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

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  • Jenwren
    Jenwren Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering

    God, I'm so sorry. Please keep in contact with this forum, there are people that care about you. People and organisations will fight this ever damn step. Please, please remember that a green paper is a govt wishlist - it is NOT the law. That won't happen for a while. There are legal steps the govt has to take for this to become law and it's not quick. Not even a majority govt can ram legislation throuh in a few months. There are debates, readings and votes in parliment - they can't skip this. No matter what.

    Please, please keep messaging us, we're all here to support each other.

    If you're in immediate crisis and want to harm yourself - please, please, please ring the Samartians ASAP (116 123). They are ope 24/7 365 days a year: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ - you can ring or email them. They deal a lot with people who are sucidal and I have friends that are suicidal and they ring them regularly - you can ring them every day if you need to.

    There's also National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK on 0800 689 5652

    Papyrus (if you're under 35) on 0800 068 4141 (24 hours, 7 days a week), email pat@papyrus-uk.org or text 07786 209 697.

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    Please get in contact with them and keep messaging us here.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 619 Trailblazing

    this is what worries me . Apart from care homes and terminally ill patients at home how many are provided with professional carers ? Think how many wouldn’t qualify. But then it would mean hardly anyone getting carers and having to work. The local council would have to provide a lot more support and would not be able to .

  • pinkrose
    pinkrose Online Community Member Posts: 160 Empowering

    I know it's hard summerlove, but please don't give up or wave goodbye to what you are and rightly so entitled to.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing

    But then there was a law change 2019 saying you can get support from family friends doesn't have to be a professional I think it's for out and about but still

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing

    I agree pinkrose very serious conditions your scared it's just come out remember this is the green paper people will see the horrendous affect its having we really do care you are me and I am you we have charities wonderful activists who are also on pip thousands voices no all hope is lost give yourself time to come down from the fear you been really really triggered your not alone ❤️

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing

    Just read that people saying it's not like a proper consultation not really giving disabled people opportunity to express themselves just what can we do to get people to talk to us something like that I wrote Just leave us alone said its a mass culling going to write every week

  • Donna_donna
    Donna_donna Online Community Member Posts: 28 Empowering

    There's always some disgusting vile ulterior motives behind all this kind of mass fear mongering.

    I think they should all be sent to fight for the wars they so desperately want to perpetuate (for money)themselves, and leave disabled people's money, who they want to use to pay for it alone.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 4,720 Championing

    Oh OK thankyou very much for explaining Oh pls 🙏 may it be watered down put an end to this ongoing on slaughter this started October 2023 and it's been constant I hope your OK

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Online Community Member Posts: 126 Empowering

    From what I read on Benefits & Work website it's not even legal due to the consultation thing again, I only understood some parts of it, but if it's true why aren't legal people and Ellen Clifford etc taking them back to court, if only to slow them down and show them we won't accept their ridiculous proposals?

  • YogiBear
    YogiBear Online Community Member Posts: 131 Empowering

    I will be mentioning it as well in my responses to the Green Paper.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,639 Championing
    edited March 19

    MP's had the same conversation in 2015! Full employment no less!

    (House of Commons Library - briefing paper) 32 The aims of ten years of welfare reform (2010-2020)

    Section 15 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 amended the Welfare Reform Act 2007 to remove provision for the payment of the WRAC, in both contributory and income-related ESA. Section16 of the 2016 Act made equivalent provision for Universal Credit. Removal of the WRAC was justified on the basis that it would improve incentives for people to prepare to enter the labour market. In his Summer Budget 2015 speech the Chancellor referred to the “perverse incentive” whereby ESA claimants in the WRAG received more money than claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance “but get nothing like the help to find suitable employment.” The Chancellor noted that while the JSA caseload had fallen by 700,000 since 2010, over the same period the numbers on incapacity benefits including ESA had fallen by just 90,000, despite 61% of claimants in the WRAG saying they wanted to work. The Budget documents expand that: Increasing employment levels amongst people with disabilities and health conditions are a key part of the government’s aim to achieve full employment. The current system creates a financial incentive to claim sickness benefits over Jobseeker’s Allowance. From April 2017, new claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) who are placed in the Work-Related Activity Group will therefore receive the same rate as those claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, alongside additional support to help them take steps back to work.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 619 Trailblazing

    I’m sure they are but need to go through it all

  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 76 Empowering

    I've just read online that some of the benefit changes are going through without consultation. Has anyone else heard this? This was from the MS Society.

    "The government is also forcing through its changes to PIP and the WCA without consulting on them. It's unacceptable they're denying disabled people their say on changes which would have a significant impact on their lives.22 hours ago"

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 247 Empowering

    It says in the Green Paper they are restarting them. I have the same fear of being found LCW. It is just playing on my mind constantly.

  • Pirate008
    Pirate008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    You are welcome, no, I do not have a 4 but feel I should have. I will wait for a while to see what else is said/written by the Government before I delve in any deeper. Sorry, I have not looked at LCWRA but understand that PIP will be used in any assessments rather than separately, I stand to be corrected.

  • pinkrose
    pinkrose Online Community Member Posts: 160 Empowering

    I have enhanced for both and have met 4pts criteria on 2 descriptors for daily living.

    But I'm due for review in November 2026, just as these pip changes come in.

    Things have got worse for me since my last review in 2023, I spoke to dwp when I was forced to migrate to uc , they told me im also due a reassessment next April for my esa /uc...so reassessed at the point of change for both benefits.

    To say I'm terrified is an understatement, however if I am assessed proper and fairly, I should be put into the severe category with no reassessment required. But I won't hold my breath.

    I always expect the worst when it comes to the dwp and assessments.

    But I will be ready , with my medical evidence.

  • pinkrose
    pinkrose Online Community Member Posts: 160 Empowering

    Thanks secretsquirrel, what's a dynamic duo? Are they on YouTube or something?

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