Green Paper Discussion (from 24th March, 2025)
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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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https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/labour-mp-launches-petition-against-green-paper-benefits-cuts
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HHhhh with 95 inch tv screens dripping in gold even gold teeth
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Individual one to one means There's the Door come back when you find a job goodbye you are the weakest link ..…when there asked this question they will totally deny or say we hired 6 billion to job coaches I actually think they are doing this on purpose they really are
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Only things your get is M@Ms chocolate covered peanuts even that would be a push
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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 -
2023 was refugees stop the boats money laundering
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Wow didn't relize labour mp what a decent guy
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I worked job centre in 90s the staff are run ragged then thiers violence and they didn't do sanctions then ! Can't imagine now it was horrific and managers used to hide in office and to get a certain amount of people into work a week and if you didn't they'd come down hard on you I just got up from my desk said noting to no one went home to bed didn't understand I was completely burnt out they kept phoning I ignored stayed in bed for days had no way pay rent it was awful I am so dyslexic and then they used to have the jobs on cards with numbers at end of day had to put them all in order I just couldn't I put them all over I don't know how I held jobs down always worked in care so alot of writing god knows how I winged it
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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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