Spring Statement Discussion (link to documents here)
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They can justify this all they want. The truth is for years the government have not been investing in local communities outside of London. We had the 2008 financial crisis with decade of austerity and everyone thought with Labour now that is all behind us.
Well, Labour have done worse than Conservatives. Austerity 2.0 is going to start. The welfare state is not a mess, it is this way because it would cost government much more to invest in people, and towns, and societies than leave people on benefits. Now they are taking the benefits away, how are people going to survive? Best thing they can do is reconsider the reforms and stop it.
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Hi CB is when people have made national insurance payments to qualify and it is means tested.
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What does it stand for?
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Contribution based when people made national insurance contributions when they worked.
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Re tbe Blue Badge my Pip Review took nearly a year and they sent an extension letter about about six weeks before the badge expired so I was able to get that through and the Council renewed it really quickly.
They extended it for 12 months but then the review came through three months later.
I was really worried about it too but it turned out OK.
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I thought they were going to keep holding hands and have a peck on the cheek the way they were going on...
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Hi @luvpink. Did you mean to say it “WASN’T” means tested ? - as I’m on CBESA (support group) and assumed this benefit wasn’t means tested - but only ESA-IR (income related).
Thanks.
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so basically we don’t know our limitations we are all living under some misguided notions that we’re too ill to work oh and our specialists are all misguided too btw. So “they” need to tell us what’s best for us, cos clearly we have no notion of how we feel.
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presumably you meant it is contribution based and is NOT means tested.
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@gamer1 I've been through it all. When you think it can't get any worse it does.
They don't give a flying fig about us. None of them ever did. I'm almost 59 I've had my fill of them moving the goalposts and as you get older and hope you'll be left alone it changes again.
I've no idea how they think any of these new proposals will do anything for us other than make us sicker as well as poorer.
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it’s going to leave so many people helpless and hopeless. No pip ,no carer , not enough financial support. Sorry to say but I think for some people, they will be left so devastated that there are going to be suicides as a direct result of these disgusting cuts. Labour are not the party they used to be.
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It is means tested yes.
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Same situation here-I sent my review paperwork in September 2024, with my initial award set to expire at the end of March 2025! I panicked and called the PIP helpline, who mentioned that due to huge backlogs for PIP reviews, payments will continue until the review is complete, and an automatic one-year extension will be given to facilitate this.
I’ve now received the letter, which has put my mind at rest. Ive also attached this document for blue badge renewal and awaiting outcome from council.I hope you get yours extended the same way if you haven’t heard anything yet. You can always contact the PIP helpline to alleviate your worries.
Best wishes!
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I'm with you there. I'm in my 60s, unwell (as we all are) and facing poverty probably about three years before i can get State Pension.
I was hoping the remaining few years of my life would be relatively stress free, it's difficult enough as it is what with being housebound and being unwell.
With the way I've felt this past week I won't even get to retirement if this carries on. I honestly think they consider us disposable.
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I 100% agree. They should be arrested, it's manslaughter at best and murder at worst. But, they are above the law, they keep getting away with it.
Same with bad work coaches who will **** someone of their money if they are genuinely unable to fulfill certain requests, like stopping someones money who is agoraphobic because they're unable to go to the job centre, or because someone with crippling travel anxiety is unable to travel, etc. Work coaches have basically been given licences to kill by the DWP.
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I was reading on the benefits and work website about wca assessment would do short term like high risk pregnancy, cancer, and substantial risk, what is meant for substantial risk.
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