WCA consultation ruled unlawful - White paper, part 2
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Its horrendous same head body up all night mentally worn down eyes swollen from crying doctor calling today not much they can do i hope you feel some lightness today
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Its saying the lords are pushing for this as well
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Can ellen clifford or someone else take them back to court if they do the cuts
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thank you I am just on constant high alert its draining.
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I agree very draning lets hope today is easier
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She has emigrated to Saudi with her kids even though her husband is MP in England. (Southend I believe)
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I am not a cynic Zipz and we can win this ethical moral battle for equality, and fair treatment for disabled people including benefits.
Things have changed for the better in the past.
Be a cynic if you want, but do not count me in being downhearted. I have set 3 legal precedents in my 60 years, 2 on benefits.
I will never give up, ever. Determination with compassion, is a mediation for the social good.
Compassion for all, I am half a Buddhist, half a socialist.
Also, see below;
please write to Mind, as they can take up individual cases, if they benefit a group, such as disabled people.
The more people who take up legal action, using their human rights, and enforcing them, through the courts, the better.
On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 05:09:12 PM GMT, Yahoo Warning <milanholbeckestan@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Mind Legal Unit,
I was an advisor to Mind, firstly to include more BAME people c/0 Diverse Minds, and Mindlink, the user network of mind, to ensure its policies were all service user friendly, from 2000 - 2003
I also advised Mind about 20 years ago to keep up the aims of Mind's Benefit Campaign, to retain welfare benefits, for extremely clinically vulnerable,vulnerable people with physical and mental disabilities about 20 or 18 years ago.So there is another govt trying to reduce disability benefit claimants, as a budget exercise of cuts - not with regard to the needs of people with their varied disabilities.
I have 7 MSK conditions, including minor spinal injury, cramps and sciatica. Also Complex PTSD, chronic depression, and chronic anxiety.Perhaps the sheer number and severity of many of my disabilities, 6 are life threatening, e.g. all the 3 mental health aforementioned diagnoses, upper respiratory tract infection, asthma too.
My motivation is compassion, and equality, a better, fairer society.is ethical to stop cuts, to stop abuse of claimants, and suicide, depression and anxiety, caused by the white paper 'Getting Britain Working'socialism: I believe in equality, sharing opportunities in general, and responsibilities, and a good, more equal, fairer society.
Can we make a case to answer legally, please?I am told that any change of circumstance for PIP and ESA Claimants, will automatically migrate people on to UC, how can this be fair, legal, and moral, can we make a case it ISNT any of these 3 latter adjectives With no exceptions? how can that be fair, in terms of our right to health and safety, the aims of the welfare sate, etc., other laws, duty of care, right to life, and other universal human rights?
Thus, I would really appreciate Mind's legal backing on an issue that is already causing great anxiety, depression, and no doubt a few suicides, the white paper has made me feel suicidal and sleepless/ insomniac.Now is the time to be assertive, through the rule of law, redress of grievances; I am unusually determined and will not waste your valuable time, once a legal case is mounted, preferably as a class legal action, the more the merrier, I will not withdraw it.As a both a socialist, Buddhist, and a communitarian, I refuse to be bitter or ill, or cynical, I will be positive in the ways lawyers need.
Sincerely
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Hi @MadMilan2019 :) I'm just responding to your comments about campaigning action Scope is taking on the upcoming green paper, and current rhetoric around disability benefits.
We know there's been a lot of (negative) news coverage on disability benefits recently. And there's still uncertainty around what reforms the Government will propose. We're continuing to campaign for the Government to deliver a benefits system that works for disabled people, designed with disabled people.
We've been working to influence those in power on this behind the scenes. And are planning on launching the first of a few opportunities for you all to campaign on this issue at the beginning of February, all being well. We'll share these with you all when they're live.
In the meantime, you can always contact your MP directly by finding their office's contact details on the Parliament website.
And, if you'd like to start your own campaign, you can access our free online campaigning guide through our website.
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Dear Tori-Scope
Thanks so much for your encouragement and direction.
We all need support.
I will start 'my' (its for me, 'and' others: that is true compassion, as we all suffer) own campaign as you suggest above.
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Of course, no problem @MadMilan2019! It's always great to see people starting their own campaigns, and finding creative ways to drive change :) Let us know how you get on.
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Dear Tori- Scope Campaigns Officer,
Thank you again.
We all need to campaign individually, and collectively, as campaigns are more effective that way than, template leters written by campaigning charities.
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Dear Jane215starx,
Yes there have been many campaigns on the environment that have changed greenwashing bills to a much better environmental laws; similarly RPCA last year increased the prison sentence for deliberate animal cruelty.
Also the Renters Reform Bill is going through Parliament, and Shelter has led a campaign on this and made it better, please Google these.
We do not always get what we want, but we do get something worthwhile, e.g. nobody in deep distress from mental health can be detained in mental hospitals, unless the treatment is therapeutic, or unless they might harm or kill others.
I, with many other mental health service users, via Mind, campaigned for successive mental health laws, which have been progressively about voluntary treatment, and more patient led.
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OK JANE315STARX,
Yes, the govt have their spindoctors, but we all have access to the media, you too could make a case for more disability rights via the media.
Its half baked democracy but we do not live under dictatorships where we can be shot tortured or disappeared.
Is you glass half full, mine is personallly and politically.
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Someone asked if they had to repay an overpayment of benfit by the DWP.
My understanding is if:
- you did not cause the oerepaymnt you are not obliged to repay it
- if repaying it will cause you hardship then you should write to the DWP Manager a complaint sayng this
- - copy the letter to your MP
get advice re benefits by Googling your local Citizens Advice Burea, and ot local disability group who may give benefits advice.
Email Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) who write and bring out new editions of the benfits bible:
Welfare Benfits and Tax Credits Handbook on the first of April each year. Please Google it, and despite the cost 60-70 quid it is a worthwhile investment trust me and I have won many reconsiderations and appeals re my disability benfits, and the DWP leaves me alone, as I proved Im extremely clinically vulnerable, that my health was not getting better, and did not have to undergo any WCA or PIP benfit tests for 20 years, given these tests caused suicide attempts.
Also, you are entitled to compensation if you are mistreted by the DWP, e.g. suffering hardship if not granted your benedit entitlement, or a reayment you did not cause causes hardship.
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MadMilan, would you care to tell us about the two legal precedents you set?
I presume this was at a time when Legal Aid was available to pay solicitors and barristers for their advice/representation..
I am concerned that you may be raising people's hopes including your own of reversing existing cuts. The consultation mentioned on this thread was about proposals for further changes.
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I don't wish to pull the thread off topic, but under Universal Credit legislation all be overpayments are recoverable. Including those that are the DWP's fault.
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Agree,
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Well, this has turned bitter. I don't wish others to suffer so I can receive what I am entitled to.
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No one has given up their benefits, there is no need
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Hi all, please can I remind you of the house rules. I appreciate it's a sensitive subject, but we must remain respectful, civil, safe, supportive, and conscious of the content that we post.
Best wishes,
Holly.
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