The Universal Credit Bill becomes law. Here are the changes to disability benefits you need to know
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Hi WhatThe
I agree with what you say in your last post. I remember those days well No doubt you also know how an awful lot of people in Joe public don't know the sequence of events. They just remember tories taking over then manipulating esa then introducing what they thought was their jewel in the crown and there Chancellor introducing it in the commons as a "herculian" effort by IDS. Can't fault you what you said about the backbenchers who supported the bill(on every side). Makes me feel ill about IDS being compared to hercules.hercules' mother must be turning in grave!
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Hi Socrates, I don't remember hearing the Hercules remarks.
IDS resigned because he thought George Osborne had given the game away with a hint in his 2016 budget speech. Then he blamed the Chancellor for his own £12 billion cut to welfare benefits.
I watched as Owen Smith (L) helped a forgetful Stephen Crabb (C) get that Bill over the line at third reading before trying to unseat Jeremy Corbyn during the Brexit campaign of lies in 2016. We have IDS to thank for Brexit, too..
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Hi whatthe,
I remember it like it was yesterday.the sight of IDS standing in the doorway of the commons gloating with pride about himself and how Osborne praised his efforts still make me cringe even now.
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The Quiet Man has been rather quiet of late. That usually means things are going to plan.
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Whatthe,
as a footnote we all know what IDS can do with his "salami slicing" theory as well don't we.
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Re:quiet man probably busy putting a bid in for a certain island maybe up for sale, if you get my drift 😉
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No, I don't! Save me from having to google his blooming name, will you? 🙏
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Thankyou yes I be doing phone claim I will call cab tomorrow yes just get it done
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Who's the "quiet man" @WhatThe? 😅
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I hope housing benefits don't change before I move into supported living
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I was told to submit the form the day after my esa payment as it carries it on.. I then got a transitional payment a fortnight later.
Then I had the biographical phone call which was simple and quick then said I'd need go to jobcentre which I stressed about but was quick n nice lady but because the date of my jobcentre interview was after another fortnight I got another payment that I shouldn't have which was deducted from my first UC payment.
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OOh OK thankyou I try do Wednesday
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Am I the only one who feels like the constant changes to Universal Credit and disability benefits are really hard to keep up with? Every time I think I’ve understood what’s happening, something new comes along—cuts, freezes, protections, delays—and it’s so overwhelming.
I know the government says some people are “protected,” but … It doesn’t feel very disability-friendly or accessible when information keeps shifting and you have to dig through pages of rules just to know where you stand.
I’d love to know—does anyone else feel the same? How are you coping with all the updates? Do you have any tips for keeping track of what applies to you?
Cherry 🍒
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I’m not coping very well with the whole thing. It just feels relentless and certainly isn’t helping me feel any better or more able to work. So, it’s not having the effect they want on me!
The one thing I have done to help me cope - my GP always reassures me when she sees me every month but her reassurance doesn’t last when I’m at home alone with all the scary stuff. So, I asked her to write down what she says to me so now I have a letter I can read when I get overwhelmed with it all.
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Ive got to the 4th December I keep saying i do on next esa payment and I dont suppose I really better on Wednesday dreading it
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@Albus_Scope @Catherine21 Mr John Pring is an excellent disabled journalist. Respectfully, his news article you are quoting does not refer to Stephen Timms at all .
John Pring clearly states in the article (unaltered)- “the lead disability minister for the Treasury, Lord [Spencer] Livermore – who leads on welfare policy for the Treasury and was director of strategy for Gordon Brown when he was prime minister – failed to put in a single appearance.”
While every MSM smears disabled people as scroungers and drain on the welfare system, John is the only person who speaks truth and his relentless work in exposing several truths and pushing for ongoing inquiries of deaths of several claimants by DWP is commendable.
please let’s show some gratitude for his excellent journalism.Thank you 🙏
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It was actually the Tory plan to link PIP to receiving UC health element, that pushed me into applying for PIP which I was subsequently awarded.
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Reading more articles saying job centre to contact all on lwcra to engage in preparing for work? Is that why want all over to UC
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my wife has been contacted through UC in regards to the above. It is a voluntary option at the moment but i believe this is where it starts and eventually it will become compulsory.
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DWP announced yesterday. Specialist Jobcentre staff redeployed to give skills and employment support to tens of thousands of people with no requirement to look for work.
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