Spring Statement Discussion (link to documents here)
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Thank you. Not much to laugh at these days, but I always try 😂😂
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This is correct
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No choice but to laugh at them.
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This is correct
Unless there is a change of circumstances (CoC) in which case changes do apply.
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Absolutely - where is this all going to come from.
If you're 61, and IF you get awarded again.. that's the problem isn't it.1 -
Any news on new style ESA support group?
The merger of JSA and ESA?
The end of the indefinite award?
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They're just reading from a script , told what to say to get people riled up . But there is a bigger picture here . They are globalists .
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yes and the thing is most working people aren’t for this either and are more concerned about money spent on the immigrant and border issues going on, Labour literally have no supporters of this other than themselves and even many of their own aren’t with this either.
I honestly don’t know who these plans or what real powers thought of these ideas because this isn’t a Labour move, it’s all just very confusing and I pray that this doesn’t get the go ahead.
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Some people with mental ill health cannot meet with a work coach as mental ill health can be so debilitating, sufferers cannot meet with anyone. Those who qualify for that descriptor on PIP. Mental ill health can be a very serious illness and it can kill, instantly! People forget that.
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My review is this year , I have profound hearing loss and another condition , both incurable , the 2 hearing aids should get me 2 points which will get me the enhanced daily living and I get enhanced mobility, my award runs out next April and if awarded another 3 years will take me to age 65 , will have to find money from somewhere to keep the house , but I don't really think these cuts can get through . It is a direct attack on disabled people .
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Just saw on tv a crackdown on mobility cars as they are misused
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I'm entitled to one , but cannot afford it as mortgage too high . Typical worked a business for 30 years until I got cancer , finally felt secure and then this . Oh well we have a 2002 Toyota which serves us well , has passed all but one MOT and she keeps on going . I just take ages getting in and out as I have joint issues and nerve damage from cancer surgery .
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I'm glad to hear that. I thought it was four points needed. x
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Just to ask, you know when Reeves said "this will happen in 2026/27 or 2029/30" does this mean that the rules are set in stone now or are still proposals and they're just outlining their estimates of what'll happen in those times?
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She's just picking on the vunerable for her failing, she won't tax the rich tech giants as Ed Davy said. She dosent want to upset trump
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'Heartless' government has 'gone further than even the Tories ever dared' - Corbyn.
Five independent MPs have released a scathing assessment of the spring statement, accusing the government of going "further than even the Tories ever dared".
"After 14 years of Conservative rule, we were told that austerity was over. That was a lie," the statement, which has been signed by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, says.
"Ever since this Labour government was elected, they have chosen to balance the books off the backs of the poor.
"The government has not just refused to undo the suffering the Tories have inflicted. They have gone even further than the Tories ever dared.
"These cruel cuts are not just robbing the most vulnerable people of security.
"They are robbing them of dignity - and the government should be ashamed of the hateful rhetoric they have fuelled."
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Bad maths and loads of blah…
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ever since reading earlier that they’re reassessing people on UC I just feel completely terrified. I haven’t spoken to my doctor at length since august 2023 when they sent me to be assessed for autism and adhd because there’s basically nothing they can do for me. I’m scared to death I’m going to be reassessed soon and have my LCWRA taken away from me even though things aren’t any better than they were 5 years ago when I was last assessed. Last time I had a face to face assessment in 2019 it gave me PTSD that lasted over a year my memory stopped working and I had a nervous breakdown. I’m going to sleep every night with my heart beating out of my chest and waking up the same way, waking up every hour in the night and exhausted all the time. Sleeping 3/4 hours in the day most days. Just sick of all of this just want to be left alone
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This is the part that has me concerned "The Government will reintroduce reassessments for claimants placed in the LCWRA group prior to April 2026 with certain short-term prognoses (such as high-risk pregnancies or cancer treatment) or who, without LCWRA, faced substantial risk to their physical or mental health.
I won my tribunal with maximum points awarded due to "substantial risk". I'm currently waiting on being reassesd. Surely this will need to be passed by law before being implemented?.
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