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I'm not sure if this will help , but I found this .

Substantial risk (LCW) | wcainfo

Forgive me if I'm wrong but hasn't that always been the case anyway .....that if your reassessed and you don't get awarded again you loose entitlement to the benefit you receive ? ..... Nothing has changed regarding that .... I'm saying that people in my situation of recieving esa and lcwra but NOT PIP would still be reassessed under the wca even if we are reassessed AFTER November 2026 , as the new criteria that kicks in then is only for claimants that receive PIP .... People that don't receive it will continue to be reassessed through wca until it's abolishment on 2028 when the new pip criteria will take over for everyone else as well ....

That's what I was saying previously , I'm just concentrating on passing that assessment as long as I do things will stay the same and then I'll deal with the new criteria when it comes

Like I say technically I've never been assessed for lcwra , my last reassessment was for ESA , it was November 2019 and I was due another in 2021 , so it will be 6 years in November since I've had one and will be 4 overdue

I voullentatrlly moved to UC in 2022 so technically I've never been assessed for UC , I was automatically given lcwra because of my support group status , I was of the impression that the uc50 is the same as the ESA50 in regards to questions and descriptors so it's no different to the ESA50 I've always filled in before , and the uc50 covers both the cbesa part of my claim as well as the lcwra part

It was all the mentioning of being assessed under the new 2016 reforms that completely threw me , are these somehow different from what I've always been used too ? Very confusing

Go online and look up DWP Right of Access. There is a very simple form to fill out and within a month they have to send you the information you've asked for. You'll need your NI number. Good luck

This makes intreasting reading. Keep the pressure up on Labours MPs.

https://liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/3676243/content.html

I see! Well my own experience is not very great. I was given an ongoing award of PIP last year, for the first time. It's important to me though that the DWP wait for the full ten years as I will be two years into state pension age so exempt from the new rules, if the proposals go through.

However, if they do pull me in before pension age at least I have two 4 point activities on my PIP DL.

The problem there is, with the way they are going, they may do a lot of "revising down" of the points, to make sure that they fail you then hope that you don't feel up to taking it to tribunal.

Sadly, I think that is something we are all going to have to face.

I decided to do some research myself anyway and the government says that if you have a severe, stable or deteriorating health condition and it is likely to be lifelong that under the new rules you will be likely to get an indefinite award instead of the ongoing one.

A lot of people who get an ongoing award, with a light touch review are approaching state pension age anyway.

My theory is that state pensioners who get PIP and those approaching that age are of less interest to the DWP as they are more concerned with younger adults and the middle aged claiments.

I would guess, as you probably do that there will be so many people losing their disability benefits, all at the same time that the DWP would have to prioritise them. Particularly as I'm sure that the appeal rate would rise to a level that's never been seen before.

That's all on top of the DWP not being able to recruit and train staff!! It's going to be chaos, with recording breaking wait times.

I can't imagine that they are going to want to be bothered with the disabled at pension age or those near it.

Just a theory though! That and we know just how unpredictable they are, forever moving the goalposts.

the link doesn’t work. Does it say they’re looking into changing the reforms ?

I recently spoke to UC about my migration over . I mentioned I’d heard they’re assessing everyone on lcwra before the changes come into effect. The girl said no they wouldn’t even have the staff to do it .

it wouldn’t let me read it as I’m not a member of the guardian but I read it on DPAC and it said they’re coming back for more cuts .

I hope that’s the case but on DPAC they said they’re making more cuts with some MOs saying they should have cut back further to begin with. I thought how much more can they take ?

I think its arrogance , I hope it is flushed down the toilet .