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  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,387 Championing

    No voting for but only have 5 mps . Don’t know how true but I heard Tory’s voting against

  • calflye
    calflye Online Community Member Posts: 104 Empowering

    I've been so confused recently. why do the ministers seem to be in such a rush saying that these welfare changes are "urgent" to be made and don't even want to wait for a proper impact assessment and the figures of that to be conducted? What's with their urgency to cut these benefits without knowledge of the impact it will have? I just don't get it.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,387 Championing

    They need the money . Yesterday I saw a YouTube video where it was said an advisor has claimed that pip was just meant to be frozen until their house building helps the economy. Once they realised this wasn’t happening they decided to scrap pip . Obviously I don’t know if it’s true but does make sense

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,936 Championing

    Just read this on the Benefits and Work site breaking down where claimants had received 4 points or more: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/the-two-pip-activities-that-provide-most-pip-4-point-scores

  • Passerby
    Passerby Posts: 458 Trailblazing

    If people knew Keir Starmer was going to turn Labour into the most hated party in the country and making such a mess of this country, they would have voted for Rishi Sunak - the devil they knew - I guess!

  • Tumilty
    Tumilty Online Community Member Posts: 297 Empowering

    I saw the minister for the disabled Sir Stephen Timms talking about the disabled becoming homeless and on the streets, the increase in this happening.

    This seems madness, total contradiction to what the government are doing as the benefit cuts will create more of this and pressure on the NHS. Why doesn't he have a chat with Starmer, Reeve, Kendall etc.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,256 Championing

    I agree sunak is a pussycat compared to starmer

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,387 Championing

    I think Rishi would have backed down as I think he was weaker and more emphatic than Starmer . Even their green paper didn’t make it through the courts as they weren’t very good but Starmer made sure his policies are water tight and he fought to keep the Tory green paper . To think the relief when Tory’s were out and labour in .

  • anon85
    anon85 Online Community Member Posts: 21 Connected

    Thank you, would all this that you were told still be the case with these new proposals? So regardless if the government push for this, the dwp don't have the staff to comply?

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,256 Championing

    What's he on ???? He's the one who will be making millions homeless or is he back peddling seeing all the pushbacks and on 7th June unions holding March and mps starting to see if the unions had enough what happens to them it's all unfolding good morning Britain had loads of mps ministers on giving them a hard time saying how ill this os making everyone

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,256 Championing

    I think it's all falling apart and I think backbenchers plotting his decline did you see silver fox saying unions had enough doing March 7th June silver fox said it could be the unions getting him out watch this space

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,256 Championing

    DWP must be at breaking point theu treat staff like donkeys I worked job centre years ago was awful then everyone always off sick with Depression worked like donkeys worst job ever asking for universal credit to migration also people's new applications pip and wca and existing claimants reviews nightmare

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Online Community Member Posts: 221 Pioneering

    I think the fear of all this came when Liz Witch Kendall said she wanted a ramping up of reassessments but failed to explain properly (on purpose no doubt) exactly what rhis meant, and the critera and circumstances for this. It had us all in fear of being suddenly reassessed for LCWRA with little information at the time who would be assessed. When she was pressed on this by the media and other groups, she admitted it was to be those who had a change in circumstances (which was the case before anyway) and people who were pregnant at the time of their claim, and cancer patients who were now better etc.

    If your not in this criteria I honestly wouldn't worry too much, they are still dealing with backlogs, short staffed, dealing with mandatory reconsiderations and appeals, which will of course be made worse if PIP changes come into force because most people will appeal when turned down if this 4 point rule comes in, which at present has loads of opposition form DPAC, charities, and now over 100 labour mp's. I truly beleive the DWP have more to worry about at the moment , and not enough resources to be reassessing all of us, they can't even answer the phones after half hour of waiting, and it takes sometimes over a week for a reply on UC journals!!

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,256 Championing

    Unions also had enough of starmer 7th June holding March

  • johnnyy85
    johnnyy85 Online Community Member Posts: 147 Empowering

    the government have been reported to have changed there mind on the winter fuel payments this gives me great hope that the pip cuts will be next

  • johnnyy85
    johnnyy85 Online Community Member Posts: 147 Empowering
  • LouCie61
    LouCie61 Online Community Member Posts: 90 Empowering

    My main concern is that the nurse referred me (without my consent) to spa, particularly for them to assess my mobility and as to why I can't get to the surgery.

    It's all on my records, therefore I am a concerned as to why I've been put forward for an assessment to check my mobility after all this time….

    Anyway, spa contacted me today and I told the matron I did not give consent to the referral - which is unlawful (which it is, unless in an emergency or if the patient lacks capacity).

    Because of all that is going on, I'm a little suspicious - I'm sure you understand :)

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,387 Championing

    No I haven’t seen that video . Was it from today ?

  • Topcat71
    Topcat71 Online Community Member Posts: 143 Empowering

    One man turns millions of lives into a living hell