Green Paper Discussion - includes accessible formats and consultation event sign up links!

Jeremy Corbyn is awesome!

Hi @MW123 - unfortunately so far I haven't heard back from Scope. I emailed community@scope.org.uk & have asked them to pass my concerns onto the appropriate Scope team. I'm hoping that Scope as a disability charity will note that:

a) Eventbrite's website about both in person & virtual events is cumbersome to navigate & may dissuade our disabled members from keeping on checking back at a later time to see if even any virtual event may become available

b) that surely disabled people would need to know beforehand about an in person event's accessibility to make appropriate arrangements (tho I 'think' I briefly glimpsed mentioning any accessibility issues when I looked at the events yesterday). Your comments also illustrate the need for knowing more about an in person event beforehand.

I have attended virtual webinars in the USA about one of my conditions (about the only positive thing medically speaking during Covid; both of my questions were answered by a geneticist in one, & 2 of my 3 queries in another!)

This purported 'consultation' is limited in the extreme…

I have taken a leaf out of your book & also emailed Liz Kendall

@keira

Thank you so much for sharing the Disability news article . Really appreciated!

It’s incredibly heartening to hear that respected legal firms such as Public Law Project, Leigh Day, and Bhatt Murphy are actively exploring legal avenues to challenge these deeply concerning proposals. Their previous successes, like the judicial review that declared the last government’s consultation unlawful, give hope that there is still a path to justice, however steep.But I still find it deeply troubling,if not outright undemocratic-that a proposal of this scale, with life-altering consequences for disabled and vulnerable people, were published without meaningful consultation. And now, even the consultation process we do have feels deliberately diluted and the public consultations non-accessible , with many of the most harmful proposals excluded from scrutiny.

It seems as though decisions have already been made, and the consultation is merely ticking a box.To add insult to injury, as stated in this newsfeed, these reforms are being pushed forward via primary legislation—fast-tracked through Parliament-while MPs from the main parties debate with rehearsed rhetoric and point fingers, instead of truly standing up for the people whose lives are on the line. The voices of disabled people, who should be at the very heart of these decisions, have once again been sidelined.

That said, the legal firms’ involvement should serve as a rallying call to all of us: now more than ever, it’s critical that we respond to the consultation in whatever way we can. As flawed as the process is, they are legally obligated to present the results to Parliament. Every voice added strengthens the argument against these cuts and can help fuel public and parliamentary pressure.

Let’s stay strong and stand together. We are not powerless and we are not alone.

The next step is to wonder why🤔😉

I've emailed him , no answer. Other people have emailed him in my town over other stuff, no answer. He even ignored a local counsellor email. He just comes out for photos.

good question … that's something i've been thinking of ….

could it be like the Rwanda legislation which kept getting delayed

This says everything to me about where Labour really are with these changes. If as they say they are only interested in peoples welfare and getting people back to work then why won’t they wait for the impact statements before making changes. He actually said they would still need to push on with changes and couldn’t wait, even though he seemingly acknowledged that impact statements were necessary.

I agree what can we do next labour are wanting this so so bad

Also said people will change ther behaviour meaning with the treat of losing everything will make us work have no choice No it means we will lose everything as we can't work bonus for them think of all our properties they could give to working people win win