Upcoming changes to benefits
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I thought you could only email your own MP.
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I've emailed my MP Jim Shannon.
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I am not sure if you're "meant" to only email your own mp but I sent all 11 of mine to all the main ones good and bad.
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Thank you. I will email some more then.
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Thank you for posting . I have never heard of Purpl so will look at that. The shopping bill seems to increase nearly every week even though buying the same stuff.
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What I can't understand is the governments logic of getting disabled people back into work but seemingly offering nothing to help this. I've been out of work for 4 years now, partly due to physical disabilities but mainly due to severe mental health issues. In that four years I've been bounced from dr's to mental health teams to charities. The end result? 12 sessions of counselling which weren't appropriate for me as an autistic person. This month in my area alone, we are losing due to cuts;
A trauma charity (a year on the waiting list and just found out they are closing)
A mental health phone line
Part of the alcohol and drugs team
Our autism service (six months on the waiting list)
So now I'm booked in to see my Dr (3 week waiting list) to see where to turn to next for support. The answer will probably be the mental health services that has already told me that courses they offer aren't suitable for me due to being autistic. With alcohol and drug dependant people and autistic people all now flooding to the mental health service for support the likelihood is there already stretched resources will now be non existent and this will have a knock on effect for the rest of the community trying to access the service also.
On top of this a social worker has informed me that due to loss of service that can support me I should push for extra hours of care, if that is the advice for every disabled adult in our area, the money saved by not funding these services will probably double on our care. It's so short sighted.
I want to go back to work. Who is going to hire someone that is burnt out, often breaks down and has meltdowns, has untreated PTSD, and is often too exhausted and in too much pain to get out of bed?
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Heard on the news last night that Starmer & Co have been eating luxury biscuits while discussing all of this. I thought 'God, I wish they'd choke on them!'.
Luxury biscuits while we all suffer.
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I have emailed my MP Ed Milliband. It helps my mental health to do something. I hope they are all getting a barrage of complaints.
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I really think it'll be new claimants aged 16-24 that are hit hardest by this. I might be very wrong but i just cannot see how they can strip current claimants of their benefits.
The issue seems to be that, pre-pandemic there were 2000 new claimants per month awarded for mental health and now there are 6000/month.
And it seems also to be the case that many of these new claimants are very young and, rather than viewing pip as an in-work benefit and mental health as something that can improve, some of these young folks are signing themselves off of life's responsibilities once they're awarded and thinking that is their lot in life.
I personally know of 3 people in my small town that this has happened to. One of the three has been unable to leave his house (parents house) in 6 years now due to anxiety. Obvs now that is a severe mental health issue but he is only 25yrs old. His Mum says, once school finished and he did a get ready for work course, he went for one interview, was not successful and there was nothing for him after that. Anxiety set in and he is on full disability benefits.
The government is bound to be worried about education just now - mental health issues have soared in teens especially since covid and school refusal is high.
The generation behind that - there are reports of those kids having huge language delays, going to school in nappies and unable to self feed. These are normal kids.
So the pandemic seems to have had a massive impact.
My feeling is that these young claimants are going to find it almost impossible to be awarded on mental health alone. I think they will be guided into work and training.
As for everyone else, i really cannot see anything changing at all fast.
Just my prediction but time will tell!
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Yes I seen her remarks on X
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Hi Snuggles, She Suddenly realised it’s not a good career move after all ?
Apparently Starmer has promised to protect a small group of very disabled claimants. So does that mean they were intending to take pip off everyone ? I can’t see that so what a ridiculous thing to say . Who decides who’s really disabled compared to a bit disabled. Surely we are all vulnerable if we passed the assessment. I don’t think they were expecting the backlash tbh. And the guy who dies a different bias on YouTube had to eat his words today too. Must of been embarrassing for him after defending labour
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They "tested the water" and realised it was scolding hot.
they WRONGLY thought with a majority they could do what they like, everyone is angry after 15 years of wall to wall nasty behaviour and aren't taking anymore, now they are panicking calling rare meetings and delaying the green paper for a week, probably to tip a few tons of ice cubes quickly onto those third degree burns from that test of the water.
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That’s (one of the MANY things being said by him) - “how disabled someone is” if he said something like that about any other minority group they’d be a uproar on the streets- it’s actually scary a lawyer turned MP saying these things 😳
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The comments about mental health conditions and 'behavioural' conditions taking up most disability benefits (that latter offended me so much, autism is NOT A BEHAVIOURAL CONDITION!) seems to be paving the way to try and cut down these eligibilities. But that was already attempted by Cameron, and it was ruled as being unlawful to rule out mental health distress as factors impacting quality of life.
I said it before but as a working disabled person, I've been made redundant by one government and had my job threatened by this one as well. People who want to work will only be able to if the govt puts pressure on/funding into making workplaces accessible (and most importantly, stamping out the current disabled people are lazy and fakers mentality that both this and the previous govt have been encouraging.
If the govt actually spoke to disabled people either in work or trying to get work, maybe they'd be able to build a system that supports those who can work and want to and thus reduce the benefit bill in a healthy, productive way. But they're not.
Another thought. Every MP has expenses which are paid for by the tax payer. I'm pretty sure they amount to more than the max provided by PIP. In effect, this means that the govt receive "benefits" funded by the "tax payer" for which their eligibility is negligible. I've also always thought that they should have a hall of residence for parliament, like students do, not have their own rented flats across London paid for by the taxpayer. Maybe let's begin with cuts to government freebies.7 -
a human rights lawyer that believes we are all equal but some more than others . I’m praying this back fires and his party turns against him and reeves
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I read an article in the daily mail yesterday but some ignorant journalist stating dyslexia and adhd don’t exist. Just wow , what next . Nit saying some ppl fake it but it doesn’t exist at all . It’s just ppl who never learnt to read .
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I know you couldn’t actually make it up. Well apparently they’ve had all the 404 labour MP’s at number 10 yesterday and today to try and get backing !!! Let’s just hope some have morals and empathy 🥺
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Do you think it’s a positive sign for us ?
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they may lack morals but they will surely realise if they back these cuts they’ll likely lose their seat next election.
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True! And Seats at local elections etc!
Also I noticed an uproar from the public and pensioners (rightly so) about winter fuel payments being taken off them. But they did it to me too (I’m not a pensioner) 2/3 years ago now without it being mentioned in the press I was just told by the government my property didn’t qualify all of a sudden?! 🤔
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