The official 2024 budget discussion.
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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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I took this at first to mean that CA would increase from £81.90 to 16 hours at National Living Wage rates (which would be 16 * £12.21 - or £195.36 per week.
But NO - it means that Carers are ALLOWED to earn an extra £10k pa - isn't that kind of them ?
I mean - how does that mean "the biggest rise in CA since it was introduced in 1976" ?
CA itself is NOT being increased at all !!
This is a deliberate lie !
I mean they announce the minimum wage is being increased by 6.7% but not the CA rate !
So - overall - CA is effectively being reduced.
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in Feb 2024 - there were still over 600,000 adult claimants of DLA with a similar number (600,000) of claimants under 16.
the stats show that only 37,000 were converted from DLA to PIP in the last 12 months - so this will take almost 20 years to deal with, unless they pull their fingers out !
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sent to Kendall Reeves and Starmer
Dear,
I am writing to you today to express fear,anger and disgust in the budget, the dwp and this government.
I will be upfront now and tell you I did not vote for labour, this is because in my opinion This is not TRUE labour and I strongly suspected exactly what we've got, basically a kick in the teeth.
your records will show I was a long time labour member once.
I think it's time for this vicious and unprovoked assault on vulnerable people to stop, Those that Did vote for you voted for the "change" you sloganed so heavily, they trusted you and didn't expect that change to be for the worst.
you are scaring the disabled community witless and absolutely destroying their lives with fear, vile rhetoric and silly games.
even the budget was about as clear as a window covered in creasote.
we've established you intend to save the sum "inherited" from the last government, but have not expressed "how" you will do so. You need to drop your obsession with money and work and step into reality.
I will tell you now how my life has been just so you see what I've survived.
I was abused at boarding school by a paedophile, I have been bullied and excluded all my life.
I watched my grandfather die in front of me, my grandmother got through strokes,heart attacks and gangrene, medical incompetence and law intervention.
I've survived 4 suicide attempts and 2 breakdowns, every SINGLE one of those were caused by the DWP and their harassment.
I am a member of the scope forum, take a look on there do a search on terms such as "frightened" "scared" "dwp" and "government" you'll be greeted by a tsunami of posts about people scared, their lives on pause, losing sleep, getting nasty symptoms on top of what they usually get caused by this governments behaviour.
these are the nicest, most caring people you'll ever know, they suffer SUFFER daily and you are making their lives an absolute misery.
we have people who refuse to claim UC, we have people suicidal, we have people frightened to spend money, to savs money to even get up in the morning.
this needs to stop now!!!
I hope you have read or intend to read your copies of John Prings "the department" before you find yourself in a bad position.
I have emailed the ECHR,law firms, and others
you can't and won't get away with this I assure you. we have rights, we are decent humans not criminals and we won't pay for the actions of greedy authoritarians and rich tax avoiders.
charities, activists and others are not going to shut up. You will get what you give, the days of the disabled laying down and being kicked are over.
yours sincerely
Rick ******
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Well done, proud of you.
I had emailed Timms in the past , but he just thanked for writing and not addressed the issues
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I'll send him a copy too then 💜
I'll edit his to be a little less abrupt to give him a chance
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Doesn't all these WCA reforms still have to pass in parliament though so how are they going to get it out in 2025 can they do it that fast? people are saying april imo this would take years "if" it even does pass @Nightcity
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everything in the white paper will require legislation and be slow that's why we need to hit them back now.
as for the WCA changes the tory version already passed I'm unsure if an altered version would need to also go through legislation, certainly hope so.
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