Green Paper Discussion (from 24th March, 2025)
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I made a FOI request to see whether the government could have frozen PIP rates - which was originally suggested as an option.
"The relevant primary legislation here is section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, which places a statutory duty on the Secretary of State to review the rates of benefits and pensions each year, following a review of trends in prices and earnings over the previous year. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) must increase by at least the growth in prices.
The relevant secondary legislation is Article 15 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Or-
der 2025 (S.I. 2025/295), which increases the rates from April 2025."So - NO they couldn't
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I agree with you with most things.
I don't think age matters as long as the right training is provided, and how do we know the age of current WCA staff, they could also be 18. How do you know the next batch of staff won't be outsourced to a company for cheap? Why are these unknown people determining who is disabled and who is not?
The WCA might have some merit but there are a lot of problems with it, the main being it does not cover all disabilities. Now they are going to make it harder and technically remove LCWRA.
Yes, the propaganda has been around a very long time about people conning the system and the gov having no money because of it, the gov have no problem finding the money when they need to. It is a lie, someone is probably getting rich off these reforms that is why it is happening. If they wanted to tackle fraud claims they only had to make the descriptors tougher, why are they reducing the money, it doesn't make sense. They are using the propaganda to take from the disabled that is what it is about.
They can't remove descriptors from PIP or LCWRA because what will follow will be unthinkable. We will be third world. Millions will be affected and millions more in the future. Disability is only going to rise. The only thing they can do if they do not want to invest in the wider society is fund welfare more. I think the gov is making a big mistake with current reforms, they will have to reconsider the reforms otherwise I don't think anything good will come of it.
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That annoys me the people on FB tiktok giving tips alot of people never knew about pip but I'm sure dwp see the forms copied word for word I always write my own way from my heart but that is annoying I agree
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I'd never want job coach deciding if I'm well enough for work
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Help with backroom organising if you cant take to the streets,
A good idea, but impossible for most disabled people.
We need to find out who BESIDES disabled people
doesn't benefit from cuts in payments to disabled people and other vulnerable people.0 -
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Forgive me if I have missed it, when are the changes for LCWRA and PIP coming into action?
Thanks in advance
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Now every news article is about PIP because of Labour meaning more people will apply for it.
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I agree as someone with invisible disabilities my neighbours probley think same of me clean do hair make up which is a mask I actually won't be seen without it so the struggle is real saying hello having 5 minute conversations laughing joking is a mask put me around people for 8 hours a day I will crumble it's awful
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You was so right about timms I thought oh great when they said he'd be disabilities minster boy was I wrong
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Yh not a good conversation to have like physical disabilities verse mental health was pne comment i seen when talking of benefit cuts one person why dont they go for mental health and leave physical disabilities alone wow and my thoughts was no ones above anyone anyway touchy subject and so not good
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Sometimes it's better no knowing
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Be reassessed put down to lwc and eventually job searches i cant work so yes my main worry is lwcra
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Also if labour push through green paper may not enough time for people to challenge it in court like did we tories and labour have been hiring influences all through campaign up till now doesn't surprise me
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So you lose lwcra pip and some people carers as well
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President Trump is doing what he promised , whether people agree or not , he's keeping his promise . Our government lied in their manifesto and even worse what they are doing to us the disabled .
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Trump, misleads the public continuously. Every other word he says it’s a lie.
And yes, Labour Party have been more devious than him in terms of their manifesto.
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That depends if you watch MSM .
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Does anyone know if there is the new PIP form out to have a look at ? I read somewhere there was one leaked.
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A little more about the Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into the (so called) Welfare Reform Proposals
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/news/206290/governments-welfare-reform-proposals-subject-of-new-committee-inquiry/
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