Upcoming changes to benefits
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doesn’t she work for the nhs ? If she does how does she face them . I’d be so embarrassed if I were married to him .
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I feel so sick over everything, I can't cope with all this.
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I'm OUTRAGED we voted out Tories lots due to austerity and threats to cut and hostility to the most vulnerable, only to all be going through another living hell . I sighed relief when Tories Lost had peace of mind for a short time then it all started up again . I honestly thought my MH couldn't get any worse but being carted off in an ambulance and unable to function showed me it can get worse much worse.
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Even if it turns out tomorrow not to be as bad its still unforgiveable the effects its had for months on health
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It was money from a donation Starmer spent on the coats.
"The foreign secretary insists the prime minister is "seeking to comply with the rules" and an investigation into a Labour donor buying clothes for his wife is "not a transparency issue".
Sir Keir Starmer is facing an investigation over a possible breach of parliamentary rules after failing to declare that some of his wife's high-end clothes were bought for her by his biggest personal donor, Lord Alli."
Excuses for sheer greed. Rest of us worrying if we can afford to eat. 😡
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I have had long term health issues since the age of 22, after being more than functional. I have struggled with fatigue, then pain, then mobility over time more than aging process. I am on legacy ESA, and I have noted some on here have seemed to have to a bit of problem with that, and I empathise that the UC rates are ****, but then my ESA rates were already cut around 20% by austerity. I didn't claim any disability for 9 years after a head on crash with a drunk driver then a random assault on resulting in head injury… I'm not making that up it really was as sh**ty as that. I tried really hard to pretend nothing had happened I was already struggling at the back end of last year as I have zero support from services or friends. I then had a PIP assessment, and had a brief uptick when rightly in IMO opinion it was upped after all these years, but then realised the ESA to UC transition cuts more in the long term than the PIP increase. So I already had the worry of PIP assessment, then the ESA to UC, now they on about further cuts. I think as I have plenty of medical proof / exhausted all options I probably won't get affected in the short term (they probably make the banding really tight to shift people off) but the relentless media discussion over whether people are grifters and whether people deserve a bit more than subsistence income has emphasised how I can't deal with this. I am genuinely thinking now I may soon reach a stage of residential care, but I'm only 49. On top of the effects of the stuff in my 20's, I had the symptoms but not confirmed MS attack in 2019, which took 2 years recovery. Before my 'accidents' I did voluntary work in a school for severely disabled kids, and in a day centre for disabled young adults. I also have a friend who has severe Cerebral Palsy, and she manages a job and has bought her own house, so I'm not getting why I go 3 months without a bath, and not seeing / speaking to anyone for 4 days straight as recently. I have a bungalow, and a council garage a minute walk away, and decent benefits as now, and a lot of people would happily be in that situation. But as I feel now, and for months, I'm a disaster waiting to happen.
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she’s as disgusting as him . I’m sure I read she works for nhs . Wanted to keep a low profile until he became PM .
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I hope Starmer has had a dodgy curry and is up all night crapping through the eye of a needle.😠
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My esa reviews are usually every 3 years.
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Its straight up bullying. Months and months of being treated like second-class citizens without even a shred of empathy. People have been driven to self-harm or suicidal ideation over this! I have no doubt that people have attempted… how can ANY of these politicians live with themselves?
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Lol. 😅
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Yes Starmer's wife is an nhs Doctor.
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I wasn’t aware that they review it regularly like pip .
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If my lcwra is taken like many others we will be as good as gone :( it’s alright for them to be in their warm homes and have a roof other their head not worrying about the stuff we have to on top of other things :(
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I don’t think that’s fair on the poor toilet , it’s bad enough seeing his face let alone his backside
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Even if it’s not as bad it’ll be because of the backlash not out of compassion.
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Hi
I have just joined, I have been reading with great interest, it's my son I worry for he is 24 has a diagnosis of autism, he has anxiety and depression which are part of who he is as autistic traits, he dropped out of school at 16 as couldn't cope anymore, even being with family is a drain to him, a day out of the house takes several to recover due to burn out from trying to fit in and appear what he thinks people expect him to be like, my heart breaks, currently he is at home with me but if he wasn't I know he couldn't manage, he cannot deal with hot things, so can't cook, he would break down if he had to fill in a form himself, he wouldn't leave home, as it is he needs someone with him, he gets higher pip daily, lower mobility, plus UC extra bit for not being able to work, are they going to provide one to one support from door to door if they want him at job centre, how costly would that be if not he would be sanctioned, as for work maybe an hour if forced then it would be melt down, I really am getting stressed about what's to come
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Sorry I meant pip.
Blooming brain fog.
For esa I was reassessed last year after having been untouched for 13 years
I remained in the support group.
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Exactly, and they won’t apologise for it either. Timms couldn’t even bring himself to say he was sorry today when he was asked
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I am suddenly getting really panicked about it all and chest gone all tight again. Really don't think I can take much more. It's like being emotionally tortured.
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