Green Paper Discussion (from 24th March, 2025)
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This today on Beeb. These reforms are dead in the water, DWP do not have the staff to implement Kendall’s work coaching. Interesting that they are also complaining that too much’Monitoring’is going on eg. Checking bank accounts, sanctioning etc. Current staff need freed up from excessive monitoring if they are going to get folk back to work. Nothing adds up, they’re reducing support just when we’re being told that perfect’Individual’ tailored support is readily available? It’s all a lot of hokum… falling apart before it begins.
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This is awesome news. The DWP is such a god awful institution, it's no wonder they cant recruit work coaches. Plus like most jobs, the pay is too low to justify it. Even if the Tories force these reforms through, they're doomed to fail.
It's almost as if not trusting benefit claimants to be honest about their situation (and not giving a **** if they're doing benefit fraud so long as they aren't hurting anyone else) creates more problems than it solves. It's neoliberalism, capitalism and eugenics doing what they do best.
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You're very welcome, I just wish it wasn't so complicated!! 😊
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The truly awful part is that Reeves and Kendall clearly know about the chronic staff shortages at DWP/ Job Centres. They’ve threatened and terrified disabled people whilst knowing there just isn’t the staff available to implement these reforms. It’s not just a handful of job centres too… it’s HALF of them! Talk about honest ‘consultation’… this has been a non starter from the beginning.
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Ha! Perhaps they will start getting us all to sort through each others claims... In which case I want you to know I'm giving everyone top rates and two free bmws
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I might be interested in your offer. What colour/s are the free bmws?🧐
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From the Benefits and Work site
Labour MP launches petition against Green Paper benefits cuts
Published: 31 March 2025
A sitting Labour MP – though possibly not for much longer - has launched a petition against his own party’s benefits cuts.
Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds east since 2015 and a shadow minister under Jeremy Corbyn, started the petition four days ago on the change.org platform. It calls for the Green Paper benefits cuts to be axed and replaced by a wealth tax. It reads:
This petition, demanding a Wealth Tax instead of devastating cuts to disability support, will be presented in the House of Commons before any votes on welfare cuts.
We oppose the Government’s plan to balance the books by targeting disabled people and the most disadvantaged in our society.
Slashing disability benefits instead of taxing extreme wealth is a political choice—and it is the wrong choice.
Instead, we believe that the very wealthiest should be made to pay their fair share.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise up to £24 billion per year. That’s far more than the £5 billion the Government claims it will “save” by cutting key financial support for disabled people.
We call on the Government to abandon these cruel cuts and, instead of punishing the poorest, to implement a Wealth tax on the very wealthiest.
By this morning it had gathered 18,000 signatures.
You can sign Richard Burgon’s petition against benefits cuts here
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You are mistaken, I never mentioned anything about getting a military pension!
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This was on the news this morning. So I don't really know how they will implement people finding jobs.
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I don’t think it’s ever been about finding us jobs, it’s just to make us suffer. They need a group of people to demonise and humiliate to make the rest of the country feel good.
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Please could you ensure that I get a Merc instead ?
BMW's are two a penny - it seems that everyone has at least 2 ever since you offered them.
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lol its either a bmw or fit for work! With 24 hour job search and an electric shock collar that gets you every time you aren’t sufficiently grateful for the pennies they give you!
(Wow I really could work at the job Center, I’ve got the evil streak!)4 -
According to https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2gkepel4o
In her address to MPs, Reeves said "it can't be right" to "write off" an entire generation who are out of work and improperly using Pips.
How are we supposed to use PIP ?
I never realised that there could even be an improper way to spend my benefits ……..I use mine for surviving.
Here we go again with the "out of work" - sorry Reeves but you should return to the classroom and try to understand PIP is NOT an out of work benefit…..
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I agree…where are they going to find a million disabled friendly jobs? Perhaps we should all go and join the House of Commons as MPs…..or House of Lords? Honestly there’s a huge gap between the number of perceived jobs and actual jobs for disabled people. I’ve applied for hundreds of jobs, as soon as they find out you need more than just tiny basic adaptations….you don’t even get an interview….even the DWP refused to give me a job interview!
Neatly sliding disabled people into a life of poverty and hardship will not motivate employers to employ them…..it will just frustrate and have a very detrimental effect upon us. It’s a cost cutting farce!
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Got a response from an MP who I contacted regarding the proposed cuts. The MP in question said she'll oppose these at every opportunity. I also got provided with links in the email of her doing so in the media.
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Let's say that they are getting the 6bn from reducing LCWRA from £97 to £47.
Then they will reduce the number of people on PIP and LCWRA by making assessment harder many people will lose both. Then they are stopping LCWRA in line with inflation rates. Then they are stopping claims for under 21 year olds, and people receiving carers and DLA etc will also lose entitlement. Even with the uprate to universal credit benefit to £106 (which they reduced £1, saving them a further £500 million in the statement) it will be a welfare reform of well over £10 billion in my guess. Not to mention the tactic they use to stop people benefits once you are on standard jobseekers allowance or any other way they stop it. The statement by them does not make sense they are lying about it.
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Energy bills of over 400 ppm are making it nearly impossible to carry on.
the big wound with me has kicked off, blood does not come out as lower temps
since sunday 56 pounds has been spent just on washing machine/Tumble as the weather's been horrendous. But Rachel claims her energy on expenses imagine if MP's had to pay energy then you would see prices fall.
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Thanks for sharing @egister
Sadly, it seems that while parties were formed and fought for similar ideologies supporting disabled people, they didn’t stand the test of time. 😔
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That is a very valid point. I didn't mean to sound ableist. I apologise that it came across like that.
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