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The steamroller of destruction has been running for a long time and cannot be stopped quickly. How many years have they accelerated so much and will slow down IF of course they want to.
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The problem with the rhetoric in the media, generally, is that there are a lot of people with disabilities struggling to interpret what's being said. This govt may well do better than the last, but they haven't empathised with the destruction of the last 14 years and how many of us are living with DWP-associated trauma as well as our actual disabilities.
I don't know how it is for NT claimants, but for ND claimants, who tend to read detail into every single word said and not said, this kind of suspense is actually a form of torture. It's not that I think, necessarily, the ministers are intending it that way…they keep saying they want to put disabled people front and centre. BUT that also means listening to us now and understanding how we're feeling ahead of any changes.
If we are involved in this, then tell us what your plans are and talk to us about them. Let us review them. Scope and other organisations are great, but they are still a middle-stage between govt and those of us with lived experiences. It's still a way of avoiding direct engagement.
It seems like whenever a disabled person tries to raise that with an MP or department or minister, the response is a copy-paste of policy rather than an attempt to really listen to what's going on. And no matter what we say, nobody is really trying to fix the DWP, who are the ones with the power and influence in the decisions…and they seem to be only answerable to themselves. I find this sad :(1 -
They've been in cahoots for those 14 years. I haven't stopped talking about it for the last 10.
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Have they mentioned benefits yet I will watch missed ab hour everyone hear hearing her is just labour in parliament
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it frees you up to use your energies in ways to better yourself. Distracting oneself with social media is always self limiting
MissMel, I agree. Just sad for the rest of us who REALLY did appreciate your posts. Nobody should feel unvalued on the forum.
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the WCA will go ahead tackling benefit fraud pretty much all that got said about benefits
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This isn't the Budget thread..
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Not even saying is appalling how long do we have to wait this is torture us it new claimants old claimants feel to cry
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what does that mean
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I thought we'd find out today ah to much she's getting a load of cheers making everyone happy what about us
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no news is good news
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When will we hear do you know
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I've created the budget discussion here, so we can keep things in one place and people wont have to repeat themselves. 😊
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not a clue people been saying spring budget
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What looking at June time to know
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Please read the thread that Albus linked to.
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don’t think spring budgets anymore
I think labour are doing the one major fiscal event a year from now on (can someone else confirm)
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yes that's right, only the one a year now.
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My understanding of it is this: The Labour government has decided to have just one budget announcement each year. This means there won’t be budget changes made in the Spring Statement anymore. Instead, the Autumn Budget will be the main time to announce tax changes and the government’s financial plans. The Spring Statement will now only focus on the economy and give a short update on the government’s financial plans.
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What does that mean
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