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Me too and I mask well but even an hour in anyone's company I'm drained I'm isolated because that's the only way I can survive when I work everything gets triggered I'm a non conformist I end up burnt out massive outbursts and so much more I've been arrested everything not proud of this I just can't cope around people really makes me ill
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Well it will be interesting to see what happens if Rayner takes over . We know where we stand if she put him forward as chancellor
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That sounds awful Catherine and that’s just who you are . You should be allowed to be yourself instead of having to conform to what society wants . All this over them saving what is a small amount of money which to any other cause they’re throwing it around.
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I don’t think so though he uses information from various sites such as benefits and work. He seems to be genuine to me . I also watch dynamic duo for information too . Rich is good for replying in the comments and will advise if he can and unlike some doesn’t charge a fee .
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I’m not being dramatic when I say it broke me and I never fully recovered. I was told by the legal advisor who was helping me she’d never seen a case like it where the system was so against me . And I had so much evidence the dwp advised me to appeal. For some it goes well as it’s supposed to do , for others not so well . I’m sure there’s been worse situations than mine . I don’t know if my conditions or unlucky with the assessors . I feel bad for people who are so worried about the application process they don’t apply , and it’s something that should be there for us and help us .
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You know when you start coming to terms with it all felt great shame for years even imposter syndrome I didn't think I deserved anything but all this happening burst my protective bubble like us all for different reasons I won't make it out there I give it a week then I can't leave the house turn my phone off avoid it all so many times I nearly lost my house no money for rent anyways they can do one keep emailing imagine all the mps offices all over the country email after email I'm sure they don't read all but still registers
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Wow it must be bad where you live . I’m in London and I’ve never waited that long . It be asleep by they time they answered me
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Sometimes it’s nice to to switch off . I’m happy in my own company.
You’ve literally emailed everyone Catherine, you’ve done so much . I can imagine them meeting up saying blimey guess who I heard from today , only Catherine . Just scrap the cuts for Catherine 😀❤️2 -
Yes same that's awful with at the same time
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He's such an amazing mp
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I just came here to post this Catherine.
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I hope he encourages others to stand up and fight starmer 🤞🙏
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He sounds great @Catherine21 😀
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Hhhh I got a letter yesterday saying my rent hadn't been paid for 6 weeks I first thought is it uc and I didn't recieve letter then I thought god it's all those mps I've emailed hhhh thankgod my rent was sorted x
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I just post the page lol he's like Jeremy a great human being
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From Benefits and Work site
NewsCitizens Advice condemn Green Paper cuts in hard hitting report
Published: 28 May 2025
Citizens Advice (CA) have condemned the government’s Pathways To Work Green Paper in a hard hitting report of their own, entitled ‘Pathways To Poverty’.
The opening paragraph gives a clear indication of the anger and frustration inside an organisation whose workload is likely to be massively increased by the effects of the planned reforms:
“By refusing to properly consult on its plan to cut billions from disability benefits, the government is choosing not to ask questions it doesn’t want the answers to. The cuts will have a devastating impact on disabled people (and their children), sending hundreds of thousands into poverty, and many more into deeper poverty. This will result from a series of arbitrary reforms that have been designed around savings targets rather than improving outcomes, inflicting hardship on people in ways that the government doesn’t yet fully understand.”
The 44 page report is carefully researched and referenced and draws together information from other reports, some of the many Freedom of Information Act requests that have been published and the experiences of its own advisers and clients.
One of the things it argues is that the impacts of the proposals are likely to be worse than the government suggests, because:
- The government used a dubious sleight of hand to reduce the number of people likely to be pushed into poverty. It counted people who would have been affected by the Tory WCA changes which never happened as having been lifted from poverty they were never actually put in. So, rather than 250,000 being pushed into relative poverty by Labour, CA thinks it could be as many as 400,000.
- The Green Paper doesn’t attempt to work out how many people will lose both PIP and the UC health element as a result of the changes, or how much they will lose.
- The government document doesn’t analyse how many people already in poverty will be more deeply entrenched in poverty as a result of the cuts, although an FoI request has suggested this will be 700,000 people.
Pathways To Poverty goes through the effects of restricting PIP eligibility, cutting the UC health element and making PIP daily living the gateway to UC health.
It argues that the cuts could push people further from work, rather than helping them into employment.
It concludes by saying:
The government must reconsider its current approach. We are calling on the government to cancel proposed cuts to disability benefits. More immediately, we’re asking the government to:
- Reverse the decision not to consult on cuts to disability benefits.
- Delay parliamentary votes on disability benefit cuts until all relevant impact assessments have been published. This should include the impact on other public services and the voluntary sector, and estimated employment outcomes from measures proposed in the green paper.
The report is a must read for anyone campaigning on this issue and should be compulsory reading for any MP voting on it – though sadly they are the least likely group to ever open its pages.
You can download a copy of Pathways to Poverty here.
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/citizens-advice-condemn-green-paper-cuts-in-hard-hitting-report
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