Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.
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I think your right you must email mp if they voted for we can only try I am so worn down by this but have to still try up until the last minute as I believe timms will not stick to his word because that's all they are he can change at anytime not a good time to be disabled at all
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Shame on Vicky Foxcroft! She resigned from the whip because she felt that she couldn't be in a position to force MPs to support the reforms. And she's voted aye on the 2nd reading! People on twitter are calling her a sellout!
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I hope this is true
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Hi Catherine, My 3 local MP's all voted for the bill to pass 😡My three are split into sections of the city, I emailed all three of them. The first emails I sent I made the mistake of putting my post code in and was swiftly berated lol and told that I could only converse with the one MP who represents my area. So I emailed all three again, this time leaving out my postcode etc, guess what lol 😆 they must have crossed checked because this time the other two didn't even reply, such A holes they all are 🤬I am going email all three again, short, swift and stinging emails this time, I don't care if they are not my ''named MP'' they all reside alongside me in the same city.
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I completely share your concern. When they say “most serious conditions,” it often feels like shorthand for “dying imminently.” But that ignores the daily battles faced by those of us living with incurable illnesses that do not fit that simplistic frame.
I live with incurable blood cancer. For more than two and a half years, I required blood transfusions twice a week to survive. After transfusion, I would get perhaps two days of minimal improvement before everything would unravel again. Walking became agonising, my muscles were starved of oxygen, and I would zonk out mid-conversation, completely unable to stay awake. My consultant explained this was not sleep but my body shutting down to preserve oxygen for my major organs.
My immune system is severely compromised. Over the years, I have undergone chemotherapy, blood and platelet transfusions, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy just to keep infections at bay. I have had sepsis twice. And yet, because I was not actively receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy at a given moment, the system could deem me “not in need” of assistance. My MP was visibly shocked when I explained this, she had assumed cancer is automatically protected. But that protection ends the moment chemotherapy or radiotherapy stops, even though the reality of still living with cancer does not.
This is not a loophole. It is a deliberate narrowing. And it will exclude people by design, not by oversight.
In her email to me on Tuesday, my MP said she is making enquiries into how blood cancer is treated under these criteria. Hopefully she will have more clarity when I see her this Saturday at the post-vote meeting. But I am also considering writing to Stephen Timms, because if our system cannot tell the difference between surviving and being well, then it is not safeguarding anyone. It is saving money at people’s expense.3 -
Morning Albus, could someone please take a look at the spacing between paragraphs? I’m unable to achieve the standard two-line gap. Thank you!
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Oh really oh no I thanked her well be messaging her I think thier all in it together hiding under the 4 point rule scrapped I'm so down this is to much for us all
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Same I've been emailing them all and when they ask for details I say your not my mp but just to let you all know you use your vote for this and we use our vote against you something like that I've never felt so low well I have but this labour government are sadistic and I think I have to accept this will go ahead
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I'm so sorry to hear this if you don't qualify then who will God all this worry I despise them so cruel inhumane I don't know how much longer people can hold on you have so much to deal with !!! They are rewriting the whole script I hate to say it but it's not looking good
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Hi MW, I am so sorry you are battling such a serious illness 🤗 I do hope your MP is better than mine, gosh, mine is so young and arrogant, if she was my Daughter she would not get away with that attitude. I am pleased your MP has promised to follow up on your questions, lets see if you get the response we all hope for, especially as it pertains to you and your situation. They all live in this bubble where they do nothing to help the people they are meant to serve. They have been elected as MP's yet also know nothing about the very nature of the things they are voting on. We live in very scary times and our future looks even more scarier, what will become of the disabled and ill folk, at this moment in time, very few seem to care at all, we are seen as a costly burden. I really believe the numbers entitled to any form of disability benefit will nosedive when changes to the assessment criteria are made, they will want that money back to fill that ''black hole'' we are all so sick of hearing about.
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Good morning.
I took a little time out and I haven't watched any news for two days it was all getting too much and I have personal issues to deal with.
Can someone please kindly let me know what is happening regarding welfare reform.
Many thanks. X
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How to find out if your on substantial risk for lwcra ? Can't find anywhere because if you on substantial risk for esa lwcra you won't qualify for severe category with labours changes
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SSo Is this saying everyone in substantial risk not in category for ssc pls tell me I'm wrong
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So are they wiping out substantial group for fit for work ? So in 2028 all that was in support group won't qualify under ssc and know we don't even know if having pip will secure that these these inhumane labour if this is so they will make more than 5 billion back pls someone tell me I'm wrong or explain I might be panicking
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Following a review, a number of comments have been removed as they completely go against the community house rules. We appreciate when tensions are high during incredibly crucial moments.
However, we cannot tolerate certain language, especially derogatory name calling. Not just within the community, but about any human being. It’s not who we are. It’s not what we stand for.
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Just scrolling through the forum and there are so many new random threads regarding the benefit reforms
Honestly its so hard to keep up when members don't post here.
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I agree luvpink. if I miss a day or two its really hard to follow what is happening. Maybe Scope could pin just a brief outline, bullet points of what's happening up to now but make it a post that cannot be replied to ? I don't know if they can or would do that but it might help.
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