Upcoming changes to benefits
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Green paper to be published tomorrow folks. See my post for details….
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What are they saying about TikTok and Mobility? I missed that.
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She's sorely missed.
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can do it the old foot and mouth way dig a big hole drive all animals in and shoot them sorted
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Oh, I read that as antichrist! I'm medicated up to the eyeballs 😆
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Apparantly from what I heard there is someone on tiktok telling you how you can get pip and a mobility car for £500
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In the seat Starmer has there are just shy of 22,000 disabled people the vox pops from his seat alone should make him wake the heck up, Like many others they would love Labour to point out where they said about all this at the GE, they had the Photo ops with the WASPI women then told them nothing changes, Axe WFP with such a brutal rollout it meant poor pensioners were treated the same as wealthy ones. Now the Disabled, See the pattern forming? He started off with policies aimed at those who were protected for years
then the right wing media printed daily stories that they themselves help create and promote
then new advisors were brought in and they directed policies at groups they knew were easier. Deny its Austerity all you want Its Austerity the straight to streeting Sequel.
I would love to know who these charities are who they keep saying we've got support and feedback from them because so far all the well known charities have issued nothing but warnings to them.
Bit like when the media covered all those YT channels "helping people cheat"
Hmmm.. the advice given was near word to word what CAB and others offer.
Again Kendall and Co just cant help throwing bait provided by the right wing media
who are clueless on the reality of being disabled.
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Me too medication is keeping me from flipping out. ☺
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Oh for people who don't need it or helping people who do? I'm sure they want to shut down any actual help and opposition to what they're trying to do either way, so they can push all these rules through.
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surely these charities have legal advisors ?
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So your medications are working for you😁
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For these last few months I've not been worrying much, thinking things may not turn out that bad, anything they decide will possibly take years to happen, I can save up to have a safety net for when those things happen. But lately for some reason I've been feeling worried sick, it's making me want to drink quite a lot of alcohol now and eat junk food to help me relax and give me comfort, but it'll be bad for my health, I already have high blood pressure.
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I'm being migrated to Universal Credit, and I'll find out my new payment amount on April 5th. I currently receive the enhanced rate for all my benefits, was in the ESA Support Group, and received the Severe Disability Premium (SDP). Previously, I understood that I would have transitional protection and would continue to receive the same amount as I did on legacy benefits. However, I'm worried that any announcements made tomorrow could affect my payments. Do you think I'll still receive exactly the same amount, or could these changes potentially impact my entitlement?
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Sorry I should have been more specific, for people that don’t need it and wouldn’t qualify he’s explaining how to do it
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Sorry but all this talk of 18-24 in work by April is just nonsense.
They MIGHT say that’s what they WANT tomorrow but there not a chance in hell it’s happening.The Green Paper needs to be reviewed and then fully published and then a consultation and then the White Paper needs to be published and then the legislation needs to be passed and then there’ll be legal challenges.
Not a chance that’s all happening in a month.
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Oh that's so irritating! The kind of stuff that makes things so much worse for us and why people think we're scroungers
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At the stage now I just wonder would they even care about the legal side.
My MP just made contact in the last hour, no copy and paste.
they fully accept what I said about
1, Who decides who are the people truly unfit for work
2, they agree any cuts to these people is totally unacceptable
3, again they accept the stress and the way this is being handled is just making people even more upset and worried.
Given the amount of bad feeling various policies have already generated my MP is one
now considered a marginal at real risk of Reform Gaining, They are already doorstepping
and the rubbish being spouted but its coming back to another point if people are so scared
they will listen to something you only have to look at the people who Trusted Trump
and now have serious Buyers regret. Labour seem intent on pushing people away who would normally be loyal voters and for what? so Reeves and her "fiscal rules" doesnt spook the Market but Trump and Co are spooking the markets 7 days a week sometimes 5 times day.
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We have also have had the dreaded brown envelope we have to move over by 7th June. I'm not transferring until after the April increase as advised. I don't think anything will change anytime soon. Like you and many others my anxiety levels have it the roof. This year so far I've had to do my hubby's pip and ESA migration to UC and the cherry on the cake the welfare cuts. I just hope and 🙏 that they are not as bad as what the media having being saying or is that me just been optimistic.
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Not really. The first domino came when they chose to cut WFA and condemn more pensioners into poverty.
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I just caught this on catch-up, MPs questioned the Work and Pensions Secretary ahead of expected cuts in Parliament this afternoon. The Youth Guarantee scheme will launch next month in eight areas. The Conservatives accused Labour of overseeing an increase of 100,000 young people out of work, training, or education since they took office. Liz Kendall blamed the Conservatives for 14 years of inaction, pointing out that their only plan, changes to the Work Capability Assessment, was recently ruled illegal by the courts.
Timms responded, promising a green paper soon with a detailed plan to support disabled people in work, something that was stopped in 2010. He emphasised they’ll address current system disincentives and support those unable to work due to disability or ill health. We’ll find out who they class as too disabled or sick to work in the very near future, as they avoided defining what this person looks like and also did not answer a direct question about cuts to sick pay.
An MP from Southampton raised concerns about a disabled constituent caring for her disabled daughter, worried sick about the proposed changes, and Timms apologised for the distress caused by recent speculation, promising a full impact assessment on the changes.
The discussion also covered fraud in Universal Credit and Pension Credit, people exceeding capital limits on means-tested benefits, and individuals living abroad while claiming benefits. It’s definitely worth a watch!
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