The official 2024 budget discussion.
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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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Yes very likely they'll do this for LWCRA but many of us have been downgraded to LCW (still expected to do work related activity even though too disabled to work). I suspect those of us with just LCW will still be reassessed under the new medical assessment. I think it's something like only 10% of disabled are recognised as LCWRA (but correct me if I'm wrong)
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White paper will come out in the spring apparently, so nothing will change before then.
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I read somewhere the last couple of days they're planning to make savings by removing somewhere like 450,000 disabled off the additional disability benefits, by the end of this parliament (ie by 2028)
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Dead right Meg, good points
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how often are people assessed thought Lcwra was a long term benefit? People been on it years that’s right anyone ? Just interested to see how many of you on this benefit and for how long you have been on it?
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I haven't had a assessment for 8 years before that it's was every 2 years ,but recently had the dreaded ESA50 form 😢
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So I have fill in my ESA 50 reassessment recently, and most of my points are from want there getting rid of, so do you think when I am assessed in the coming months, they will use the new system ? If so I screwed 😢
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They have a back log, I sent mine back in Jan , still waiting to hear the outcome. Some sent back Dec still waiting
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God I hope not,
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I thought people on LWCRA weren't being reassessed anymore?
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I am sure they have to use the old criteria...to change the descriptors they need Legislation..I just researched this..hopefully you'll be fine
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Thank you 👍
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That's not what the current Government has said.
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I'm scared about all this, I emailed starmer during election s and he said disabled people will be treated with dignity. Well that's rubbish. I'm concerned about the housing benefit not going up with rent rises. Forced to work with a chronic and autoimmune conditions . How can I do anything with this, I have bad fatigue with both and can't keep my eyes open. Why are we being punished like this.
With all the tax rises ,business will lay people off, so how the hell are we with broken bodies supposed to find anything. Where is Timms in all this, meanwhile I saw on talk tv they're spending millions on people coming in boats and putting them in and building hotels, flat screens tv free food, dentists and benefit money costing millions every day. It's so unfair. Train drivers over 80 thousand, while pensioners freeze my sister and brother in law one, who both have health conditions. I already lost my mum, eldest brother and a sister since 2017, don't want to lose another. I am terrified about this.
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Note from the online community team
We'd just like to nip this in the bud now before it possibly escalates. We understand tensions are high at the moment but can we please refrain from blaming other groups for the decisions the Government have made in regards to the disabled community.
Thanks for your understanding.
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I guess we need to wait for this white paper?
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