Upcoming changes to benefits

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  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    my first assessment was zero points from highest DLA. Assessor lied totally. Tribunal bullied me and erred in law so it went to higher tribunal. Then back to third tribunal where I got 5 years back dated 2 as it took two years of fighting them. Last assessor took over two hours on what dwp told me should be a quick assessment. She gave me less than two years but dwp increased it themselves. I thought highest for both was 10 light touch but I don’t know how they work that out. She tried to act friendly but I didn’t trust her.

  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 314 Empowering

    "I thought highest for both was 10 light touch"

    What do you mean?

  • alex25
    alex25 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Connected

    What I find unconscionable is how intentionally divisive they’re making this, it’s disgraceful politics. Turning communities in on and against each other, that’s part of this narrative. I’ll fight that way of thinking till my last breath. There are many others who have much worse health situations and others who have it better. But it serves a purpose to create mistrust amongst people as a distraction from the real unfairness and inequality in this country. Creating a sense of relief for some tomorrow and utter panic for others as they’re thrown under the bus is disgraceful manipulation. Whatever the outcomes I think it’s vile to be honest. 

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    some ppl get 10 year award and light touch reviews after that . I read somewhere years ago you had to have highest car and mobility to get it .

  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 314 Empowering

    I got the 10 year award, scored 16 points on daily living and 16 on mobility

  • Summerlove
    Summerlove Online Community Member Posts: 131 Empowering

    Private Contactors are cut throat especially when they have Government departments equally so.

    First assessment I had I thought it was genuine department with genuine assessment process.

    I spoke to who I thought was a nice enough accesser and it followed a call from a gentleman posh middleage man reading of money by sound of him asking how my assessment went I replied yes it went well. He then got really forceful in tone and replied "Yes well you can plan a journey". I had no idea what he was on about

    Result was losing money despite them having evidence of letters with a therapist at time saying I could leave the house .

    Stitch up job and not unique

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering
  • Jamk85
    Jamk85 Online Community Member Posts: 18 Empowering

    I am getting little fed up with the government saying, getting those back into work, what work is that then!

    So many are losing their jobs with labour in power.

  • geckobat
    geckobat Online Community Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    Guardian saying he's going to 'drive through drastic cuts despite opposition'.

  • ElizaRose
    ElizaRose Online Community Member Posts: 349 Empowering

    That all sounds really horrendous! After I sent the form back this time it took a year for them to assess me over the phone because of the backlog but it wasn't a long phone call and she just seemed to want to clarify a couple of things. She did call me out of the blue though which made me panic because I didn't answer it the first time because I didn't know who it was. It made me feel she was trying to catch me out, but she did call again. It was all very stressful but wasn't as bad I thought it would be. I do feel lucky about it but do still worry that they will suddenly decide to whip it away from me one day. Hopefully next time you should get a much longer award otherwise it's ridiculous.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    Mine ignored all medical evidence, my GP was astonished. She twisted what my specialist wrote and blamed my ME on a sick family member. Then wrote but she’s ( meaning me ) ok now . Although there’s no cure . Dwp gave me points for MR but I still went tribunal. The worst was the disabled woman herself. She bullied me and said inappropriate things. Then tried to remove points off me for a question I had been awarded points for by dwp . That would have left me with nothing. They were playing up to the dwp representative who was there and thought she was Ironside. Four of them questioned me as though I were on a murder charge .

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,353 Trailblazing

    I only ever get 3 year awards and I'm on highest rate for both elements.

  • oliverplace7
    oliverplace7 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    hope im wrong but i don’t think they will backdown on anything,just caught a brief piece on Google from the guardian saying that Starmer isn’t gonna give way on anything ,hopefully just a headline getter but I’m not so sure

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    it was exhausting. I begged her why do they keep doing this . I can’t get better there’s no treatment or cure . I was in pain . She then wrote that in the report and ticked review in two years . It’s not even a full two but 22 months

  • Popster2020
    Popster2020 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener

    I am 60 about to turn 61 and severely disabled. I am on ESA (contributory) support group which was awarded on an ongoing basis and the enhanced rates for daily living and mobility for PIP which was awarded for 10 years when I was 59 (I think this is also classed as ongoing). Just had a look at my points and I was awarded 24 for daily living and 12 for mobility.

    Does anyone get a sense of what changes will look like in practice? I see three options:

    1) The changes will be implemented at review (usually a year before the current award expires)

    2) The existing points on the last application will be used to determine rates / eligibility going forward

    3) A new application will.be required

    What do people think is the most likely option?

    Regarding points, I think you need 12 currently to get the enhanced rates but that's moving to 16 (if some news outlets are to be believed) and you require at least 2 lots of 4 points as well as the extra 8 from elsewhere?

  • geckobat
    geckobat Online Community Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    Going on everything else they've been doing, I worry this is what will happen. They do whatever they want now.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    this is where they waste money paying for constant assessments. As soon as you get your award you have a bit of breathing space then the worry again

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,353 Trailblazing

    Well they didn't give in over the wfa or the farmers inheritance tax despite the protests so its not really looking good for us.

  • evelyncourtney
    evelyncourtney Online Community Member Posts: 61 Empowering

    The Green Paper is published on the government website tomorrow at 12.30, Kendall begins her speech at 12.30 also

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 378 Pioneering

    I watched a bit of the parliament today and they did seem to make a point of protecting ppl and that the disabled will be pleased. So 🤞 it’s not so bad