Good news
From the reliable Disability news service, for those that are very concerned about upcoming changes,it seems the influential Man behind many policies and ideas actually Wants to give us a break
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"Meanwhile, disabled activist Ellen Clifford – who helped co-ordinate the campaign meeting – is awaiting a judicial review that will hear her claim that the last government acted unlawfully when it announced plans to tighten the WCA.
The case will be heard in the Royal Courts of Justice on 11 and 12 December."
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no worries
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fingers crossed it’s all going to be okay - plunging people into poverty or threatening them all the time is only going to make things worse and surely the gov must realise this too.
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you're welcome, it's encouraging that one of the main people behind potential policies and upcoming changes isn't going to go down the sanctions route.
I'll post any and all useful information from reliable sources on this thread,if and when I come across them.
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thank you for sharing this news website I have never come across a news page for disabled people
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you're welcome it's run by someone called John Pring he wrote a book recently called the department.
He is knowledgeable and informative the site updates every Thursday afternoon around 4-6pm
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thanks for letting me know
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Thanks for this info @Nightcity hopefully we will get a break it’s so worrying
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yes it certainly is, however this chap has some serious influence and it's him Kendall is taking ideas from so I'll certainly sleep better tonight knowing his stance on watering down sanctions rather than accelerating them.
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I have no doubt she won't last
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Professor Paul Gregg is a former senior civil servant within DWP. He doesn't sound as bad as I had imagined. I will read properly another time but thank you Nightcity.
"contradictory statements from Labour" I'll say!
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My therapist reminded me of something today, at some point some years ago the Tories redesigned the WCA and removed all the mental health descriptors. Apparently there was a backlash from the psychiatric medical community who pointed out that there would be an explosion of A&E visits and admittances for people in crisis if mentally ill people were suddenly all found fit for work. Hence the expansion of the substantial risk category, the very category that Labour think they are going to get rid of.
Hopefully someone with some sense might point out to them what happened the last time...
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Absolutely, and this is why I've constantly said they won't get away with that.
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What expansion?
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interestingly the right wing GB news has had a few articles this week AGAINST Reeves.
including an article about her abuse of a parliamentary credit card and it being taken away.
when RW attacks It can be a good sign to everyone else
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interesting
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