danny123

woodbine said:

I don't claim PIP for these reasons, however I think it should be noted that consultations will go on till mid July, then parliament breaks up for summer then the conference season then we will be in election mode, therefore these "changes" won't see the light of day, unless the Tories win the election....as if

Are you very confident is this woodbine ?