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

Omg they questioned a cash withdrawal ?

I will be having a 'bank statements review' in the coming months and im even more worried now.....

How dare they be so intrusive .

No, they dont ask what were spending on. I think one of the main things is if we're filtering money out into anothet account and bumping our savings up (chance would be a fine thing!)

Also any large sums of money moving around. I think it's more for fraud.

I was worried because Id recently adopted a rescue cat for £100 and I thought she might say I shouldnt be spending on things like that, but she was quite the opposite actually and said how good pets are for people with health problems.

So I don't think there's anything to worry about 🙂

Let us know how it goes won't you.

I've been thinking this as well. I don't know if it will effect the likes of me or any other current claimants. I'm currently on ESA (CB) and in the support group at present. I did raise some of your points you mentioned when I was filling in my response to the Green Paper.

I think next time we need to record ourselves even if they do as their equipment can “ breakdown “ . Now we will all have to go to appeal over this as you should get 4? Points . The tribunal will be busy . This happened with the DLA to PIP . It will cost to train extra tribunal staff as it did before

Good luck hope all goes smoothly

I think they've done one potentially useful thing, maybe. I don't think governments of any type are typically in the business of doing useful things that people ask for. We've had one or two decent goverments historically that've actually helped make things fairer and better but there's a reason places like France are now debating about a wealth tax to pay for their increased defense because they do not tolerate govts treating them like this. I think I read the UN considered our disability and certainly our treatement and attitude (from govt) about mental health to be one (or the) worst in developed nations.

I haven't seen it but I'll check it out, possibly tomorrow. I'm just drained today and have to rest and just take a break from the news - it's been a few weeks of gut churning panic and then the damn green bill…urgh.

I heard she won a big case but I don't know the details. Do you mean think tanks are saying they need to save £100m or these 'reforms' will cause £100m in 'savings'? With her did you mean Rachel Reeves or Liz Kendall (or both?) They should do but they won't. I don't see it happening. They look like they think they've got some 'holy mission' to get people into work - and unfortuntely that plays well to the media - even the liberal media who've been pathetic about push back and challenging a lot of misconceptions, - and to the public. On Question Time a couple of weeks back one of the actual questions was about lazy people on disability benefits - it wasn't a comment, it was a question. Even people agueing against these cuts in the media, even the MPs fighting with us - you'll notice they're all very careful to say 'oh of course people should be in work as much as possible'. But yes I agree they need to go. Problem is they won't.

Thanks mad question a £50 withdrawal, I withdrew much more that that as I like shopping for a bargain on Facebook marketplace are they going to what prove of what a brought, surly it none of their business