Hi there I don't think they R doing enough for the cost of living
Sparklebright63
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Hi to all,
I don't think they R doing enough for the Cost of living they need to increase benefits and make sure people are having more money for Heating ect:
My Son who is Working is Comming home this week because he cannot afford to stay in his flat due to the cost of Living Crisis a good job we have a spare room
Sparklebright63.
I don't think they R doing enough for the Cost of living they need to increase benefits and make sure people are having more money for Heating ect:
My Son who is Working is Comming home this week because he cannot afford to stay in his flat due to the cost of Living Crisis a good job we have a spare room
Sparklebright63.
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@Sparklebright63
I'm sorry to hear your son's been particularly impacted by the ongoing crisis, I'm glad he has a home with you and I'm sure you'll be there for him as much as you can.
If he hasn't already, I'd recommend trying the Turn2us benefits calculator to make sure he's getting everything he's entitled to benefits-wise.
You aren't alone and I think we'll all eagerly be awaiting the end of month announcement about benefits uprating.0 -
Sparklebright63 said:Hi to all,
I don't think they R doing enough for the Cost of living they need to increase benefits and make sure people are having more money for Heating ect:
My Son who is Working is Comming home this week because he cannot afford to stay in his flat due to the cost of Living Crisis a good job we have a spare room
Sparklebright63.
In your son's case instead of looking to the State to give more in handouts surely it is for him to ask his employer to increase his wages.
A worker who receives a 5% increase could quite rightly be annoyed if everyone receiving welfare benefits receives increases of 10%+1 -
There's been help but it doesn't touch the sides. The trouble is, the state can't fix it without changing fundamentally, reorganising to be about helping people be the healthiest and happiest they can be rather than about shareholder profits and military supremacy. It doesn't want to do that because the people involved have vested interests in it staying the same, so poor people have to suffer.
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Hi there,
Well it Shouldn't be Allowed to Stay the same why should disadvantaged people not have the same amount of money as wealthy people you cannot have one rule for 1 person and not the same for all this is what I hate about this country everyone should be treated aqual.
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The State can’t really afford to give people any more than they have, including the energy cap costs they’ve spent or will spend billions. They should do a u turn on the recent mini budget though which would help ease some pressure on upwards prices and mortgages etc . They could also put in place a windfall tax on energy companies larger than the one they already have but there’s not much they can do about petrol prices which have been exacerbated by OPEC recently. It’s a complex situation.0
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All public state employees are to receive around 5% pay rise. They too have had real cuts in pay with little or no increases for years.
Why should someone on UC who works the minimum hours (16pw) to maximise their benefit income get 10%+?
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Sparklebright63 said:Hi there,
Well it Shouldn't be Allowed to Stay the same why should disadvantaged people not have the same amount of money as wealthy people you cannot have one rule for 1 person and not the same for all this is what I hate about this country everyone should be treated aqual.
Sparklebright63.
Please tell me how you would go about doing that and more importantly how much would it cost?
There have always been those at the bottom of the pile and those at the top with so much money that they do not know what to do with it. It's called a capitalistic society.1 -
elahrairah said:There's been help but it doesn't touch the sides. The trouble is, the state can't fix it without changing fundamentally, reorganising to be about helping people be the healthiest and happiest they can be rather than about shareholder profits and military supremacy. It doesn't want to do that because the people involved have vested interests in it staying the same, so poor people have to suffer.It`s not about military supremacy, it`s called protecting the home front. I, for one, will always support an increased budget for military protection.
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woodbine said:I don't think anyone in govt. has suggested that UC will increase by 10%, I hope they do but if not I hope the increase matches the rise in SRP.0
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racyguy said:A worker who receives a 5% increase could quite rightly be annoyed if everyone receiving welfare benefits receives increases of 10%+3
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It sounds really difficult that you can't afford to heat your home @CharlieRose256. Would you like to tell us more about how you are feeling at the moment?
I can hear you are struggling. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything to help, even if that's just listening to you0 -
L_Volunteer said:It sounds really difficult that you can't afford to heat your home @CharlieRose256. Would you like to tell us more about how you are feeling at the moment?
I can hear you are struggling. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything to help, even if that's just listening to you0 -
CharlieRose256 said:racyguy said:A worker who receives a 5% increase could quite rightly be annoyed if everyone receiving welfare benefits receives increases of 10%+
That would be ridiculous - where on earth would the government find that level of money for everybody across the country?
Our benefits are all disability related that most others get. My wife doesn't even get the full pension she just gets 60% of the old State pension as she hardly paid any stamp due to bringing up two children as well as caring for me and, in my case, caring for her but neither of us get anything for those caring duties.
Personally, I would be happy with just the 10% for our State pensions and 5.5% on everything else.
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Teddybear12 said:That sounds a bit like "I am all right Jack" Why should Pensioners get 10% and disabled people not on State pension only get 5.5% ?
Such a mechanism does NOT apply and never has done to any other benefit. I understand that PIP is required to increase it annually by the level of inflation and nothing else.
Finally, those of working age disabled or not have the best opportunity of working and earning - 80-year-old pensioners like myself would be restricted, not just by disability but also by age and what that brings to the table. In my case up to this week I had two voluntary jobs. I decided that one had to go for health reasons. I retired from it - in fact I have never retired fully and don't intend to do so. I still put in over 20 hours a week.
Would I be worried if they cancelled the triple lock this year again? No, I would accept without question just 5.5% as I did this year when we only received 3% whilst wages were up by 8%. There is only so much money that can be given away by the Treasury.
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Teddybear12 said:That sounds a bit like "I am all right Jack" Why should Pensioners get 10% and disabled people not on State pension only get 5.5% ?
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woodbine said:racyguy said:Teddybear12 said:That sounds a bit like "I am all right Jack" Why should Pensioners get 10% and disabled people not on State pension only get 5.5% ?
Such a mechanism does NOT apply and never has done to any other benefit. I understand that PIP is required to increase it annually by the level of inflation and nothing else.
Finally, those of working age disabled or not have the best opportunity of working and earning - 80-year-old pensioners like myself would be restricted, not just by disability but also by age and what that brings to the table. In my case up to this week I had two voluntary jobs. I decided that one had to go for health reasons. I retired from it - in fact I have never retired fully and don't intend to do so. I still put in over 20 hours a week.
Would I be worried if they cancelled the triple lock this year again? No, I would accept without question just 5.5% as I did this year when we only received 3% whilst wages were up by 8%. There is only so much money that can be given away by the Treasury.
All of that is beyond my capabilities' and is far too stressful.
What that has to do with my voluntary work I have no idea - it's certainly not as taxing, tedious or stressful as what the PS are demanding of me.0 -
I am happy with what I get I think we have a better life than most , disabled people get alot of money compared to some we all go on about money example the people of Ukraine, homeless people I am grateful I have a home and money comeing in we in my opinion should be grateful and for all the money support we are getting from the government and local counciol payments we are lucky that we live in a country thst pays benefits and we have a national health service and in wales we have free prescriptions0
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Lisatho11987777 said:disabled people get alot of money compared to some
Not all disabled people receive what you do. Edit to add, being disabled doesn't automatically entitle anyone to any benefits, or extra money.
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