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That's how I felt when I read it he must be sure they will go through
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Very true. Although JC may have just been keeping his powder dry until nearer election/being elected. Who knows. The mind boggles at what has become of 'Labour'.
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How can you leave a million people without money ?
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Think Jeremy Corbyn is truly well out of the mess that Labour are going to be in. At least he stands with us
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I've been sure from the beginning of all this , these reforms are going through and if you listened to anyone who is credible in all this they always said that this rebellion was never going to stop them going through , forget about IF they go through because they will .... The most important thing now Is if they get amended , watered down , tweaked , whatever they call it , that's all that's important now
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🙏they do but not looking good but I'm hoping they get watered down
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Yes he, John McDonell and Diane Abbott are some of the very few true Labour people left.
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Here's hoping they can help get them to back off with their rules to these cuts
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Where has Gordon Brown said he is trying to beggar disabled people?
He is nothing like Blair, and was recently in The Telegraph urging Reeves to reverse some of the proposed cuts.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/14/gordon-brown-benefit-cuts-rachel-reeves-labour/
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When asked about any more concessions starmer said reforms must go through, he didn’t actually say no concessions. He doesn’t like to to give any definite answers just in case he changes his mind .
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"Those who are never going to be able to work should be properly supported and protected, and that includes not being reassessed and reassessed."
No doctor will say that someone is never going to be able to work, unless they're seriously crippled and have been bed-bound for many years. Anyway, the DWP relies upon its physiotherapists rather than doctors' views and prognosis, and such physiotherapists are known to never give anyone a long review date, but short and medium, leave them alone exempting people from reassessments for good.
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I've always thought this as well Danny. I think we need our voices to be heard on the news etc and how these proposals will impact us. We just have to keep on campaigning our MP's.
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What G. Brown cares and has been writing about is child poverty and poverty in general. and not necessarily about sickness and disability benefit cuts.
Both Blair and Brown are the backbone of this clown called Starmer, and without their endorsement and validation, he's absolutely nothing. Who put him to power?
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I have a letter from a GP years ago saying my prognosis is not good . The assessor ignored it .
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I've never doubted for a second that these proposals or other proposals would get through, watered down or not, as every elected government in the past did so, and that changing or introducing laws on benefits soon after election for every government has been a sort of unwritten law. Needless to add that sickness and disability benefit cuts is a soft target for Keir Starmer and his clowns.
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I'm not surprised, as they're known for this. WCA reviews are in general short, medium, and long term, but they extremely rarely give anyone a long term review- either short or at best medium. The worst are the decision makers. When the health professional writes "medium term review" in the report, they mean it 2 to 3 years, but the the damn decision makers just mark 12 months on their computer system.
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My pip assessor gave me two years , dwp said 3 . ESA and now lcwra I haven’t had an assessment for at least 7 years .
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On my WCA, the assessor recommended "Medium review" for reassessment, which is in 2 to 3 years, but the decision maker put 12 months on their computer system. PIP and WCA assessments have more to do with the assessors and decision makers than the assessments themselves.
The Tories were at least abolishing reassessment for existing claimants on LCWRA. But Labour have already calculated how much they would save by making us fit for work and cutting our LCWRA off!
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I can’t see how it’s legal to abolish the idea of being sick or disabled. For one thing we’re supposedly protected by the disability act . How can it now be illegal to be sick . At first I was being reassured for esa every 11 months . On the third time that did paper base and I never heard from them again. Don’t know why
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Even though these reforms will go through , there's a long way to go before it's all done and dusted ( different proposals , amendments etc ) and I would be shocked if it all goes as smoothly as just all being ready to go come November 2026 .... I'm sure you would be looking at a pilot and so on .... They couldn't just roll it out all at once it's far to dangerous ..... Long way to go yet
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