The official 2024 budget discussion.
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Oh I thought she said they had taken up the proposals themselves which are to apply to new applicants or existing reassessments( ie don't report changes or they will reassess and cancel you)..which are people with mobility, continence or who feels a prospective danger will be posed to them.in doing g a job...tI believe, but may be wrong they had implemented this...its what she said that she had adopted them..you may be right that it requires a white paper
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I am surprised people still are.
Perhaps they changed those over who would likely lose money, but maybe they are not changing you as you would actually cost them more. (the cynic in me)
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Isn't that the whole point though? It's designed to be eroded, so it vanishes and puts everyone on the same playing field financially if you are Income Related.
Its ONLY income related people that are the target for yet more cuts?
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I am still on DLA
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Is the continence descriptor being changed?? I thought that was going to remain? We'll won't know the nitty gritty until next year.
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Thank you for your answer. I am sure I'm in support group as I've never needed a fit note from my gp. I watched Sunaks response to the budget, made mi sick his words what a hideous person. Regards
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well I have accidents every single day with prostate disease. I also qualify under substantial risk, and 4 other descriptors. six in total 3 of which are being altered.
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I see sickness benefit is in the media costing £100bn by 2030. They focusing on mental health and if people really have it. The trouble is I hope the government don't jump on the band wagon and start cutting it
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I believe their focus is more proactive than reactive. So they're wanting to stop people from suffering from avoidable mental health issues in the first place. Which would stop people being off sick long term.
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The Disability News Service explain the current state of play regarding the WCA following Reeves' ambiguous Budget announcement
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/fear-anger-and-confusion-as-budget-blundering-creates-chaos-over-governments-plans-for-fit-for-work-test/
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what the hell they playing at now?
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Where can you find the information about which descriptors are being altered?
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Is this legal under current legislation?
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Here..I believe they will target new claimants..reassessment or if you report a change..the descriptors being removed ate listed in the article
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/10/30/dwp-wca-changes-autumn-budget/
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I hope not
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Hi Andii,
We fight it any way we can Andii, we've an uphill struggle as a large number of people are convinced now that a lot of us are skivers. They don't understand what it means to be disabled and how it affects you. Notice even Labour are using this trick, Reeves was saying the budget was for the "strivers", a hark back to Osborne's speech on "strivers not the skivers".
So we need to change public opinion. How? Get news coverage on TV and in the press. An army of us on Twitter. Get involved in campaign groups like Disability Rights. We could start petitions (best if headed by someone like Scope rather than individuals). Lobby sympathetic celebrities, and most effective of all, stage sit-ins outside Downing Street.
When public opinion swings behind us, they'll back down. It's a long haul I know, but I think our only chance… They've shown how hard they can be with the warm homes allowance. They won't back down once they've done it. So Scope, what's first action?
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Yep they plan to implement the Tory "reforms" in full
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Don't know if anyone has posted about this:
The Big Issue article on bank accounts
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-bank-accounts-benefit-fraud-crackdown/
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Not sure you're right Votadini but I hope so! How I read it was they're planning to knock existing claimants off the disability register when their medical assessments come up for renewal, because many of the descriptors now used will no longer be valid:
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