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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,796 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,796 Championing

    Same as what you done signed loads of pertitions and emailed mps there are alot of mps who are outraged about this all if your mp supports I think all mps who supports this will regret later down the line your doing great I was frightened at first sending emails but I had to try and do my bit like yourself

  • jul1aorways
    jul1aorways Online Community Member Posts: 397 Pioneering
    edited May 2025

    Having read your post, I would like to say that, yes, most assessments have been done on the phone although I should warn you that face to face assessments are being bought back with the green paper proposals.

    I'm afraid that I would not personally recommend the CAB. They started working with the government some years ago and, as I've found out by my own experience, they give out inaccurate information, no doubt with government interference.

    With my experience of getting help with disability benefit over 21 years my biggest recommendation by far is to become a member of Benefits and Work. They are not just good for news, they really do the very best advice guides anywhere as far as I'm am concerned.

    The membership only costs £20.00 a year. I do hope you might consider looking into this. 😊

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,423 Championing

    We often recommend people contact the CAB as many have found them very helpful @jul1aorways. There is no truth in your statement regarding government interference, so let's please not start spreading around misinformation.

    I'm sure B&W are great, but many do not have the money to spend to pay for help, hence free (and also great) services such as ourselves and CAB.😊

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    I read somewhere there are over a million immigrants on benefits and it makes me wonder if the attack on welfare is because of this . He has no intention of controlling immigration so I can’t help think is there a connection. I read once gained settled status they can also claim benefits such as uc and maybe pip I don’t know. As you say getting us to do their jobs would be killing two birds with one stone and maybe that’s why the uc basic uplift .

    It’s also imo another attack on the older and elderly by stopping foreign workers in the care sector. Trying to force older sick people who need help themselves into working as carers for the elderly. Some days I can barely lift a cup without pain how could I lift an elderly person who’s relying solely on me. I noticed they haven’t mentioned other sectors such as the hospitality sector unless I haven’t heard anything about that . Only care .
    I actually mentioned benefits cuts to their canvasser . I knew they intended this as we were ignored before the election. The canvasser assured me he wouldn’t work for Starmer if he were stopping pip as his mum’s disabled. It must be part of their script .

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    I may do that thank you . Mines up next February though I haven’t received my review form yet . No idea what to expect as I’ve heard it’s a very long form now. Why they keep changing it I don’t know.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,689 Championing

    Often Citizens Advice isn't the only choice, locally we have CAB, Disability Advice Bureau and Disability Advice Service.

    https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/

  • jul1aorways
    jul1aorways Online Community Member Posts: 397 Pioneering

    Well said. Under Starmer we have to worry about so many of the benefits that we are genuinely entitled to being taken from us and even his own MPs have to worry about their own career and incomes being taken off them too, because of what's happening to us. Everyone suffers under his style of so called leadership! Except him and his cronies of course. 😤

    As you say the level of toxicity and bullying must be terrible behind the scenes. If we hadn't stood up for ourselves there would have been little to no realization from Labour MPs, of the threat they have hanging over them, from us.

    Up to 200 of them have majorities that are less than the number of PIP claimants in each if their constituencies!! 😮 This is because Labour have more MPs in constituencies with high deprivation (therefore more PIP claimants) than any other political party.

    This means that at the next Local Elections next year, which will cover more of the country, more of them will lose their seats, long before the General Election!

    I think that a lot will change for the better with these evil proposals but we have to keep fighting them as the Labour leadership are not the type to back down completely. Not ever I'm afraid. Not until they are made to go. 😡

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    After watching silver fox I can see how badly he treats Rayner , not that I’m a fan of hers after he switch to benefits cuts. But the disrespect shown to a deputy PM shows what starmers like .

  • bton1968
    bton1968 Online Community Member Posts: 156 Empowering

    apparently he has a misogynistic streak if you believe what is said

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    Rosie duffield said Starmer has a problem with women

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,796 Championing

    Thier tightening benefits because they know exactly how many people will be losing thoer jobs because of cuts hikes in NI they got it all planned but they didn't plan the push back they are getting absolute vile

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,796 Championing

    Even khan worried he's saying to star.er be more humble noting like fear huh oh yes we suffer that every second welcome to our world

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,796 Championing

    Well I'm sure she's plotting his demise carry on starmy boy me thinks it's all gone to his head people brought the Roman Empire down and we have to deal with Change I want Change Yh don't we all keep being a you

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    Uc basic is being increased so all those being made unemployed will think that extra £7 will stop them claiming sickness benefits when they lose their jobs . I can’t think he’s doing anything for the better of this country, it’s as though he’s purposely destroying it. No one can be this stupid surely.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    We got change Catherine, change for the worse. I’d rather have Sunak back I don’t think he was this cold hearted

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  • Jenwren
    Jenwren Online Community Member Posts: 104 Empowering

    Thanks, I definately agree MPs who side with this will regret it in the long run - at least the ones that are normal people. There are probably a few MPs who genuinely enjoy torturing the poor and disabled. My worry is that any buyer's remorse will be slow to come and only after huge damage has been inflicted. It's so frustrating when it's so damn obvious this 'reform' is cruel, pointless and will not work - I know nothing about economics and even I can see the damage it will cause - even if some politics don't care about it on a personal level, it makes no sense to take money away. I don't know whether to keep emailing my MP. It was really scary at first but I got a template from a youtube channel (Charlie Anderson) that was helpful - my first email was a rambling mess. It does give me hope that there are MPs who hate this - you can begin to see the tide turning with them with winter fuel amoung MPs. I cannot understand why the govt is still so stubbornly clinging to these policies, especially Labour. I pray we and the MPs can pressure them into a u-turn, I don't care if the govt finds it 'too humilating'. there's so many things they've got so wrong and I don't get why - winter fuel, 2 child benefit cap etc. It just looks so, so bad. Do they really not care? I can't believe they actually believe in these policies…*sigh*

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