Upcoming changes to benefits

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  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 768 Trailblazing

    Something I remember back from when Labour was last in power a ex cabinet member mentioned everything was decided between Blair, Brown and I cant remember the 3rd person around a kitchen table in one of their homes, and the cabinet meeting was simply everyone else being informed of what had been decided.

  • unsure65
    unsure65 Online Community Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    Alot of people have only just been given that increase and the way things are going we will end up losing £20 a month overall compared to Nov 2024-Jan 2025.

    To me it looks like there just taking back the higher money they promised and now lied..

    And still no one in the media or Scope have been asking why has the government over the last 3 months wanted the rest of the income related ESA moved over to UC ( 500'000 people?) with promises of over £100 extra a month only to be turned around to say you now going to lose over £120 instead???

    Something very fishy going on.

  • Fuji
    Fuji Online Community Member Posts: 49 Empowering

    https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-refuses-to-apologise-after-using-deeply-irresponsible-figure-to-exaggerate-benefit-claimant-rise/

    I just saw this, the dwp exaggerating the benefit claimant figures... doesn't surprise me that they would do that to push their agenda.

  • PatrickLondon
    PatrickLondon Online Community Member Posts: 12 Contributor

    There's a new press release preparing us for announcement of Green Paper: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/almost-two-million-people-on-universal-credit-not-supported-to-look-for-work

    😪😥

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 84 Empowering

    Work, work, work, work, the government are obsessed with it.

  • Jamk85
    Jamk85 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Empowering

    Just from reading this, it won't work this government are insane

    Liz Kendal says 200,000 of those in LCWRA are crying out for work.

    But in reality they would love to work but their disablity prevents them from doing so,

    They really need to watch what they are saying here.

    wasted taxpayers money if this does go ahead!

  • PatrickLondon
    PatrickLondon Online Community Member Posts: 12 Contributor

    I hate their wording. It sounds like they are doing us a favour with benefits cuts. 😡

  • Jamk85
    Jamk85 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Empowering

    True, i hate when they say it is unfair on those on it! i mean that makes no logic sense.. why can't the goverment leave those on LCWRA alone it is their for a reason.

    This won't happened fast, may take years and court cases i feel strongly won't win and will get watered down before any off these become law.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 774 Trailblazing
  • mangomungo
    mangomungo Online Community Member Posts: 162 Empowering

    I agree. People voted for change and he campaigned on that slogan, this wasn’t in the manifesto and in any other job if someone lied to get their position and then did the opposite of what they said they’d do they’d be sacked for fraud. Shouldn’t be any different for people in government

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 84 Empowering

    I wish Corbyn was still the leader of Liebour, I bet he'd sack Freeze Reeves and Killall.

  • apple85
    apple85 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Championing

    when you mention ‘he’ you are referring to starmer, not timms right?

    The thing is for a huge amount of the population there are limited options on parties available to vote for next GE (I know reform are getting a lot of support as they aren’t the status quo of ToryVsLabour - but once people have regain some common sense they’ll release that’s not the answer either)…………..prehaps we’ll have a situation like France where a new party gets launched and gets into power 1st try (macrons party - though that precedent isn’t the best enforcement either)

    Look I’m personal open to both Lib Dem’s and greens increasing their vote share and being part of another coalition

    But for me the best thing would be for labour to ‘sort themselves out’ whether by this existing team or a total refresh of the top team and restart (and every option inbetween)

    look it’s been years since the PM job was the most powerful position in government- however to the public the buck stops with the pm and they are the ones facing the consequences if things backfire

    Starmer probably wasn’t the one behind all this welfare reform stuff and has most likely been advised (or bluntly told) what to endorse and defend - but he’s a smart guy who should know the difference between right and wrong and if something feels ethically wrong he should be pushing back against the relevant ministers and advisers (and remember he does have the power to replace them if they aren’t able to do their jobs without making a big mess of things

    And yes on paper starmer is one of the most qualified mp’s to be dealing with world issues

    But in terms of issues at home I’ve been deeply disappointed in some of starmers rents quotes on welfare and implied thoughts on vulnerable and disabled (and what they deserve/should contribute)

    There is still time for him to change his position and repair damage that is clearly happening every day as this controversy grows (firing Kendall and/or reeves would be a welcome olive branch)

    But I don’t know how long that door will remain open to him to do lasting repairs (not just for the disabled community)


    it’s fair too early in this 5 year term to even consider starmers position as pm being untenable - but he and his team do need to repair self inflicted damage before this labour first term reaches the midway point in January 2027 (and mps start worrying about their seats in the next ge)


    I’m tried my best to be as fair as possible with this post

  • apple85
    apple85 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Championing

    People are more likely to ‘accept’ freezes over cuts

    (And certainly not both at the same time)

  • Moorgater
    Moorgater Online Community Member Posts: 63 Empowering
    edited March 14

    Telegraph reporting Number Ten 'slapped down' Reeves over her comments re Trump this morning. Rarely a sign of harmony in Downing Street.....