Upcoming changes to benefits
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Hope for the best but expect the worst, thinking of you all.
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Just read on the Sunday times that they’re increasing reassessments in hope that they can kick people off of their benefits. Every assessment I’ve had has resulted in PTSD and losing months of my life due to the trauma of it. I’ve been left alone for 5 years and now I’m scared to death about having another one especially a face to face as I can’t cope with them. This government are evil 5 years ago Starmer said he wanted to scrap ATOS assessments now he wants to do more of them despite the effect it has on people.
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What about autism that's not going to change , I also have a genetic joint condition and copd that's not going to get better
Starmer reeves are evil .why can't they leave us alone. Go after the criminal gangs who defraud, worried how will I pay my bills, there is no.way I give my cats up.i rather starve
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Same here, I eat every other day so I can keep/feed my dogs I'm not complaining at that as it's my choice but I'm hoping I've not got to skip more days as that affects mood too. Had to cancel my Wiltshire farm foods delivery due to £s so no complete meals now 🙄
and It'd be check out for me if I became homeless as i need bathroom constantly and there aren't any of them on the streets notwithstanding I can't walk/hobble far (long covid and copd).
Considering everything I'm quite upbeat can't imagine why. I might not be after 1230 and tomorrow my non eating day is my birthday so I am going to eat 😁
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It's disgusting what there doing, slashing out millions everyday for people. Where is our human rights in all of this, they should lower pension age to 60 in my case..I'm 58 so I would get it next year (december) but people who would of been retired are claiming disabilities
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I’ve been suffering with my mental health since I was 14 I’m 26 now it’s got no better I’m diagnosed with anxiety depression and EUPD traits and I’m waiting for an autism and ADHD assessment so it’s likely that and I’ll never be ‘normal’ but I’m scared of being reassessed because I’ve had no recent input from doctors since my refferal got sent in august 23 due to literally having every therapy on the nhs and it not working. They’re all evil and it’s stupid because there’s a huge backlog anyway so can only hope it’ll be a year or more before they get round to reassessing me. Such a worry and stress for people already suffering 😞
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I have bipolar disorder and with it being a lifelong condition that won’t change I’m worried that this new reform will target people like me - cause we all know those with mental health problems get treated poorly - and that I’ll lose my benefits and go through so much stress with all of this :(
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This is just baffling.. They started this government saying they were going to scrap over assessments as the Tories had proven it affected disabled peoples health.
Now they’ve done a complete U-turn and are advocating massive reassessment. It’s shocking.
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I was reading this thread all day yesterday before joining this morning. We're all in this together, and I fear the worst too. I'm high on the autistic spectrum and the gov have been talking very harshly about people like me. I'm sick with worry. But hey, we can only do whats within our power and capabilities.
Fingers crossed the news later will be less horrific than it sounds.
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I know my mum retired at 60 in 1999, she was reasonably well apart from osteoarthritis and spondylitis I think but sadly my dad died suddenly aged 67 just 3 months later so all the years working and then no retirement together with dad. She got very ill with cancer at 71 but survived another 2 cancers and 2 dementias until she passed away at 82, 2 yrs ago. I'll be 62 tomorrow so 5 years left to retirement/state pension but unless there's a miracle I don't anticipate I'll work again. I do feel very much for younger people too as I expect they'll increase it again in the future to maybe 68-70.
A man just passed away at 105 (I think he was the last survivor from the war, I cannot imagine being here another 43 years good grief, 43 years of more of the same nonsense! 70 would do me although ask me again when I'm 69 and guess I'll have changed my view 🤣 cheery soul aren't I? 🤣
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"On PIP, we are reporting this morning that - though the government wants more frequent reassessments of those claiming the benefit - when it comes to the most disabled, they will no longer face any reassessments.'
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@WhatThe saw that last night. That Sunday Times columnist, Syed, was vile.
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It's the government's that make us like that, my mum was 89 when she died in 2017 , I used to care for her. Plus bringing up my daughter. I never thought a labour government would do this.
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Starmer doesn't care about any of us. Never forget this folks. He cares about the billionaire Party donors whom he pledged he would always protect. If he were to go back on that pledge it would have implications for his leadership, it would make his party poorer and his wife would be deprived of luxury clothes from generous donations, just one recent donation amounting to 20 years worth of disability payments to you or I. Homelessness will also be an issue in the future as they have not done enough thus far to prevent rogue landlords from raising already extortionate rents. So many will not be able to keep a roof over their heads. In 2010 under Tory welfare reforms up to 600 people took their own lives due to cuts and aggressive assessments.. This time it will be thousands. This will be Starmer's legacy and it will come back to haunt him again and again. RESIGN NOW!
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From the BBC 20 minutes ago:
“When it comes to Universal Credit: at the centre of that system is the Work Capability Assessment - which essentially determines to what extent the state believes someone is or isn’t capable of work.I’m told that this process is set to be scrapped and replaced by something new which, the government hopes, will do more to incentivise those they believe can work, to work.”
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£675 million pounds spent by civil service last year on credit cards financed, they've cancelled the credit cards now. 1200 spent by Lisa Nandy's dept on 2 leather folders and 2.5k on a pair of shoes in Barbados. Jeez. I'd be putting my shoe so far up their backside and kick them right out far from Westminster. Reminds me of the expenses/duck-house scandal of Cameron's time. Think they need to be investigating fraud a bit closer to home.
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This will plunge so many of us into poverty, we have already been diagnosed as unfit for work for good reason, they are now going to change the goal posts and say unless it's lifelong,severe, or no chance of improving you will be assesssed more often. What the hell does that mean? It seems that only those with degenarative conditions will be exempt from further reassessments, or lifelong illness, but what about those who have trauma, PTSD, suicidal tendancies? Are they seriously saying get a job or we'll take your benefits, are they going to put these conditions down as mild to moderate because they are deemed as not life threatening?
They are unfairly targeting those with mental illnes and downplaying it just to stop our benefits and put us in the LCW group, look for work, be sanctioned and lose what little you already have to on. This is going to cause so much harm, suffering, suicides, and more ill health due to the added stress of DWP constantly on our cases. I'm fuming this morning.😖
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You're right. Zest for living life as well as we're able has been drained from us. I can't imagine living into advanced old age constant benefit reforms.
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The Work and Pensions Secretary is expected to deliver a statement in the House of Commons just after 12.30pm - although it could be a bit later than that if there are any urgent questions granted beforehand by Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
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"In general today, expect Liz Kendallto try to sound more upbeat - carrot as well as stick. She’s won a tussleto get £1bn of the money that’s being saved in this package reinvestedinto schemes to encourage people into work, and I’d expect her to spend time using that to reassure anxious Labour MPs. "
They're at it again - linking PIP to work
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