The Green Paper Discussion (the document link is here too!)
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In other words, the representative authorities in your case did not help to solve your problems. This is also evident from this thread. So the declared functions of the representative authorities are fiction. Why then deal with them?
My very small, many years ago experience of working at the lowest level of local government has long strengthened my conviction about the uselessness of the election system for ordinary people.0 -
I'll try to post this PIP guide in a few days but I need to work on it a bit and unfortuntely all the news and stress re reforms has sent my CFS and ADHD into a tailspin and my body's crashed and now I'm coming down with a virus.
I'm going to have to rest for a few days or more, but I *will* try to post the PIP guide when I'm able and hopefully it will help people.
I know this is a really frightening time for us all, and we desperately want infomation and answers now but please remember this is going to be a slow process both for us and the government. We need to and must look after own health - physical, mental and emotional.
Please be kind, caring and compassionate to yourselves.
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I don’t know. I’m not sure the decision maker was aware ongoing awards exist as she stated all PIP awards are given for fixed terms as circumstances might change. It was an MR decision (increased from 4 years to 10) so I’m taking it as a win anyway
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Am surprised that not many healthy working class people have made a big fuss about the Benefits Cuts.
They do not realise that if they became ill in the future it would be impossible to live on this Benefit System which this nasty Party is bringing in.
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I thought whatever would be in the green paper would take years to get put into place, but some of these things will be put into place in April next year, and then the other things in 2028 just three years away.
Hopefully these things will be shot down, watered down, or at least delayed.
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@hsm I get why you're surprised but I'm not. When I was fit, healthy and working, I always assumed if I became too unfit to work, finance would the last thing on my mind so gave it very little thought.
I imagine a lot of others felt/feel the same way. It's only when it actually happens that you realise the financial implications, along with the health impacts.
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My reward was supposed to be until August 2024, but my review was in Jan 2024, completed eventually in Jan 2025.
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I wonder if people who are working are so worried at the cost of living crisis and how it's all affected their standard of living and lifestyle and fears of tax increases coming etc.etc that there's an apathy towards anyone else suffering, especially if they think it's their taxes that are contributing to us that are sick or disabled. And as @Girl_No1 alludes to, people not thinking it might be them one day needing the support.
I've definitely noticed almost a contempt towards people on benefits (online as I don't go out), and sadly, not just from government.
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There hasn't been anything said about PIP claimants being reassessed early. Whether your wife loses her PIP eventually will depend on whether she can score one 4-point descriptor and 4 more points made up from equal or lower descriptors. That your wife has an indefinite award suggests that she could meet the new regulations at reassessment. Do you know her present points?
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@Catherine21 I responded to the Green Paper online yesterday.
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PIP is already very difficult to get now they will make it more difficult. And what will happen to LCWRA and LCW and those that only get that and no PIP? How many millions are they wanting to suffer because of bad management of a system that should be very straight forward. It doesn't make sense at all. How can you merge PIP and LCWRA when they are completely different benefits. It doesn't make sense.
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I'm writing to key parliamentarians in the coming days to find out.
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Keep us posted
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Of course!
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You can still respond to it . And more than once
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How can you score 4 points for one descriptor and qualify for PIP with a total of only 4. And score a total of 20 and not qualify for PIP because you don't have 4 points in one descriptor. Its worse than it is currently. It doesn't make sense to me at all.
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you need a total of 8 points but at least of one the activities has to have 4 points
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I asked ChatGPT if the LCWRA reassessments have already started and it said this:
The exact date for the resumption of these reassessments has not been announced yet.
Now since it's ChatGPT it could be wrong, but, it does seem to get things right more often than not, so what it has said has helped ease my anxiety a bit. Hopefully it'll be a long while before they restart.
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I think they’ll change the questions so hardly anyone will be awarded points . Right now it’s the 4 points but in the future I think it will be harder to get that 4 points . So with few ppl on pip and lcwra gone there’ll be practically no support at all . I hope I’m wrong but this government will continue until they’re stopped
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Iam on PIP and OLD STYLE ESA (CONTRIBUTION BASED) since around 2012.
It looks like the esa is being lumped into one and then we would need to apply for UC. But as a household I wouldn't then get any money from UC. I have a partner but that doesn't mean he can support me financially. What do people in this situation do?
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