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I disagree that the general public don't care about the disabled community.
Of course there will always be some who believe the nonsense they see and read in the media but the parasites who print these things are out to make money and divide people politically.
I do feel the majority of descent members of the public will be outraged and they will come out on our side just like they did with the winter fuel allowance.
I am determined to try and remain positive and not let any of this consume my mind day in day out, night and day.
I have been sat on a bench in the sunshine today overlooking the sea and tonight I will sip some pink gin and watch the soaps on television.
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Reading comments on the mirror people are mostly on our side . Unfortunately it doesn’t fit the msm agenda to tell the truth about the support from the public.
Enjoy your gin and soaps luvpink
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Hi lovely
I know its really hard but try to find something positive to focus on every now and then.
Watch a film, have a bit of chocolate or whatever may give your mind a rest from this.
Please take care. X
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Oh I'm not the brightest when comes to stuff with files and internet
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Have a look at the telegraph 😂🤦
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I’m not subscribed so can’t read anything. What’s interesting there ? You mean horrible comments about disabled ?
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Yeah , the comments are awful , were all taking the system for a ride in their opinion
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BBC News comments are the same clueless bunch they are
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The Telegraph bloody detests disabled people yet for some reason can't understand that elderly people can become disabled. Most of their readership are of pensionable age ironically enough.
It seems that they want welfare just for them and nobody else, not generalising, just predominantly the Telegraph readership.
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Yet anyone can become sick or disabled, people forget that
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people in general like to have a group they can scapegoat, if it’s not the migrants it’s the disabled. Makes them feel better about their lives to know there are people worse off and more vulnerable who are easy targets. It’s human nature I’m afraid. Where would we be now with Corbyn as Prime minister, A lot better off I reckon, if only.
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The more I read the more I think I'm doomed 😔
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You know what aswell , and I cannot believe I would ever be saying this but..... I think I hate starmer more than Johnson 🤔 tough one though , I despise Johnson and everything he stands for but starmer is running him extremely close ..... Forgetting welfare for a second , Liz Kendall for me is one of the most aggressive , unlikeble, nasty politicians I think I've ever come across , she is vile , and I don't use that term lightly
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I don’t think any politician would be as bad as Starmer and Kendall . They’re pure evil. Others I think would have u turned by now. But Starmer and Kendall have a hatred that they can’t hide .
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@Passerby I’m going through migration to UC at the moment and so far it’s been ok.
- I applied quite quickly once I got my letter - just because having it sit at home glaring at me would stress me out. I chose to get it over with. You’re best submitting your form the day after your ESA payment. I worked out dates from that which fitted into getting my meds in the 2 week run on of ESA. It left me 4 possible dates.
- I didn’t have to upload anything when I filled the form in. I filled the form in with help from CAB help to claim webchat but then waited a couple of days before I pressed submit. The form is quite simple - I just got stuck on a couple of things.
- A driving licence won’t allow you to verify your ID online. The options for that are extremely limited. I added a note to my journal as soon as I got access to it requesting a biographical phone call to verify I’m me and they were fine with that but I still had to pop into the jobcentre reception with my bank card to verify that.
- 4/5 I also added a note to my journal requesting alternative payments - rent direct to landlord and to be paid twice a month. The person who did my biographical phone call asked me if I’d like to do these and requested them for me. They also gave me my payment dates and made sure I knew how to access the advance if I needed to.
Everyone I’ve spoken to has been lovely
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i would say all these questions have been answered time and time again this thread is more like a comedy show at the moment i am sorry to say
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hi passerby ,
omg we jinxed you 😩. First I would say don’t get stressed out as it’s not as bad as I’d been told years ago and I’ve missed out on the extra money all this time as I don’t get SDP.
I applied straight away as it was more money basically. So you will get one last payment of esa which for me was two weeks . So you only go without money for the other 3 weeks. I applied a couple of days early so I had the over lap of housing benefits which has caused a slight issue . I should of applied on the day my esa came in so it would be two weeks later exactly if that makes sense .I filled out my form online but a couple of questions confused me so I called uc . They put me through to CAB but I didn’t want to wait online. I google cab help to claim and did live chat . I asked if I could speak over the phone and they called straight back. They went through everything with me . I think I had the option to download my ID and was asked for passport and drivers license but I don’t have either so I don’t know if you can use just one or the other. I was given an interview appointment at the job centre but I left a message in the journal and asked for a phone appointment for a biographical id. They agreed and called me on my appointment time instead. Nice lady called and asked a few questions such as other benefits I’m on , roughly how I get , who lives with me . Nothing I couldn’t answer thankfully cos of my brain fog . I asked to have my rent paid directly as I said I have brain fog and don’t want the responsibility which was fine . Then I asked for fortnightly payments which was also fine.
So far I haven’t been asked for bank statements etc , not yet anyway.
They told me when I’d get my first payment.
You then have to contact you landlord and they have to send a uc47 to uc. When I called they’d already heard from uc no problem.If you’re on esa support group write a message in your journal telling them you are in support group . They were already aware but I did that just in case. So far apart from my housing benefits messing up a bit it’s gone smoothly. And according to cab it’s my council that’s at fault not uc .
If you call cab and they help you they help you until you get your first payment so you can still call if you think there’s a problem. I just made the mistake of applying a few days too soon .CAB 0800 144 8444
Online can help to claim
Don’t worry though it was nothing like I imagined with all the horror stories I’d read .
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