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

@MB8 very interesting I just assumed they were the same since I got over payment letters when it was their fault, but they were quoting some UC legislation meaning you have to pay it back even if its not your fault. I've been on mine since around 2020 ish, I'm in. Northern Ireland and I know the reforms took longer to pass here. I assume if my contribution based esa was "new style" my award notifications would have labelled it as such..

My partner gets daily living and mobility on Pip. If she loses daily living next year and keeps mobility (enhanced) I as her full time carer will lose Carers allowance.? If so it's a disgrace.

MB8 I'm in the same position as you. I claim CB ESA and was given a 10 year award and put into the support group. All will become clearer in the coming days/weeks regarding this by the government. I'm just waiting to hear on how we'll be affected straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.

Thank you for the helpful reply, it's sensible advice and I will try to forget it all for now, sorry to ask, but am feeling so low today about all of this. Thanks.

in my case they blamed the dwp for booking an assessor who didn’t have equipment. The dwp said they don’t book the appointments . I believe the dwp were telling the truth . Atos were lying yet again

@secretsquirrel1 I used an old mobile to record the conversation while I spoke on my mums phone to the assessor, even though it was being recorded by "them".Funny my link to download the recording didn't work...hmmmm.so I requested a cd copy.

Made little to no difference as the rubbish chatted on my report were a joke if not so serious an issue. xx

The criteria itself won’t be changed — the descriptors are staying the same. The change is that now your score for Daily Living needs to include 4 points (or more) on at least one descriptor.

So same criteria and same points for meeting descriptors but the way your score is added up is different, if that makes sense x

I can definitely understand that. I have been in a panic too.

I sincerely hope those MP's some of them will remember 2010 the Libdems let power totally switch off that moral compass and wow did they pay at the next GE, Basically wiped out

and it took them 10 years to even get decent numbers back, everything about this is wrong

and more economists are saying the same, Reeves and her Fiscal rules went out the window

like a Critic of Putin the day America Elected Trump. He's back he's causing chaos add into the mix her failure to sort out the brexit shambles.

Starmer and Labour are forgetting one thing, People actually liked Blair until Iraq they do not like him. He can cosplay all he wants with the armed forces, There is no way Labour will keep the Senedd in Wales, They have blown the trust that people in Scotland put in them last year.

All Starmer does is crush trust.

Reeves apparently will announce more welfare cuts next week, why?

because her fiscal rules have already meant she wont be able to stick with them

so they have to find money and 90% of this is why all these "reforms" are happening