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

I wish there were a miracle cure that could free me from all my disabilities, restore my independence, and allow me to return to work so I could leave the benefits system for good. No matter how hard I try to shake it off, the thought of being in this constant state of ‘asking for help just to survive and provide for my family is unbearable. I’m feeling really upset today… Maybe it’s the pain? I’m not sure.😢😢

@Martinp I’m really sorry you’re feeling this way, and I can hear how much pain you’re in and being unable to sleep peacefully . The government proposals are scary for everyone , and it’s hard to see a way forward. But please know you and me are  not alone. There are people out there like Scope fighting for better support and resources for people in situations like us. Please reach out to someone, even if it’s hard. Do you have someone you can turn to ?You matter, and there is help available.Take care of yourself, and don’t give up.
Best wishes 

@HollisMcBobbery (love the username, btw!)

General rant incoming ….

If even half of those two million the politicians think should be at work, that number would need to increased by approx. 40-50% to take into account unpaid carers who support us.

Let's call it three million. From where the freaking heck are employers going to magic up three million jobs?? Particularly as AI becomes more entrenched in the workplace. That's before considering the who knows how many additional health & care staff that will be require to be recruited to offer this 'personalised' support to the two million rejoining the workforce. New 'recruits' from benefit claimants are extremely unlikely to be the specialist medical/psychological/psychiatric staff who will be required to provide this.

From my own perspective, over decades of working with a hidden disability, whilst employers were onboard with making (some) adjustments to accommodate my condition, the resentment from colleagues, towards those accommodations and me, was personalised, horrendous, humiliating, and ultimately exacerbated my condition.

Should jobs even be found for us, I don't think anyone has identified it is not only employers who need to be educated and supportive but colleagues also. Or, if colleagues cannot be supportive, at least there should be some mechanism whereby disabled people can leave such environments without punitive action from DWP.

Ultimately, Labour will, once again, become the "Party That Isn't Working" as the unemployed figures balloon.

We'll have come full circle since they introduced disability benefits as a means of massaging their then horrendous unemployment figures.

Bottom line for me is I'm too old for their games. Between now and the sh*t hitting the fan, I'm making plans to ensure I and my disabled relatives can live (together if necessary) with as much dignity as possible in our final years.

labour, tories, reform, trump etc etc will fail. They will have to keep squeezing people out to balance their debt.

First, pensioners, disabled, jobless, then another group and then another.

Unless you start taxing the rich and modify the system, this problem won’t be solved and in the meantime our way of living will be dismantled before our own eyes.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/22/all-uk-families-to-be-worse-off-by-2030-as-poor-bear-the-brunt-new-data-warns