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94 is good because thier go back and tell others really good god my guts inside out waiting to call esa I'm all confused about my money it isn't in my account you know when you get triggered I am shaking trembling god I hate all this losing track of days the lot
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Bravo hope it isn't lost on him love the part of 2016 you voted against shame shame on all of them !!!!
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My mp name not on anything ps they got thier names right kid starver he really is
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From DPAC (ELLEN CLIFFORD)
https://www.facebook.com/share/195cQwadFd/
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After Christmas I fear the countdown as more information on the changes will come. There is no doubt that something will change and we can only hope that each of us have the strength to get through all this . It really helps being here as the support is fantastic.
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I truly respect how strongly you feel about the past, and you are absolutely right. Understanding how we got here is crucial. The impact of those decisions should never be forgotten, and I am not dismissing the harm that was caused back then.
But I also believe the 2025 PIP reforms present an entirely new level of threat. They are far more severe, far-reaching, and destructive than anything we have faced before. This is not just policy, it is an outright attack on people’s lives and livelihoods.
History has its place. It sharpens our strategy and informs our understanding, but it cannot be the only place we stay. The fight ahead is immediate, and it demands our full attention.
Looking back will not protect us from what is coming. The 2025 proposals will gut financial support, strip away eligibility, and hit disabled people harder than any reform to date. If we do not act now, the consequences will be catastrophic.
To your question, “So, it is vital that we catch up with something we all missed back then, yes?” — perhaps. But only if it genuinely helps us win the fight in front of us. Because the truth is, much of what happened in 2011 has already been challenged, exposed, and tested in the courts. We do not need to keep reopening that wound to know the system was broken. We proved that.
What we face now is far worse. And if we spend too long looking over our shoulders, we risk missing the blow that is coming straight at us. This moment demands everything we have. The battle ahead will shape the future, not the one we already fought.
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Since the announcement I been very unwell I had a virus or viruses..I think I got so down with worry it made me ill .I have a pip decision under review and I fear that be delayed again til Nov 2026. My health conditions are getting worse and as much as I try to be positive I am now starting to accept I could lose my home if all benefits stop. I work 12 hours a week now and in more pain than I was 3 months ago and morphine helps but I still feel the pain in my back and knees. Reading through a pip assessment a few years back it clearly states that I would not be awarded no more than standard rate no mobility because of my work as a customer assistant. It clearly states the assessor feels my job contradicts my claim. So this I feel be the problem that if anyone with a disability takes up offer if work they be treated like me and told where you can do that. It puts me off working because it goes against me but I still want to do this while I can manage in some small way.
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Hey, one quick question - under the Tories, the DWP were planning on changing the questions for the WCA to make it harder to get from this year, right? Is that still happening? I can't find any clear answers either way.
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"Was the announcement just for the headlines to appeal to those who think disabled people are living off the state? How can the Prime Minister, who talks so deeply of his mother's health conditions, and the Deputy Prime Minister, whose family was on benefits, be so two-faced? I work 12 hours a week, and at work I hear people talk, saying things like, 'It's about time they got them to work and stopped scrounging.' I just sit there and think this is what it's about: fueling people's anger and hate towards disabled people. Disabled people are not going to be supported in jobs, and this 'try before you take the job' idea is just an unrealistic concept dreamt up by people who have never had a disability or understood disability."
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MW, I have not once mentioned PIP because this isn't about PIP!
I'm talking about ESA specifically and working-age benefits. It's critical to understand what he did in 2011, yes, or I wouldn't be doing this to myself - trying to explain why it matters all these years later and it does!
It matters that under UC, we become 'disabled job-seekers'. It matters that Contribution-based benefits will fold. All of this written into the 2012 Welfare Reform Act.
When you've re-examined those 2011 'amended' ESA regulations, come back and tell me I'm wrong. But you clearly haven't!
What the Tories did (with help) between 2010 and 2015 to trash the protections written into the Welfare Reform Act 2007 still needs to be understood and challenged!
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worried, his Party isn't in power but he still rules the roost. Labour's ex-W&P Ministers are desperate to bury his deception under this confected chaos and so far, it seems to be working.
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Hi , have you got the Reform proposal form please ?
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We can try to be strong , but when we lose everything which would be in my case by my home because if i lose pip carers etc , that's it we will be out on the street .
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It is really depressing and I fear that these changes are going to be pushed through. All parties seem to be in agreement.
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I'm doomed then .
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it's not looking good in my opinion …..
hopefully as the results come in from the local elections that'll cause unrest within labour as the votes will speak volumes about their policies and maybe just maybe a rethink my arise or even a rebellion against Starmer & Co …
also i do believe legal challenges will be made but will these be made in time to stop the roll out of said cuts ?
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So am I doomed.
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I cant see how all of this can go through someone put up fund raising for ellen clifford to get ten grand all I can give is 5 pounds but if alot of people did it could be reached there's millions of us donate now of anyone can afford this is our only hope
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