Spring Statement Discussion (link to documents here)

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  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 98 Empowering

    hmmmโ€ฆ. doesn't need a high viz jacket to look a plonker perhaps???

  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 98 Empowering

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    Thank you sooo much for that. Made me laugh so much - I'm crying with laughing. x

    Basically, the Labour Party ("Government") is condemning us, but we still retain our sense of humour.

  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 98 Empowering

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    Thank you sooo much for that. Made me laugh so much - I'm crying with laughing. x

    Basically, the Labour Party ("Government") is condemning us, but we still retain our sense of humour.

  • gamer1
    gamer1 Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    America also punishing the most vulnerable but not worse than here. It's all about money in their back pockets. It is so they can have a very happy, nice life full of no anxiety. Many of these people have never felt what anxiety or worry feels like in their life let alone other things and poverty. Once you have realised it's all about money and taking it from those that are most vulnerable then you will understand politics.

    Over here we know what they have done to us. We have a welfare state that is a safety net that can be used by all that need it and it is underfunded now they are removing it completely for millions we won't have it good here after this green paper, it needs to be better. In my opinion Labour are doing worse than what America is doing but I don't know fully the America politics. It's all about money and who puts it in thier back pocket and takes it.

  • Loulou82xx
    Loulou82xx Online Community Member Posts: 56 Empowering

    Disability charities say a quarter of Brits are disabled. What the above article fails to mention is only a small proportion of the quarter actually claim any benefit. The number fails to take into consideration the number of elderly who obviously have health conditions. If they want true stats they should look at the number of working age Brits who are disabled as that figure is going to be much smaller. 3.6 million people claim PIP which is less than 5% of Brits.

    The media either don't care to write truthful articles or are too lazy to actually check the true statistics.

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 440 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    It made me laugh too . I was trying to find a song and that just came up on youtube ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคฃ

  • gamer1
    gamer1 Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    "those who can work should work" Those that can claim freebies, SHOULDN'T claim freebies.

    I'm sorry but that phrase really annoys me.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,233 Championing

    I didn't realise that people who never worked had paid national insurance.

    Thats news to me but I agree that benefits should not discriminate against anyone regardless of whether or not they contributed to the system.

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 440 Empowering

    Who said this ? they shouldn't judge , they never know what lies around the corner .

  • sarah_lea12
    sarah_lea12 Online Community Member Posts: 440 Empowering

    Yeah I used to be carer for my mum and it got me class 1 , so we all pay into the system whatever way people look at it.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,233 Championing

    The Liebour goverment have said it.

    It was said by Starmer, Reeves and Kendal several times leading up to the Spring budget.

    That is how they are trying to justify disability benefit cuts by saying " those who can work should work"

  • Vulcress
    Vulcress Online Community Member Posts: 111 Empowering

    This scares me for that reason,

    When disabled people are rightly terrified along come reform promise them

    everything being scared makes some people very receptive, Reform would love the NHS

    to be insurance based something they dont get pushed enough in the endless TV interviews.

    Eluned Morgan has finally come off the fence and not supporting her good friend Keir

    it only took 2 weeks and non stop comments from Plaid about why the silence,

    I still feel its the Unions hold the power in this, they donate millions to Labour

    if they say drop this or we stop funding it becomes a full blown crisis for Starmer

    the guy buckles under pressure, It only took 3 weeks of Daily negative headlines

    and they dropped all the wealth tax plans apart from 2 minor ones.

    the media should be pointing out VAT is a tax we all pay, even children buying console games

    It generates around 368 million a year. We pay tax but we also put all the money back into the economy, food inflation alone is about to get worst with new brexit related charges in July,

    Reeves has always wanted these cuts that's why she doubled down on the WFP axe

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,233 Championing

    According to the UK government website unemployed people do not pay national insurance contributions unless they chose to voluntarily so not everyone pays into the system "whatever way people look at it."

  • Vulcress
    Vulcress Online Community Member Posts: 111 Empowering

    So my next infusions the really nasty chemotherapy are due in May

    they last 8 -10 hours each, because I "fell" between my wheelchair and the treatment chair

    last time even though 4 nurses were present they are moving me to the Geriatric day unit

    so a hoist can be used, reason? when a patient falls there's around 17 forms the nurses need to fill in mostly to cover liability, they are very polite but made it clear they can do without the hassle, So it begs the question if that happens within the NHS what company would like someone who falls daily? the fall team normally arrive within an hour but when busy been on the floor over 4 hours. In that time soiled myself both ways to the point mum had to put the pads all around the floor. The media wont talk about pee.poo,blood vomit. but for most of us its part of "living", Today 13,90 went on energy all the sheets needed to be washed the duvet

    and the pillows the nappy failed again and heavy soiling, its rained all day so tumble had to be used, The energy bills alone are now always over 400 PPM, In the land of Labour I truly believe they think we are all rolling in money. But then when they can put the energy on expenses is there any wonder this detachment has kicked in.

    whether it offended them or not I sent the MP a picture of the bed and how badly soiled it gets and told them 30 minute washes no matter what the adverts say DO NOT remove poo.

  • gamer1
    gamer1 Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    They all said it. Its a phrase they are using while they claim freebies and pay rise.

  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 98 Empowering

    What are these 17 forms? I hate to think they're doing that.

    Everyone has a right to see their medical record. You can make a SAR (Subject Access Request) or get your authorised representative to do so on your behalf.

  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 98 Empowering

    Who said about the freebies?

    WWhat was the source of that please?

  • gamer1
    gamer1 Online Community Member Posts: 81 Empowering

    They also profit from being in government from businesses yet blame us for it.