Spring Statement Discussion (link to documents here)

If you still are struggling to email your MP for any reason or worried about not being able to word it in exactly the right way for greatest effect, as I've been doing, here's what I consider a truly excellent template on the Benefits and Work forum. I hope that it might help some of you. 🤞😊

Letter template to MPs about green paper - Benefits and Work Forum

Good Luck!! 🍀 👍

Thank you for letting us know and I’ve signed it

You're welcome! @Martinp 😊👍

an open letter to the chancellor please sign and share

https://sites.google.com/view/openletterdisabilitybenefits/home

WARNING ⚠️ ⚠️⚠️⚠️

IF YOU RECIEVE A SURVEY FROM THE DWP PLEASE DO NOT FILL IT IN!!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SEE BELOW!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

The Canary (no pay wall) has more detail on the DWP Survey asking disabled people how they spend their PIP.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/17/dwp-pip-survey/

There’s a section on the letter for disabled people and carers to sign. I think if you just write next to your name it adds you to the right section.

AN ADDITIONAL WARNING ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ to the one that I outlined yesterday about NOT filling in the survey the DWP are sending through the post, asking you tell them what you spend your PIP on.

THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT to this information and it's none of their business anyway. Most of all, the Government are using the information to MANIPULATE AND MINIMISE the amount of support they think we should have, for their own ends!! 😡

I filled in survey for Carer's UK after finding out about it on the Benefits and Works website. They were also asking for evidence of what you spend your PIP on AND, at the end of the survey, asked permission to allow MPs to use the contents of the survey, anonymously. I found out from the Canary (read below here👇)

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/17/dwp-pip-survey/

that the government are also using these surveys for the same reason 😤 Carers UK aren't be the only DPO unwittingly doing this.😒

PLEASE DON'T FORGET that the Local Elections are coming up on 1st May 2025. If it is possible for you do so I URGE YOU TO VOTE. 📢 Please don't think that Local Elections are for local issues, they can make a great deal of difference to national policy making too. ✊✊✊✊

It is vitally important as we have a chance to vote against the Labour government, with 80 MPs being in unstable swing seats where disabled people in each of their constituencies (each MPs area) can easily vote them out, as long as THEY DO turn out to vote.

Each vote in every other constituency IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THOUGH.

Whatever you do please don't doubt that YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ✊✊✊✊ PLEASE THINK COLLECTIVELY, THE MORE OF US ACT TOGETHER THE BETTER!!

For those of you who believe that none of the main political parties represent you and you would normally stay at home and not vote did you know THAT YOU CAN SPOIL YOUR BALLOT? 🤔

For the sake of keeping it simple, just write a big cross ❎ like that from edge to edge of the whole paper, right through all the candidates, like the example below. 👇👇👇👇

Please don't put a mark of ANY KIND by any individual candidate as it will be considered as a vote for them.

I know by experience, of course, just how tough it is with our health conditions to even consider going out, for many of us (including me) and we all feel so ground down by the vile government treatment of the disabled but this is something that COULD MAKE A VERY REAL DIFFERENCE TO OUR FIGHT AGAINST THESE PROPOSED SADISTIC, IMMORAL AND POSSIBLY UNLAWFUL CUTS!!

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD A POSTAL VOTE WILL HAVE SENT IT IN BY NOW BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE.👇👇👇👇

Firstly, you must be on the ELECTORAL REGISTER, if not make sure that, when the letter comes later in the year to sign you up to it, you do so for future elections.

Please check that there is an election in your area (constituency) at the link below.👇👇👇👇

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/your-election-information

ON THE DAY PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE PHOTO ID as you will not be allowed to vote without showing it!! You don't have to have a passport or driving licence, there are many other types of ID that you may already have or can easily acquire before the day. The full list is at the link here. 👇👇 👇 👇

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

If you have trouble with either of the links highlight the text and press OPEN on the menu that comes up beside it.

Unfortunately there isn't a Local Election in my constituency this year!! 😱😱 😱 😱 so please make a difference too for those of us who have no opportunity to vote at all at this crucial time!! 😒