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Kendal has an evil face like reeves.

I wish Sunak hadn’t left , I doubt he would have been as bad as them . Mel stride is another matter.

She always looks demented and her face contorted with her hate for the disabled.

I explain to Ai how I feel at the moment and this is how it responded to my thoughts.

"It sounds like you're feeling a sense of resignation mixed with a desire to fight. It's a difficult position to be in. Remember that even if the odds seem stacked against you, collective action can sometimes create unexpected change"

Ed Miliband and the scientists proposing that are dumb and evil. Just saying

Blocking sunshine to fight climate change?! 🙂‍↔️😨😞

I'm posting this from the Benefits and Works site for information and it may be beneficial to make our MP's aware of this.

Academics show Labour is overwhelmingly targeting its own voters with PIP cuts

 Published: 03 May 2025

A group of academics from Northern universities and health services have calculated how much income each Westminster parliamentary constituency may lose as a result of personal independence (PIP) cuts.  Labour constituencies take 92 of the top 100 biggest losers places, with the North East and North West hardest hit, suggesting that PIP cuts are aimed squarely at Labour’s own voters.

The, report was funded and produced by Health Equity North and carried out by academics from the universities of Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield, along with the Northern Health Service Alliance.

Researchers looked at how many PIP claimants in each constituency did not score four points or more for any daily living activity. They then calculated what the loss of PIP for those claimants would mean in total for each constituency as well as what the loss per head of working age population would be.

Researchers found that:

• The ten worst-hit constituencies are all Labour-held, and in “Red Wall” areas
• The impacts will disproportionately affect the constituencies which already have the lowest life expectancies in England.
• They found that the average loss per working age adult in England is £176
• The changes are set to have the greatest effect on regions such as the North East (£269 per working-age person on average), the North West (£231), Yorkshire and The Humber (£206), the West Midlands (£191) and the East Midlands (£185)
• The worst-hit constituencies are in Easington (£409 per working-age person), Liverpool Walton (£403) and Knowsley (£389)
• These three constituencies alone could lose an estimated total of £23.8m, £26.2m and £23.4m respectively per year by 2029/30

In fact, because these calculations did not take into account the possible loss of other linked benefits and the loss of additional elements in other benefits, the actual figures could be very considerably higher.

One of the report’s authors, Professor Clare Bambra, said:

“Those areas that will lose most from this proposal were already decimated by austerity, COVID and the cost of living crisis. They have worse health than other regions and their local services and economies are already struggling. Losses of this magnitude risk worsening the situation for everyone living in these deprived constituencies.

“Parliament cannot risk rushing proposals like these through without fully considering how they affect local areas that are already struggling. We hope that research such as ours gives MPs more context, so they can make the most informed, forward-thinking and economical decision.”

Readers with a Labour MP, in particular, might want to drop them an email drawing attention to this report.

You can read more and download a copy of Local Economic Impact of the Proposed Changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) by Parliamentary Constituency

Is anyone preparing if they are refused pip saying that all these changes happen.

I don't think that there is really any preparing people can do. Most of us live month to month so saving money beforehand is going to be very difficult. My husband has started to look to see if there are any jobs going in our area and in his field as if I lose PIP we lose carers for him. LCWRA and also carers element on UC which is over 15K per year. We would have less than £450 per month after our rent is paid as our housing allowance doesn't cover our full rent. I realise I am in a more fortunate situation as I have a partner who could go back to work, I have several friends who are single and disabled and they would not have any option as they are not able to work and would be destitute if they force this vote through and hundreds of thousands of disabled people would be in the same situation, I honestly don't know what the government expect will happen.

Firstly since they are linking LCWRA to PIP it is going to lead to a large increase in PIP claims from people who currently receive LCWRA but don't claim PIP. They will have no option but to claim PIP.

Secondly people who are at risk of losing PIP will do all they can to keep it and will go to tribunals and keep putting PIP claims in as soon as they have any change in condition which may qualify them.

It is going to lead to an increase of costs for the government paying for all of the tribunals and increased staffing to deal with PIP claims from people on LCWRA.

Local councils will be overwhelmed with people needing housing, food banks, not being able to pay council tax will lead to less revenue for the councils and at the same time increased demands of services.

Local GP and mental health services will be overwhelmed with people seeking help, depression is going to get worse, as well as other mental health conditions, increased hospital visits and hospital stays.

I hate to say it but people who feel hopeless and helpless to change their situation may decide they don't want to be here and the government will literally have blood on their hands. I find it hard to wrap my head around how callous they are acting.

There will be many more knock on effects I haven't thought of and I just hope that the proposals will be watered down or some sort of other payment is given to cover people who will lose their PIP and LCWRA.

We will have to wait and see what ultimately happens but try and keep hope alive, living without hope becomes soul destroying and we are all in this together and we will continue fighting as hard as we can.