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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,404 Championing

    Hi @secretsquirrel1 - I wrote to Kemi Badenoch on 4 May, & didn't receive a reply until 30 May, as, 'Kemi has received a high volume of correspondence and it is taking time to get back to everyone.'

    I'd rather believe a Conservative MP saying they'd back other MPs against the cuts in a televised debate about PIP chaired by Diane Abbott than the Sun any day.

    Previously I'd had a letter from Rishi Sunak on 1 April, who said at the end, 'There is little evidence that the Government's decisions will improve security for the genuinely vulnerable or offer support for those trapped by welfare get into good jobs. More is needed to be done to reform our welfare system and get people back into work, however, this has to happen in a thought out, consulted and open way.'

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Community Member Posts: 2,048 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033691#Comment_1033691

    was that Helen whately you mean at the Diane Abbott meeting ? Catherine had a nice email from kemi .
    I don’t think Sunak would of been this brutal

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,404 Championing

    @secretsquirrel1 - No, it was Danny Kruger at the Diane Abbott meeting.

    No, I don't think Rishi would have done anything like Labour from what he's said. He's my MP & has always responded (even when I didn't expect him to).

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  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Community Member Posts: 2,048 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033703#Comment_1033703

    Wish he’d stayed now

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  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Community Member Posts: 2,048 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033718#Comment_1033718

    Up until Mel stride and the green paper I didn’t mind rishi . My conditions went into a very big set back then but after the short lived relief of Labour winning I realise the Tory’s weren’t as bad as Labour for us . I emailed kemi and said she needs a voter base support the disabled and get our votes but not with Mel stride .

  • noonebelieves
    noonebelieves Community Member Posts: 677 Championing
    An infographic titled “DWP Pathways to Work: Hidden Disability Benefits Cuts.” It shows icons and bold text listing major proposed changes: • Scrapping the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) by 2028/29 • Stricter 4-point rule for PIP daily living component affecting 800,000+ • Freezing and reduction of the UC health element • Replacement of ESA and JSA with time-limited unemployment insurance • PIP claim age raised from 16 to 18 • Delaying UC health element for very young people • Cuts to Carer’s Allowance linked to PIP • Reform of Access to Work, risking delays • Mandatory support conversations and increased conditionality • Lack of genuine consultation, violating Gunning Principles The infographic visually highlights the scale and interconnectedness of these changes, warning that many damaging cuts are hidden within the Green Paper proposals. Infographic titled “The hidden cost: the pressure on public services.” The image visually explains how cuts to disability benefits like Personal Independence Payment (PIP), LCWRA, and the carers element will force people who currently self-fund their care to rely on local authorities, increasing demand on Adult Social Care and the NHS. Additional impacts shown include: more people affected by the Benefit Cap, higher Council Tax Reduction (CTR) needs, loss of Carer’s Allowance and protections for caregivers, and increased risk of sanctions or debt enforcement. The infographic also notes local authority challenges in charging policy for those losing disability benefits, and highlights that people moving into employment may pay less in care contributions than those on benefits. Source: Policy in Practice, “The impact of planned disability reforms on local authorities and the NHS” (https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/the-impact-of-planned-disability-reforms-on-local-authorities-and-the-nhs/). Link : https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/the-impact-of-planned-disability-reforms-on-local-authorities-and-the-nhs/ A table titled “Reforms” summarising the impact of planned disability benefits changes in the UK. Four reforms are listed: 1. PIP eligibility: claimants will need to score 4 points in one category (800,000 people affected, £3,677 million total impact, £4,596 per person). 2. LCWRA: Will be frozen for all claimants (1,700,000 people, £890 million, £524 each). 3. LCWRA: Claims from 26 April will receive £47 a week less (442,000 people, £1,080 million, £2,444 each). 4. LCWRA: People losing PIP will lose the health element of UC (232,000 people, £580 million, £2,505 each). The total impact is 2,942,000 people affected, a £6,227 million economic hit, and an average loss of £2,117 per person. A note explains these figures may underestimate the true impact, as some reforms and groups (like under-22s) are not included, and the modelling is local authority-based, missing some central government effects. Source: Policy in Practice, April 2025.

    When speaking with your MP, please highlight the several deeply concerning and deceptive disability benefit cuts proposed in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. ⬇️These changes will have serious consequences—not just for disabled people and carers, but also for wider society.

    Explain to your MP that cutting essential support will also increase pressure on the NHS, adult social care, and local councils.(evidence with alt text👇🏼)Many MPs are not well informed about how disability benefits actually work, and some may be swayed & manipulated by misleading narratives and lies pushed by Kendall.

    Please keep speaking up. Our collective voice matters. We must stand together and speak for all including all the disabled people who’ve migrated to UC-no disabled person should be left behind.

    In solidarity ✊

  • Tumilty
    Tumilty Community Member Posts: 505 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033677#Comment_1033677

    Thankyou i appreciate your words. The 4 pts system is so unfair as making points harder and adjusting them as they want. I have more than 4 the last time so the same illness i (we all), have is degraded when for us it's still the same as it always has been

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,404 Championing

    So good to see you posting again @noonebelieves - I hope you are keeping well.

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  • bton1968
    bton1968 Community Member Posts: 155 Empowering

    please do not read if you are easily triggered …. 😔

    https://news.sky.com/story/disabled-woman-took-her-own-life-after-benefits-wrongly-stopped-coroner-finds-13378390
  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,555 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033743#Comment_1033743

    Your table is missing another important benefit - Carers Allowance !

    The caree must to be receiving Daily Living to receive CA.

    How many claimants will lose Carers Allowance if this unfair reform goes through ?

  • lincsgranny
    lincsgranny Community Member Posts: 201 Empowering

    What do these politicians know about mental health and disabilities. Because Liz Kendall knows squat just that everyone is faking it. Makes me so angry as these people haven't got a clue. Id like her to walk in my shoes for a day because I bet she wouldn't cope for a hour in them.

  • egister
    egister Posts: 1,102 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033641#Comment_1033641

    Hello! Do you use programs to remove ads from websites on the Internet? (/off)

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Community Member Posts: 2,048 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033807#Comment_1033807

    Did she write to you that she’ll be voting for cuts ? I thought her email was sympathetic to us ?

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Community Member Posts: 2,048 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033808#Comment_1033808

    I note that she said she’s disappointed that Labour are concentrating on disability benefits. That’s true it is just us and proves it’s not about money .

  • charlie72
    charlie72 Community Member Posts: 259 Pioneering

    I'm confused about this 'more engagement will be expected' in the green paper proposals for disabled people, it seems very vague, will this mean going to JCP (not possible) or more likely a message in your journal asking how you are, and can you do any work? Well neither are possible for myself, I just wish they'd leave us alone, if I need help I'll ask for it, and not from the dangerous and unsympathetic DWP!!

  • lincsgranny
    lincsgranny Community Member Posts: 201 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033814#Comment_1033814

    Sneaky how she didn't do it in parliament and behind closed doors, she knows her lies would would come out more, I agree Catherine totally unacceptable how they are treating us she will know what she is putting us through all the more evil of a person she is

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