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

I truly believe this is the Libdem 2010 moment all over again.

They went into the Election stating those with the broadest shoulder need to pay more

because the Daily Mail and others printed non stop negative stories, Oh look the non dom tax and other taxes aimed at Rich people were watered down into the Inheritance tax.

Now Starmer says these reforms are a moral duty, I say this as a long term labour supporter

and former member until Miliband became leader I will NEVER vote for them again.

This thread is very active but 100% last Summer after the GE a story emerged that PIP was going to be the gateway payment for UC and WCA would be axed, When these reforms and the non stop leaks started to cause panic for the spin doctors they suggested owing to "Global" events it forced this.

No Global events would see them accept a brilliant deal from Macron that would see the UK on a 2nd tier with the EU that would drop red tape drop the bad situation of good being delayed owing to the divergence the Tories allowed, If the UK just aligned itself within a year

GDP Growth would be around 2.2% for basically just doing nothing other than assured quality of goods and services like when we were in the EU. Brilliant 1st step and the added bonus of making Farage and Co Furious. This is why you cant take anything Starmer and Reeves says seriously.

Like in 2010 they have made a political choice to YET again target disabled people, because since 1979 that's all its been target the sick and disabled keep messing around, 14 years of the NHS being underfunded after 11 years of Thatcher and they wonder why sections of society declined in health.

I know I sound like a broken record and truly sorry, but for them to stand there and keep saying this is for the "good" of people on Benefits…they just allowed the same people to endure months of worry for papers to use the PIP voucher story to make ££££ for Clicks

there was a whole stack of Stories they could have just said straight months ago these will not happen, but that would have robbed her of the dramatic raised voice of "NO PIP VOUCHERS"

in the HOC today.

I'm so, so sorry you're going through this, I really feel for you. One of my health conditions is ADHD and it just does a number on your mental health, the waiting lists are awful. I had to save up money and borrow some to go private to just get a diagnosis (I was a late adult diagnosis), I've given up on trying to get medication for it.

I'm currently working on putting together a guide to help people with ADHD, from diagnosis to every day coping, including resources, links etc. There are some things that can help including on YouTube just to cope with daily life and mental health. They aren't fixes but do help. My mental health's been a wreak recently partially due to these annoucements (also other personal stuff). once I've done it - or done a rough version I'd be happy to post it to hopefully help people.

Counselling helps me - CTB is a no-no for me. There are sites that offer discounted or sometimes free counselling (there's also the NHS Let's Talk but got a long wait list) - you could also get a trainee counsellor as they have to do a certain number of hours of counselling to qualify.

There are specific channels for ADHD and there's also channels for Autism-ADHD as well that can be useful.

I could give some tips/advice that help me if you're interested? No pressure though.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper

Scroll to bottom and click respond online to answer green paper questions .

Havent done it myself yet but most definitely will be .

I haven't scored 4 points in 1 set activity just 2's in each one and because of this I will not only lose my money I'll also lose my carer . I bet there are going to be thousands in the same position . Shame on labour !

They are stupid. And cruel. And spiteful. I assume you mean you're on LCWRA for ESA/UC? I was on this alone for years until I was enouraged to try PIP and it's made a huge difference. The process is gruelling and not easy. I was lucky I got an assesor who treated me like a human being.

Personally I would strongly enocurage you got put a claim in for PIP if you can manage - in theory you should defintely get at least the lower tier and possibly the higher one due to being in LCWRA. I would recommend getting someone to help you fill out the form (it's 50 pages) if you can and especially go on YouTube and watch some videos about it. There's a YouTuber Charlie Anderson who goes through the form page by page, she's blunt about what you need to put and more importantly how to say it to get PIP points - this is her job (she's on PIP too), she also does lots of work with tribunals etc.

If you do decide to go for PIP and want some advice, feel free to contact me. It'd be awful it the govt suddenly had a massive influx of PIP claiments over this next year and were overrun…(half kidding)

Bittersweet Symphony anyone? (sorry only Verve song I know!)

Same for me.

I get reassessed for pip next year with four years until state retirement age.

I currently don't have a score of 4 in daily living and if I fail to get it next year I'm screwed having worked most of my adult life.

The mobility is not been touched

if the esa legacy to lcwra migration doesn’t finish until 2027 what does that mean for TP if lcwra new claim is less from next April ? This is all so confusing to me . Now I’m hearing if esa on uc . I thought it was lcwra on uc

Don't worry too much, I am similar and could not travel for an assessment as am agrophobic, so they sent someone to my home to assess me. It took about an hour but soon passed and the person was able to see my aids I use to get about, walking frame etc. She seemed to quiz me but I also had someone with me during the interview. Try not to worry, I lost a lot of weight in the run up to the assessment!.

I am going to do the same.