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

no didn’t appeal I applied once pip then when it changed to adp in Scotland re applied but still no luck

If you are talking about pip it is not awarded based on what disease or condition you have whatsoever. It is only based on the impact of your condition on your mobility and daily living. It le purely a functional benefit, nothing to do with tour diagnosis whether for existing or new pip claimant. Didnt you know that ? Are you receiving pip?

I don't score 4 points on the daily living tasks either, but really feel when my PIP is up for renewal, I won't stand a chance. I will be back on the poverty line and my mental health will spiral down to a point I won't function at all.

Typically decisions made by fools who have no idea. I just hope the Mental Health charities can oppose this to the highest level and speak for those of us less able.

I thought Starmer was a human rights activist and yet here he is taking away that very thing from us.

I also wonder about old CB ESA?

This is what it's saying MB8 in the Green Paper. I feel there needs to be more clarification on this. I claim ESA (CB) and I'm in the support group and was awarded it for 10 years.

53. Unemployment insurance would be a new non-means tested entitlement for people who have contributed into the system. It would be created by replacing contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a new single entitlement, paid at the current ESA rate (currently £138pw) and will be time-limited. This would provide stronger income protection during periods of unemployment for those with a recent work record, while revitalising the ‘something-for-something’ contributory principle in the working-age system. People claiming this would be expected to actively seek work, with easements for those with work-limiting health conditions.

54. Alongside levelling up the rate, this change would end the indefinite entitlement to contributory ESA for those assessed as having limited capability for work-related activity (for new people claiming). Those unemployed after the time-limited period would be able to claim UC, depending on their personal circumstances. We believe this reform would align with the removal of the WCA, by offering a route to financial support for those with temporary and short-term health conditions, including for those who may not be entitled to PIP and therefore not entitled to the health element of UC.

Barton, there are protections in Scotland for those with cancer. Loads of options. MacMillan will handle your appeals or claim if you have a cancer diagnosis. There is a dedicated benefits unit at the Beatson in Glasgow. Sorry if I sound emphatic but if you have leukaemia with treatment required every day and the travel that requires then you would qualify for ADP on quick route. I cannot understand the nil points they’ve given you.

thanks I’ll look into that

Anyone with ESA contribution based, if that proposal goes ahead, will lose their entitlement eventually 6-12 months. As well as any NI contributions for their future pension.

So if you are on ESA contributions based I would reply to their green paper pointing that out.

definately get a dictaphone, basic ones are pretty cheep and straightforward to use. A lot of phones have apps you can download, most are just recording somoene's voice, so you can put the phone down (even have the screen shut off and you don't have to use it. I do think you legally have to tell someone you're recording them though.