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

Thank you so much,

Tbh we died that day, We are a tiny family everyone else is gone.

We get by but knowing Dad should still be alive today he really did have a solution for everything and nothing phased him at all. Totally the watchdogs for health are utterly useless.

The Coroner has been terrible I begged them NOT to send me emails anymore as it was always bad news, I was on hour 8 of the Chemotherapy email arrived "Hello its ** from Coroners office just to let you know the Police will be taking written statements from members of staff on duty" it was written so matter of fact.

I got so upset my stats started to go haywire and they stopped the infusion I showed the day care unit staff the email and they were stunned something like that was even sent in an email.

This past week the worry has 100% made me worst, this is what Labour are not understanding at least with the Tories they boasted about welfare cuts.

this is the speech Blair gave. He 100% mentioned welfare reform but timestamped the comments on civil service reduction for AI. This was 8 months ago the GE was 8 months ago

He's running the show

https://youtu.be/xey-jt0sQ6k?t=500

There's a definite pattern emerging, isn't there.

Winter fuel payment.

Two-child cap.

Disability benefits.

They seem to hate anyone who is not able to service their/their chums' (or in the case of Kendall her partner's) greed.

Won't be long until they are actually referring to us as 'useless eaters' in public - I suspect they already do so in private.

@A_Z1961 , Thank you, and I’m sorry to hear about your situation. You raise an important point about the challenges of accessing the benefits system and the rising state pension age, which leave many over 60 with no choice but to remain in employment despite health issues. Some of the issues was even highlighted in a recent Centre for Aging Better blog: “ The UK is headed in the wrong direction for older workers with ill-health”

It’s driving me mad how every time one of these horrible frontbenchers is asked about the harm this is going to do, even when the question doesn’t relate whatsoever to work, they only have one response…

”Work will set you free!”

But we don’t yet know when they will start this or whether it will be for new claimants only or if some may stay in the CB Support Group old style ESA, or if it will be dependent on age etc. When there are changes like this there’s usually some protections for those who have been in receipt of its predecessor (I know there’s no guarantee they’ll do that this time) like the migration from Incapacity Benefit to the old ESA.
Despite the fact there’s a New style ESA I haven’t been asked to migrate onto it. So I think we need to wait and see, but I agree with others that this aspect has hardly warranted much discussion and they might be hoping to get it in under the radar with all the hype about PIP changes.

Of course the other thing Kendall didn’t mention is the fact they’ll also save a lot on Carers Allowance if they are planning to decrease the numbers qualifying for PIP care component. If you lose PIP care component you’ll also presumably lose CA.

I am so very sorry for the traumatic loss of your dad, that's shocking and utterly heartbreaking. Lost my dad 25 years ago today, it all comes back to me like it was yesterday, often does. Take care of yourself and sending 🫂.

If and when the changes come in, for those of us on UC and LCWRA, if the LCWRA gets stopped in Nov 28, doesn't that mean our UC increases by that amount (ie my UC was something like 900 but got 416 deducted off it as LCWRA is paid separately.

I don't know if this makes sense, it does to me but might not be explaining it well.