The Green Paper Discussion (the document link is here too!)

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  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    no I’m really confused. And places such as CAB will probably need training to help ppl

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Online Community Member Posts: 413 Championing

    I am thinking that mobility is completely separate from the conversation about 4 points. I am pretty sure she said that it didn't affect mobility, and that the 4 points were required on one criteria to qualify for daily living section only.

    Not that that is necessarily great but honestly when I first heard it I thought it meant 4 points on everything to qualify for anything so in comparison to that it's not as bad as it could be.

    Catherine, if you have 4 points on any of the daily living criteria then your claim would still be the same, it depends how all those points you have for daily living add up across different criteria. If you don't, this will probably be reviewed when you next are assessed but not until that point. At present there doesn't seem an intention to review anyone mid-award, so if your next check isn't till 2030 or 2032 then it will happen then. IF these plans are adopted. And if I'm understanding it right.

  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 1,009 Championing

    That is my interpretation of the plans, it is possible my interpretation is wrong.

  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering

    Anyone currently in the process of migrating from legacy benefits to UC, do you think payment in anyway will be affected by this announcement?

  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 1,009 Championing
    edited March 18

    What is the end date of the award? The green paper does say existing awards will be honoured. So what you have now should be locked in until your next review is completed.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    do you know when the last legacy benefits are due to go over ? Cos surely it can’t be that those still not migrated get a lower rate

  • kitty69
    kitty69 Online Community Member Posts: 13 Contributor

    I’m the same, I’ve just had my review and got 3’s but as I passed I left it too but next time I will get letters from gps & consultants and get help filling the form in, I have a degenerative disease amongst other things so il never get any better, just worse

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    I haven’t had my letter yet but this what I’m worried about

  • middali
    middali Online Community Member Posts: 27 Connected

    hello, please can someone help me, I currently get LCWRA? No pip and I’m 23, will be 24 in July. I got lcwra in December last year, will I have my money taken off me or cut? When will this be, I know it’s not a definite but please I need some assurance I can’t figure out what it means for me. I’m going out of my mind x

  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 1,009 Championing

    I cant offer an opinion on what the result of your review will be, but you will be getting reviewed under the current (old) rules. The green paper is plans, not yet current legislation.

  • BlindBat
    BlindBat Online Community Member Posts: 22 Contributor

    Same for me. I was put in the NS ESA support group last year because I was blind. There is no end date and I was told I wasn’t expected to find work and my condition would not improve (eyesight).

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    make sure you record it . They’re crafty and will try and stop ppl from getting 4 points

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 407 Pioneering

    Could they change their mind on the starting of LCWRA reassessments again or is it set in stone?

  • Autistic_Superpower
    Autistic_Superpower Online Community Member Posts: 23 Contributor

    I think that makes me actually worse when it comes to renewal mind, as I score 18 points on mobility (10 and 8) so meet the 4+ points there.


    ‘However’ while I also currently get standard daily living at 10 points, I get no more than 2 points on each category there. So as things stand I’d lose my daily living completely - I’m guessing that means at my tribunal I’ll have to hope I score at least 4 points in any one area?

  • Julia21
    Julia21 Online Community Member Posts: 24 Contributor

    BBC - re: PIP scoring

    "The bottom line here is that a pattern of recent mental health claims has been based on a range of less severe issues. 

    The changes announced today aim to take Pip payments away from such people from November 2026. The government knows how many, and who they are. 

    For now, until the Spring Statement next week, we can deduce that there are hundreds of thousands who will lose their entire £70 a week or £3,500 a year payment

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 407 Pioneering

    If it's true then at least I've got just over a year to save, save, save, and sell a lot of my things so I've got a safety net to keep me going until I can hopefully get things overturned if I get classed as fit for work or put into LCW.

  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 1,009 Championing

    They could change their mind again, it does state it is subject to capacity as well, so they know there will be problems trying to get everyone reassessed.

  • LongRoad
    LongRoad Online Community Member Posts: 17 Connected

    yes I know.
    with my previous award they started the review process about 7 months before the award was due to end. But they had massive backlogs then.

  • dougie105
    dougie105 Online Community Member Posts: 21 Connected

    My partner suffers from cerabal palsy, is he classed as “severely disabled” under the new rules will he be likely to be exempt from reassessment?
    His condition can never improve, and he’s been through the assessments and tribunals and knowing that he wouldn’t have to go through this again would definitely give him more dignity.

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