Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill
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stressed, bear in mind that this PM has taken a massive pay cut to do the job! He is not doing it for the money.
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Bet he still gets more than all of us combined though!
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Maybe we should pick our next PM from the current lot?
Any suggestions? 🤔
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I don't think it's anyone's fault that I've struggled and had to manage with very little money.
"The world doesn't owe you a living" I was always told.
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Good decent people whether they have everything or have nothing do not kick the most vulnerable in society in the face and let them end up in such a state many of them don't want to be here anymore.
especially if you can do something about that like the government could.
Instead of being absolute ****s they should introduce a universal basic income for those who can't work.
it's not your fault you're disabled it's not the governments either, but that doesn't make it ok to destroy their lives further because some rich rattle thrower doesn't want to pay some tax which would be the equivalent of two pence to them.
I'm always supportive and reasoned but I'm angry very angry and even I've reached the point this week (Tuesday) I nearly did something drastic because I feel boxed in.
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@WhatThe Over the years, I haven't minded not having the things my peer group takes for granted. I got used to the terrible hurt caused by the loss of career goals and my hopes for a good future. I have always and continue to mind politicians' hate speech and the fear of what is to come to make life harder.
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I’ll respond in depth later if that’s okay
For now id like to clarify that I am very very very against the idea of PIP going means tested and I think if anything award amounts should be raised (or an in work element added on top of care and mobility elements) giving those disabled in work or just a decent pip award the option to ditch their uc award altogether
It’s certainly not my intent to throw the younger generation under the bus - I’m well aware they have the new pressures of social media and pressures from both the far right and far left (I wouldn’t want to go back to being a teenager today) - a couple of family members have worked in sixth form edition for over 20 years and I have a sibling who is over 10 years younger then myself so I’m very familiar with that generation in my pocket of the country but obviously my personal observations aren’t covering a far enough cross section - there are some of the Millennials & Generation Z that blow me away with their maturity and insight beyond their years, but there are also those that seem rather ‘delicate’ when compared to my own generation (where it seems very little pushes some of them ‘over the edge’ and life goals seem more ambitious but they don’t realise you need to start at the bottom)
also I had no intent throwing new 2020-2025 claimants under the bus. Covid disabled a huge amount of ppl (because Boris and co made mistakes over pandemic) and the nhs is in such a mess and mental health services so under funded that the last Tory government are the huge reason behind the hike in disabled claimants (also the cost of living forced many disabled in having to claim for the first time - as let’s be honest, if we could financially afford it what sane disabled person would chose to put themselves at the dwp mercy)I don’t have time to finish my train of thought now (family has just come over) but have any of the new 2020-2025 ever had a f2f assessment? - it’s much easier to control the narrative over the phone as body language/facial expressions can’t be taken into account and f2f assessments may actually aid some disabled argument - when I say the dwp should focus on the newbies I mean that everyone who’s never had a face to face assessment should have one and those of us with incurable lifelong conditions & disabilities that have had multiple assessments (f2f, phone and paper based) should be put on the back burner by the dwp imo
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If they cut money but still ruled as not working because left to myself i wouldnt be able to work and crumble
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Thing is Liz Kendall says one thing then puts out a more compassionate piece on the same coin. Labour have to stop this dog whistling to the more Conservative orientated News sites but they're doing this because their support is going to the Reform Party who are becoming a clear electoral threat to Labour.
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Remember her claims pre election about how disabled people would no longer be treated with disdain, since elected, she had to scrap a plan to send job centre staff to hospital wards, and now making claims like in that article.
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We need to contact offcom we all talk on here we need to start pushing them back when see them in interviews take note of time date channel and phone up noting going to change if we keep letting them
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The poor poor guy driven to such action we all been there well they cant hide it !!! Thanks to DNS im going to join monthly there was another guy who swallowed posion in job centre as protest he survived and they charged him !!! Its all coming to light RIP all people lost to vile inhumane treatmemt must never be forgot he is me he is us we will fight for them and ourselves no more no more fear terror
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Exactly @Catherine21 Whatever the cuts, I'm unable to work. Too many areas of my body are affected and my mind's shot.
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I have reported GB News to Ofcom in the past and actually emailed one of their presenters.
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But in doing so they are pushing someone like. 4 decades of voting Labour to vote Reform at the next GE out of pure spite. If they make me 1p worse off than I am now it is exactly what I will do.
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"taking the mickey" what a way to put it. Was she bullied in the school playground and not got over it.
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Yes was reading best countries who treat elderly disabled well i was saying otherday id love to move to norway
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We all need to do it seriously anyone see or watches them on interviews saying anything untowards put on here date time channel and who it was and we should all phone up and complain these are things we can do to show them we wont take it anymore its like bullies you let them they will do even more they already dehumanise us we are an inconvience well lets show them we are not imagine if they took us out of ECHR because that will happen everyday we do less they do more
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Its all coming out in the DNS of claimants being failed by goverment over the years yes same id eat toast no heating ect better than any other outcome
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My one fear being homeless i couldnt do it my heart and soul breaks when i let dogs in garden at night my mind always goes to homeless people they must sit there watching everyone go about thier bussiness like thier invisable i always give something and think god that could be me as we all know the goverment could resolve all this is a heartbeat all designed sickening never see things so bad
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