Disability Benefit Cuts - Take action before July 9th.

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,354 Championing

    What time today thought was 12.30 ??

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 2,387 Championing
    edited July 9
  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 2,387 Championing

    19:00 isn't late by MP's standards!

    The late evening vote allows as many as possible to turn up, especially good for HMG to get as many of their troops into the aye lobby.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,316 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @Wibbles . Not sure, it might be standard to be done end of day. They're currently discussing the bill as we speak, so it may be later to allow time for this. It's all a little new to me as I've only started watching parliament more closely since the benefits welfare bill.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,316 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited July 9

    @secretsquirrel1 Rachael Maskell is raising the fluctuating issue now in Parliament and her proposed amendment. Looks as though as it stands, people would potentially be returning on to the lower amount. Doesn't specify SCC/non-SCC, she's pushing for all to be protected.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 2,387 Championing

    I see Timms and Kendall have brought all their mates with them (not), just two nodding dog, lackey PPS!

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,042 Championing

    Thank you for the update. I really hope fluctuating conditions get included more for not having constant assessments than anything else 🤞

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,316 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited July 9

    @secretsquirrel1 Kirsty Blackman is addressing it now too. She's just said DWP press releases say fluctuating will be covered in SCC. Bill says has to be constant and so she's requesting further clarification from the minister. She's going in to more detail but I'm struggling to keep up typing it all 😅 but the fact that they're raising this can only be a good thing. Light is being shone on it quite a bit today.

  • Danny123
    Danny123 Online Community Member Posts: 181 Empowering

    Hopefully people in our position

    ESA / lcwra or just lcwra will maybe even get away with not being reassessed at all untill 2029 .... Although I'm expecting one

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,042 Championing

    Thank you so much . This could help so many of us with fluctuating conditions 🙏🤞

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,316 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited July 9

    Sorry, me again @secretsquirrel1. Feel a bit like a parliament commentator this afternoon 😅

    Timms has responded to this challenge, and referenced it'll be based on the descriptors and how that person is doing at the time as far as I could tell. Kirsty Blackman has then called on Charities etc to hold him accountable to those words in the future when it comes to legal action on behalf of disabled people if ever required. Hope I've explained that ok 🙈

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 2,387 Championing
    edited July 9

    Oh, no, the dangerous Communist, John McDonell on his feet. We should be so thankful that such far left Marxists like he didn't obtain power (sarcasm).

  • Passerby
    Passerby Posts: 786 Championing

    The stress will never go away entirely as long as there'll be political parties that are jumping over one another to cut welfare, but it's worth enjoying every short pause we can get.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,042 Championing

    No thank you for the updates as I haven’t seen anything on the guardian or sky news.
    I’m trying to understand what Timms means. Is it you have to fit the wca descriptor plus lifelong according to nhs etc but fluctuating is included if your condition is bad enough at that time ? So it doesn’t have to be constant ?

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 3,316 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I think I'm going to have to re-watch his comments later to try to digest further as it was a very swift response. (I can't look back at the moment as watching live).

    There are a lot of powerful and passionate arguments against this bill being passed again today which is good to see. 💜

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,354 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,354 Championing

    Wow zarah sultana and other great mps have me in tears

  • mrsBB
    mrsBB Online Community Member Posts: 299 Empowering

    Why so few MP's interested in this ! The place should be jam packed, pardon my French but its bloody disgusting how few are there 😡

  • LIVEDANDLEARNED
    LIVEDANDLEARNED Online Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering

    I’m a little confused, is the disability amount of LCWRA going to stay the same for people already in receipt of it, but be different for new claimants, or it’s being cut for everyone? Cut completely? Can someone summarise for me as I can’t scroll for too long reading as it messes with my eye?

  • onlymeagain
    onlymeagain Online Community Member Posts: 215 Empowering

    Which is disgusting. They should be there for such an important debate. Just shows how little they think of us.

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