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  • egister
    egister Posts: 1,026 Pioneering

    Previously, only authorities and deputies had such privileges)
    

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    How can they say thier softening by giving people more time to claim other benefits I'm struggling with this I've emailed mps that come out saying they will vote against to highlight softening the blow means noting there is no other benefit to claim just jsa as said nit softening the blow just prolonging the agony for the same result also read tories pushing to come out of echr

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    Lovely glad all ok x

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    I wish they would get rid of the whole of Parliament actually I wish john mcdonnell Corbyn and many more mps who came out in the beginning not supporting cuts Richard would become one party cutout the evilness that has taken over

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing
  • jul1aorways
    jul1aorways Online Community Member Posts: 397 Pioneering
    edited May 27

    Hi Squirrel 🐿️

    Thank you so much for your very reassuring words. πŸ™That's made me feel better still! πŸ€—

    I did sleep well and came on here earlier to find a welcome surprise! πŸ‘Œ

    The member who had sent that post to me had written to thank me for explaining why I said what I did and completely understands as she has been through the same experiences herself.

    She said that it's better that we come to an understanding too as we have a much greater common enemy to fight. I couldn't agree more!!

    What a relief. 😌 I'm glad that this has all been resolved in such a satisfactory manner.πŸ‘

    You're right, there are the rotten ones in every profession. πŸ˜’ It's really galling to have them in the caring professions as they are attracted to them by being able to abuse vulnerable people.

    Unfortunately it's just part of life, especially these days. πŸ˜”

    I can remember having a really hatchet faced young women who was supposed to be a nurse do my first PIP assessment, which was a home visit.

    I remember feeling relieved that I had a really helpful representive from my housing association, who was qualified to help with benefits, there with me. They knew each other, so he told me from doing assessments together on many occasions.

    Especially as I had to lie on the settee as I was so ill and I could see from his manner that he was concerned that I was just not well enough to cope with the assessment really and was quietly trying to help me.

    The erm.... nurse was so ill mannered. As bad as I was feeling I can remember she barked questions at me as if I'd crawled out from under a stone. 😑

    I was fully expecting to be failed but I not only got PIP but ended up getting more money than on DLA! πŸ€—

    However, I wonder what the situation would have been if my representative had not been there? 😳

    Luckily for the next PIP assessment I got a very understanding assessor on the phone 😌 as it while we were locked down with Covid. I had panic attacks but coped a lot better. It's also the luck of the draw as to who you get too, as you will certainly know yourself.

    That's when the PIP was put up again to both enhanced and with my most recent assessment, it was was paper based and I got the same again with a light touch reassessment, in 10 years, early last year.

    I didn't celebrate too much as the Tories were saber rattling again but I didn't know that Labour would pull something like this on us!! 😱 None of us could have even imagined this.

    Even with two 4 pointers on my daily living, all the DWP need to do is simply not to give me 4 points again. I would definitely take it to tribunal, I've been there and won long ago on DLA. ✊Plus it's what I'd do anyway. They have no right to rob anybody of what they are entitled to.

    My next assessment is two years after state pension age but being that age isn't going to save me, or my partner who is 71 and has standard daily living with two points in each question and he will be reassessed in 2028. Of course the DWP can force you to have a full assessment if you have a light touch assessment (which my partner has too) despite the misleading words of Traitorous Timms.

    I'm sorry about the long rant, I hope that you don't mind me blowing off some steam 😀 but it doesn't matter what our circumstances are, none of us are safe.

    Especially from ignorant, hatchet faced nurses. lol. Honestly, she could have been a relative of Loathsome Liz! πŸ€’πŸ˜†

    I hope you saw Charlie72's cartoon that he put on yesterday. If not...

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    I think he must have been inspired for the title from me calling her Loathsome Liz from her hashtag on X, leicesterliz. 😁 As soon as I saw it, I thought, shouldn't that be Loathsome Liz? πŸ€”

    What a great cartoon though, @charlie72 is very talented!

    Really, if you don't laugh πŸ˜‚ about this you'd cry. 😭 It all helps us to cope with what's happening to us.

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Online Community Member Posts: 217 Pioneering

    Thankyou, although I'm a bit gutted I spelt the authors name wrong, I only noticed it just now, it should say Roger Hargreaves, oh well, sure Liz won't mind, can you imagine if rest of cabinet sawe it and didn't tell her, all looking at their phones smirking at her? Give her a taste of her own medicine, hopefully make her paranoid that nobody loves her (true though)🀣

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    That's what my dad said about starlin he said labour was built of starlin ? I was like noway

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Online Community Member Posts: 217 Pioneering

    That's rather encouraging, mp's are usually quite scared of the bad publicity celebrities can give them, although labour don't need much help with that!! They have a bigger online precence than us, and are on tv shows like The Last Leg for eg, I believe these cuts to pip will be withdrawn to an extent as they are becoming too toxic to push through as they are.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    I hope so it's getting so draining for everyone 100 disabled tv actors have signed a letter to starmer I've emailed Christian of parliament emailed loads yesterday stating giving us time to find another benefit ??? Only one would be jsa calling them all out said do not fall for softening the blow ok put back couple of months to come out with the same situation sent so many don't care if they can't understand don't care I've emailed mp must be 40 times saying we are fighting for our life's because we are

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,369 Championing

    I watched dynamic duo and Rich said to him it means they’ll continue to give pip while you appeal . I think they used to do that years ago .

  • lincsgranny
    lincsgranny Online Community Member Posts: 68 Contributor

    If you got your 4 points awarded at a tribunal the DWP can't take them of you

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Online Community Member Posts: 217 Pioneering

    I know, it can get very mentally draining with the constant onslaught from media and Loathsome Liz, but history shows we actually have a good track record of overturning benefits reforms from WCA propsals to past PIP changes. We musn't give uo hope and keep up the presssure each day on mp's, just like yourself with emails etc, the end result will be worth it I'm sure.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,369 Championing

    Hi jul,

    I’m glad you’re feeling better and everything is sorted out.

    Omg my first assessor was awful. No empathy, barely looked at me and lied not only about me but about my specialists letter and she was a nurse. I remember thinking I wouldn’t want to be treated by her in hospital. She ignored all medical evidence and my GP was furious. I got zero points . MR gave me enough to get lower care which helped while I went tribunal. Tribunal were awful and tried to remove points . I had to go upper tier tribunal. It all took two years .

  • Topcat71
    Topcat71 Online Community Member Posts: 141 Empowering

    Just think of the appeals and new claims the system will crash. I been put on another delay pip review. If my money stops I will appeal and then I apply again and again

  • Passerby
    Passerby Posts: 438 Trailblazing

    Keir Starmer also said in March/April in parliament that there would be transitional protection. But transition to go where, as someone who's sick or disabled or both and can't work has nowhere to go!!

  • Passerby
    Passerby Posts: 438 Trailblazing

    George Galloway advised Corbyn to set up his own party. I'm sure he would garner an extremely large number of adherents, particularly in this era in which Labour voters and many others are unhappy with Starmer's governance. I don't know what is holding him from doing so!

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,185 Championing

    Well that says it all I'm emailing highlighting that because they will be like we are softening we are giving people time and we expect in that time for them to find a job or streets no way 150 mps against 5 backbenchers say their resign disabled actors actresses written to starmer has tag stop taking the pip dpca written to echr with 60 charties signed but they will still try because they want this so badly ps hash tag I'm clueless