The Green Paper Discussion (the document link is here too!)
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Thankyou albus
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You could write to members of the Committee for Work and pensions instead. The members are listed here:
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/membership/
Write to members as individual MPs rather than to the Committee.
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i doubt being bombarded with emails will stop them from sleeping at night
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im not so sure
Also remember that many of them are newbies
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There are a few who have brought up concerns in private at cabinet before it was announced on Tuesday (Rayner included apparently) but yeah publicly all of cabinet backs it. I guess they have to but it's no less dissapointing to see.
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@luvpink do you have any links where I can see what you said “The Trussell trust and the MS society have expressed their disgust on GB news.”. I’d like to watch what they said?
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hi albus what makes you think it will not be voted into law ? Any positivity I will take
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I don't understand why what they’re proposing has to be all or nothing. This is far from ideal, but, why, if someone isn't found to qualify for PIP under the new scoring system, can’t the recipient still receive the health top up (LCWRA) perhaps based on their PIP score across the board on a sliding scale. To lose both PIP and the LCWRA while disabled is beyond unfair.
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There's a lot of unhappiness from the back benches, so it needs to get voted in first, which may not happen.
But it also may get voted in.
OR it may get amended first, so it may be 2 points needed or something.
So we just have to keep using our voices with our MPs. And might I add, please try to be polite with your MPs, they're not the people who've put forward these plans and it's worth having them on our side.4 -
What do you suggest it's working mps talking about the fear will feel in parliament how many emails thier reciving
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Don't know if this has been posted on here
List of local places taking action on 26th against the cuts .
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they could well be talking about all of you the same way your all talking about them only difference is there on a tad more money than you
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From Rightsnet
18 March 2025, 04:39 pm#10
Sam H
forum memberHealth Projects, North & West Gloucestershire Citizens Advice
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I hope to write up proper thoughts at another time, but aside from all the other horribleness with this, what particularly stood out to me was that the “4 points in one activity to qualify for PIP” requirement will be implemented by primary legislation. There is no particular need for this as presently all provisions to do with scoring, etc, are addressed under the regulations and I see no reason why this change could not be implemented through changing the regs. The SSWP’s power to do so is quite clearly stated in s. 80 WRA 2012.
Unless, of course, if the Government thought that this change would be incompatible with the Equality and/or Human Rights Acts, therefore requiring the change to be made by an Act of Parliament to prevent it being struck down by the courts.
In the same vein, the changes to PIP and the WCA are notably not part of the consultation. With regard to those changes, they are only interested in hearing how people who will lose PIP (read: all financial support under the new rules) can best be supported when this happens (but somewhat confusingly the green paper states earlier that TP may be on the table for current claimants).
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/21015/
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This is the sad reality of politics……it’s all about numbers, not individual experiences. Why should MPs only be persuaded to act when they receive thousands of emails from disabled constituents? A true MP should be willing to act even if just one disabled person reaches out, because every life affected by these policies matters.
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Unfair? It's criminal as to remove millions off LCWRA because computer says Guess what? Your healed not disabled any more is a massive lie
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indeed, but I’m afraid there’s little morality left in society and less so around privileged circles.🤑
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In the telegraph on x 🚨 NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act
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PIP change to be pushed through primary legislation, despite there being no procedural or practical necessity. Is this to bypass Equality Act/HRA?
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