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I get enhanced rates for both components. My award letter uses the word "ongoing", which they consider synonymous with 10 years.
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Oh wow good for you ❤️. What a relief that must of been. Can I ask had you filled out a review form before you received that ? I ask as my awards up next Feb and I haven’t received a form yet . Was this recent or years ago . Right now I don’t know what they’re doing. I do think I should have I even gotten longer with ME and fibromyalgia plus other conditions as they can’t be cured . I even should have gotten a 4point but got a 2 instead . Thank you so much for sharing that , it gives me hope 🙏
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Hello Amy and welcome to Scope.
This whole situation is really confusing and a lot to take in, especially when it affects so many people’s lives so directly. I’ve been trying to make sense of it too.
You’re right, under the new plans, you will need to score at least 4 points in one PIP daily living activity. This is stricter than before, because instead of adding points from different activities, you must get four points in a single activity to qualify for any award. This means some people who currently get PIP might no longer be eligible. The mobility element of PIP will remain the same.
Universal Credit, this part is a bit harder to explain, but I’ll do my best. Right now, if you’re too unwell to work, you can get extra money added to your UC called the health element.
From April 2026, that extra money will only go to new claimants who have a very severe, lifelong condition that will never improve. The worrying part is the government hasn’t said exactly which conditions count, so many of us are left in limbo.
If you’re already getting that extra money before April 2026, you will keep it at the rate it is today, but it won’t rise with inflation, so over time it will be worth less.
From 2028, they will also stop using the current Work Capability Assessment and instead use the PIP assessment to decide if you qualify for the health element. This could make it harder for some people to get support.
You are definitely not alone in feeling overwhelmed by it all, I certainly am, as are most of our members.
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I fear "The Guardian" is scaremongering, which is understandable today. The PIP descripters and a claimant's ability to perform an activity safely, reliably, in a timely fashion, and so forth has not changed and there is no mention of change in the text of the Bill.
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Is it normal to have enhanced for both but just a short award ? I got my enhanced mobility back at MR. I should of asked for longer then but badly advised
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Does your award have a date though zipz?
Mine says "ongoing" and on the next page after 2029
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I've never come across that disagreeing is offensive anywhere else!😀
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I think Starmer must have a part time side hustle as a scope snitch . He doesn’t like free speech either
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I thought they were reputable. I did think it was random
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They basically say "we need to protect the welfare system for those who need it… by taking welfare… from those who need it"
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The million of us that they want to leave destitute are apparently fakes who are taking from the genuine apparently
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Why don't they just say what they mean when they say what " the most severe conditions" are?
They are like a bunch of headless chickens or circus clowns without a single brain cell between them.
Honestly, I despair.
Who on earth voted them in?
I can hold my head up high and say that I didn't.
I always disliked Starmer and everyone in his cabinet.
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Yes secretsquirrel1 it's very normal . I have enhanced for both but have only ever had 3 year awards, from beginning and at review. It baffles me because I have multiple progressive auto immune diseases. So I do feel a bit peeved that I haven't had an ongoing award.
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A friend was awarded enhanced for both DL and mobility for 3 years. It was obvious her condition would not improve though it's not progressive. Covid arrived and her reassessment was delayed. A year or so later she was reassessed on paper ("light touch") and given an ongoing/10 year award.
It's probably normal. Suppose someone has a major heart attack, stroke, or injury. They're helpless but could recover 100%.
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Yes. After xth month 2029.
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Oh I’d love some good luck like that . My first assessment took two years fighting to upper tier . Second one was during Covid , was told they’re only doing paper based so I’ll be fine . Then they extended my award until it wasn’t paper based but phone . A quick review ended up a two hour interrogation. My advisor gave me wrong advice and I had to have a MR done by myself. I said to the assessor why do they keep doing this when there’s no cure ? She said I’ll write that down and then gave me two years. Even dwp added a year
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I never trusted him and told the canvassers who knocked on my door. They’d be foolish to come around next election
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It does seem silly as there are conditions that can’t be cured or treated . This is where the money is wasted
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My condition is progressive. I miss DLA.
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I have ME fibromyalgia arthritis among other things . Don’t think they’re progressive but obviously they can’t get better certainly not with age .
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