Spring Statement Discussion (link to documents here)

However, they are being very crafty because everyone will be reassessed. So unless you fall into the severely disabled category many will lose their LCWRA component. Where 3 millions jobs are coming from I've no idea.

Im exactly the same. Its triggering my suicidal thoughts worrying how i would cope if i lose my benifits

I am 60 years of age in June. I have multiple mobility, mental health and daily living issues. I have been dealing with this for 25 years to be exact. DLA to PIP. I have just migrated onto UC awaiting my award notice. I am utterly exhausted mentally I can honestly say I’ve never felt so disgusted in a government ever! And we’ve had a few! So basically the small security I had is gone.

Do we know if everyone will be migrated. Are you talking about Legacy(old style) CB ESA Support Group or New Style ESA migration only? I haven’t seen anything suggesting what will happen to those of us on the former ESA benefit.

Where are the red horns on her head.

I do really understand how you feel. I know its difficult but we MUST be strong together

Labours own impact assessment revealed benefits cuts will push 250,000 more into poverty and this is all because they want to help people back to work, how in the f**k doest that make any logical or moral sense? Not just this but so many support these cuts including MPs, this is why I honestly do think these policies will come into law because when they do vote you can bet the Tories will also vote for them which means you would need a mass Labour revolt which sadly I dont think is going to happen! Why imo because there are far to many self serving aholes now and not just in Westminster!

When you read some of the comments on the BBC website so many agree with these cuts and think its about time benefit cheats/scroungers are made to work! We live in a society where the majority are all about themselves and sod everyone else no matter their welbeing!

Honestly the more things go on year after year the more I do wonder what is actually going on and why each government that takes over thinks its ok to do this?

Also when are these "Charities & organisations" going to actually tell everyone where they stand regarding this? Its ok to tell people that they need to email, message and write letters to MPs, fill in polls, join protests etc but when will they actually tell the people they support where they stand especially regarding legal challenges and if they can be made as this is by far the most important way to get these cuts changed or stopped, so if they dont think it possible any worthwhile legal challenges can be made its about time they came out and told everyone.

I wont ramble on about the rich and big business et all getting away without being made to help to cut the deficit as I will be here all day!

I'll finish with this, this Labour government want to fix the economy on the backs of the most vunerable in society so I can only imagine how thats going to end, yet the vunerable will again be made to blame when it all goes t*ts up and so it will continue!

Reeves' just kept quoting about how much money it will save the Government in her Spring Statement. She doesn't care about how people are affected, she sees £££.

I've been wondering what charities are actually doing too. It feels like no charities and organisations are actually doing anything. By the time they do anything, it might be too late.

It really is shocking how they are treating us , we would be retired now if they didn't change the age , now we are waiting until 67 and not get any pension until 68 , but we have to fight on , I think it is impossible for this go through , it is discrimination . I just hope and pray that those supporting this never get sick , because when I got cancer it broke me , and it scares me every day the fear of it coming back ,i also had covid in 2021 and i wonder if it has affected me as i have pain all over my body, then in 2024 i go bitten by a infected tick and got lyme disease , had antiobotics , but the affects still come back , the LCRWA assessment was back in 2023 for me and I was recovering from cancer surgery , it hindered my recovery because I have mental health issues the anxiety was so severe and i suffered metal health issues from when I was a little girl , health phobia PTSD and the worse to happen to me was cancer , my husband has daily challenges with me , I even have severe obstructive sleep apnea and use a cpap machine or i stop breathing 40 time per hour , and on top of this I have profound hearing loss , both of these have to be added to my pip review ,I was at the audiologist just today and I am having some ear moulds done in April as the digital ones are not working for me , I was nearly knocked down last week or could have been week before as i cannot hear vehicles coming , it is so frightening , this is on top of my agoraphobia , i do not go out anywhere without my husband , and when i nearly got knocked down it was when i was going to the doctors , so if i can get awarded pip again it will take me to 65 and then we will have to see what happens in 2029 , I have my mum who is 92 this year with early onset dementia and today she was upset saying she often thinks about going into a care home , I wish i could have her here with me , but i have my own challenges , i cannot even make the stairs without going up and down on my bottom, i have bad knees and also have balance issues because of the hearing loss . My audiologist said with my level of hearing loss I could have possibly been born with it and nobody has noticed , and my mother is not an easy person to get along with , so it wouldn't work it would cause me to have a breakdown ,it has happened before when i was her carer . sorry for long post . The whole anxiety and mental cruelty is just so evil, that Liz Kendel looks like a demon .