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

This all day long, I added the points up and I think its 21 points could be scored in the 10 descriptors but still not make you eligible for PIP Daily living but get 4 on one descriptor and you do! Its so stupid they cannot have thought this through surely?

Crazy isn't it and yet MPs among so many others are agreeing with this!

You are absolutely right, @Maggie37: the list just keeps growing. There seems to be no logic to these decisions at all. If they truly cared about disabled people, they wouldn’t even consider cutting essential support as a way to fix the economy. Taking away money that disabled people rely on isn’t just unfair….it’s completely unjustifiable.

This. Everyone gets reviewed on PIP, unlike ESA its not an ongoing award as standard. So it basically affects any review after Nov 2026, whenever that may be. For me it will be probably 2028, potentially 2029 if back logs are still bad.

@noonebelieves yet, we have Starmer banging on about their actions being 'morally correct'.

What would be morally correct would be removing Rachel From Accounts as Chancellor, and replacing her with someone who understands governing a country does not operate like balancing a family's budget.

I used to believe Gideon Osborne (towel-folder extraordinaire) was the worst Chancellor I would see in my lifetime.

I was wrong.

I've said before, when I watched Kendall with Michael Portillo (as experts sharing their wisdom on a weekly basis) on the Andrew Neil Show she really, REALLY consistently came across as much more right-wing than either Portillo or Neil.

If even I could see that in her, it means Starmer chose her specifically for the role to which she finds herself over-promoted.

I'm all for an Angie takeover at this point.

Brian Cox is a legend! Never one afraid to speak his thoughts.

Aside from all the nonsense about them doing us a favour by restoring dignity through work, a) where are all these jobs coming from, b) are they not all about utilising AI etc. to minimise jobs, and c) in the very obvious absence of said jobs, do they believe burgeoning unemployment stats. will favour them more than caring for the vulnerable?

Also, they appear to have forgotten ESA was introduced by Labour in the first instance in order to massage their unemployment stats. that were killing them at that time.

I'm beginning to think at least Trump (whom I loathe with every fibre of my being) was at least honest when, during his campaign, he outlined all the heinous moves he intended and is now implementing.

The more I think about this, the more raging I become.