Reform UK to scrap PIP, UC health element
On Monday next week, Reform UK will publish the most radical approach to slashing the welfare state in British history:
Reform will scrap PIP, health elements of UC and replace them with a "Health Security Allowance" that will only be available to the most "severe, enduring and high-risk cases". Other disabled people in need of financial support will have to apply at the council level, providing receipts and evidence for allowable additional costs that a Reform government will define.
For most benefit claimants, this will mean living on the basic Universal Credit Allowance plus any Housing Benefit entitlements.
Reform estimates 2.89 million people will have their disability payments' removed, or cut substantially.
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Labour's response: "Reform's £50 billion claim is fantasy economics, built on stripping support from disabled people and shifting costs onto employers.
The Tories: "This half-baked policy is just another Reform attempt to distract from Farage's fishy £5m and his embarrassing underperformance in his pointless by-election."
Labour are preparing their own cuts to welfare as the Timms review draws close to its final determinations.
The Conservatives are targeting at least £28bn in welfare savings should they win the next election - much of which will mean cuts to PIP, restoration of the two child cap, and a household cap on benefits that will include disability payments as part of the calculation.
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So what do they consider severe and high risk. This is worrying. My conditions copd and hypermobility syndrome disorder. My doctor referred me back to the rheumatologist for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Won't get better for any of them. It effects the whole body.
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They won't be doing anything of the sort because they won't get into government.
Better to ignore them and not give them free publicity here!
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Not known yet. They are publishing a policy paper tomorrow that may give us more clues.
Reform are currently about a 35% chance to win most seats at the next election. Most likely they would need Conservative support to govern, but a confidence & supply deal is not out of the question.
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You beat me to it - by 3 minutes !
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They'd be as influential as the LieDems were in coalition..
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I also came on here to post this. Its relevant as our community needs to be aware as it was always going to be the case that once the small boats crisis started to wain and reduce and it has their next divisive target would be the disabled and right on cue there we have it.
Hopefully Farage and Reform are on their way out but don't bank on it. This thread is important as people need to be aware and informed. Reform and Farage are not your friends unless you are one of their super rich backers.
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Yes, exactly. I don't think Reform can be ignored because they are currently only marginally behind Labour in the polls. And last year, Reform were heavy favourites to win the next election.
Cutting the working age benefits budget by more than one-third will be absolutely catastrophic for many of us. I'd need to find a home to rent at housing benefit level, which is basically impossible, and then live on about £400 a month for everything else - food, heating, water, electricity, council tax, internet, travel, etc. plus emergencies when something goes wrong.
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The good news is the chances of REFORM getting the keys to number 10 Downing Street are about as slim as me running a **** four minute mile - and i'm in a wheelchair.
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And they want me to vote Reform in 3 years? ****?! It'd literally be like Turkeys voting for Christmas or Thanksgiving.
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Both Labour and the Tories have condemned these plans.
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I also don't believe that Reform stand a cat in hells chance of winning a general election but the fact that they can come out and put such a ludicrous proposal forward as a solution fills me with dread about what the countries politicians could suggest next.
These are people who we are supposed to trust and put our faith in - not be petrified that they may get into power and destroy our lives !
Can you imagine - going back to the 19th century for cash handouts, queueing at the local council offices, cap in hand "Thank you Sir" for your weekly
pittance/ allowance ? I wonder what the local councils will say about reforms plans..2 -
Scratching the ears of the disgruntled.. let’s get the sick and disabled people off life line benefits and into the work place! Level up Britain. Gosh, what a time to be alive as a person with extra needs… always the go to group to threaten.
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- PIP could not simply be removed by the government
- Primary legislation changes: PIP’s existence and framework are set in statute, so repeal/major amendment usually needs an Act of Parliament (or equivalent).
- Secondary legislation changes: even if the core benefit were changed, the eligibility rules, assessment rules, regulations, and regulations-by-approval machinery usually sit in subordinate legislation that also must be amended or revoked.
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so what your saying is reform has no chance of getting this through ?
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Who wants you to vote Reform in 3 years?
We vote for the party of our choice.
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It's not impossible but would take a MASSIVE amount more than Farage requesting it - to start with, it would have to go through both houses in parliament - which can take years - with majority votes in both cases !
18% of Clacton residents are on PIP - what do you imagine would happen if he tried?
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Found this ,jenerick gave. Terrible man. He be opening up the workhouses next. Saying councils will provide services, how's that going to pay the bills
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I'm so fed up with the media reporting on every single hateful nonsense that comes out of the mouth of a party with only 8 MPs and knee-deep in corruption. A couple of weeks ago the Greens had a press conference on the climate emergency, with guest speakers like a firefighter, NHS doctor etc., depicting the difficulties they face in their line of work because of the current heatwaves. There were suggestions what to do to mitigate the damage, and calls for cross-party collaboration. And in the media? Crickets. The planet is burning around us, and the main parties are occupied with kicking the most vulnerable while making their donors even richer. With the enthusiastic support of the media, even the BBC which is supposed to be impartial.
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He has no idea how it is to live with a disability either mental or physical. We should all email him telling him what's it like to live with one. He will have blood on his hands if he does this. People won't be able to cope.
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