Need some help responding to letter from my MP

Dav1D

Hi,

I need to draft a response to the letter below from my Labour MP, and need some help with it, please.

My MP writes sentence like 'There will always be some people who cannot work, and I assure you that they will be protected'

Well I dont think thats true is it?

If anyone reads any of the paragraphs below which need to be challenged, and can highlight why it is inaccurate, I will use it in my response.

Many Thanks.

''Thank you for your email.

I understand the concerns you have raised regarding changes to disability welfare. People are understandably fearful when they hear about changes to the benefits system, and I want to be clear up front that the reforms announced by the Government will not result in any immediate changes to anyone’s benefits. 

I believe that we need a welfare state that is there for all of us when we need it, now and in the future, that protects those most in need, and that delivers equality and dignity for all. There will always be some people who cannot work, and I assure you that they will be protected. 

The Government is looking at ways to ensure that those who will never be able to work are afforded confidence and dignity by never having to go through reassessments, and it is proposing that those people continue to receive additional support through Universal Credit (UC). 

Around 1 in 10 of those who will be claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) at the point when the changes come into force will be affected by 2029/30. This Government is committed to funding our welfare system to protect the people who need it most, which is why spending on health and disability benefits and PIP will still be higher at the end of this Parliament. 

I would also like to reassure you that anyone currently in receipt of the Universal Credit health component will see their benefits remain steady in cash terms while they benefit from a higher standard allowance. The reductions to the UC health top-up will affect new claimants, not existing ones.

I was elected on a pledge to put the voices of disabled people at the heart of policy. A public consultation has been launched on many of the Government’s proposals, including changes to support for under 22s and a new Unemployment Insurance, as well as how those who may be impacted by changes to PIP can be supported. I urge any disabled person or representative organisation to contribute their views to this.

I want to see a social security system that gets decisions right the first time and focuses on what people can do, not just what they cannot. That is why I welcome the Government’s record £1 billion investment in tailored employment support for disabled people. This comes alongside efforts to break down barriers to work and create healthier, more inclusive workplaces. Disabled people deserve the same opportunities as anybody else. 

The plan will also tackle the perverse incentives of our welfare system. It will increase the standard allowance above inflation for the first time ever, with a cash increase of £725 per year, on current forecasts, for a single household aged over 25 by 2030. 

Crucially, the new "Right to Try" guarantee will ensure going back to work itself will never lead to a reassessment, giving people the confidence to take on new opportunities. 

The broken Work Capability Assessment, which many constituents have said they hate, will be scrapped. This will simplify the process for attaining health-related benefits into one single assessment and end binary categorisations of can and cannot work, helping people who can work to access support to do so.

I am confident that these changes will enable disabled people to live with dignity, while making sure the welfare system is sustainable in the long term. This is essential, above all, for the people who depend on it.

Thank you once again for contacting me about this issue.

Yours sincerely,''