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

Your past assessment doesn't matter to an extent. Things may have progressed within your fluctuating disabilities. When it comes to a review, you mention these new aspects—aka, now finding you're unable to wash your own hair due to x,y,z, etc…

Youre not locked in simply because you didnt score a 4 in a single example in the past for care

Hi none of us know that yet.

PIP renewal :

You’ll have to describe how you’re now finding each task or activity. Think about if anything has changed since your last assessment and if it’s harder or easier.

Here is where ,(imo), you shouldnt have to overthink and worry if you scored no 4's in any care Q, in the previous assessment.

No omission of a 4 in a previous award is written in stone! especially given that each illness has many progressive nuances.

In any upcoming renewals, we can all explain our concerns with our previous assessments…aka- where you feel that given the evidence you gave you should have scored a 4 -in that previous assessment! And the reason why you didn't contest it at the time; because overall, you did receive the rightful award of enhanced & chose not to have to go through the entire process again for fear of the assessment becoming even more incorrect.

I think this contentious 4 will come back to bite them and become quite the stumbling block; highlighting the very flawed nature of previous assessments.

Yeah I appreciate that.

Its all so vague at the moment.

We really need further clarity.

’A #budget that was decent & fair would not slash £590m from the disabled & hand a £630m capital gains tax cut to the wealthy few next year’

A tweet from Liz Kendall in 2016.

Yes I agree.

Successive governments have said that work pays.

I worked for most of my adult life and saved as much as I could for my retirement yet we are going to be penalised for it even further.

I don't qualify for housing benefit and I only get single person council tax discount.

I was not illegible for free nhs prescriptions until I reached 60

There are so many disadvantages having worked so hard and paid into the system only to find ourselves being penalised for it.

Bitter Sweet Symphony

I'm in no way a labour supporter; but the Tories would have been far worse

Why do you think you'll lose it?

This is only the green paper, a wish list if you like!! Some or usually most of it will get ameneded or watered down because of pressure from mp's, charities etc. Hopefully the 4 point thing will be changed as it affects so many of us, myself included.