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Holly_Scope
Holly_Scope Posts: 2,707 Scope Online Community Coordinator
edited June 24 in Current affairs

The consultation deadline is currently the 30th June 2025. Have you responded yet? If so, have you any tips for those who are looking to?

This is our newest discussion about Labour's Green Paper on benefits reforms. If you're looking for links to the consultation and information about consultation events, you can find that on the first page of the previous discussion here:

Green Paper Discussion with consultation links

Spring Statement with documents

Here’s a bit about what we at Scope are doing too and how you can help!

  • Our cost of cuts campaign now has over 90,000 signatures. Have you signed yet?
  • 30 Labour MPs have scheduled meetings with us about how they can act against benefit cuts in Parliament. Campaigners can still invite their MP to meet with us during the consultation period.
  • 95 MPs from a range of political parties, and their staff, attended an event we ran in Parliament on 2 April. Disabled people spoke to them directly about the extra costs they face. And how disability benefits support them.
  • We introduced the green paper consultation action which campaigners have been completing. This helps the Government to understand the real impact of making it harder to claim PIP.

We’d love to hear from you in the comments!

Link to last discussion for reference - Green Paper Related Discussions

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,613 Championing
    edited June 24

    Exactly oh thier egos months of Sargent major psychologically pushing us so down I hope this is the end of them I think they will be told to go back to the drawing board this has really showd me the power of people and how we won't be pushed aside I really praise all those mps and hopefully next Corbyn gets a party together of that's possible

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,613 Championing
    edited June 24

    They will regret that now

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,803 Championing

    The guardian

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  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 1,435 Trailblazing
  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 1,341 Championing
    edited June 24

    That was Gove's gig, and it is only right that another creep take the reigns of big ear's property empire.

    Mickey also looked like Pob!

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,803 Championing

    Wouldn’t be surprised if we hear something before next week

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 1,435 Trailblazing

    I think so too. Can't imagine they'd risk the humiliation of defeat on the day of the vote.

  • johnnyy85
    johnnyy85 Online Community Member Posts: 246 Empowering
    edited June 24

    FromX BBC

    Number of MPs backing the welfare amendment still rising this morning - this really is a very serious crisis for the government.

    Politically, it’s hard to see how the government can proceed as planned.

    Fiscally, it’s hard to see how they can’t.

    Something will have to give

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Online Community Member Posts: 347 Championing

    I've stopped reading the government argument, it's all rehashed copy paste of the same rubbish, just in slightly different order. These are people who either know and don't care, or who have no knowledge of the actual disability situation, and so think they are doing a 'moral thing'.

    Though you would think the massive backlash would tell them otherwise.

    I don't think the bill will be pulled. I would be surprised if the speaker didn't select the amendment, though, given the public feeling and the number of MPs that have backed it. 108 is a considerable number given Labour's working majority is 83, depending on other parties. Reform will vote for the bill. Greens and Libs, almost certainly against. DUP and others are unknown (DUP will probably vote for it tbh)…the big questionmark is Badenoch's Tories.

    Will they vote it through or use it as an opportunity to strike a real blow against the Labour party? Personally I think they would benefit more from voting against it, rather than for it, as it gives them leeway to push for changes THEY want, while looking better in front of the public than they have done since the election catastrophe. But we'll see. Recent Tory politicians have lacked tactical guile…ever since Boris's post-Brexit purge.

  • jasminehoop
    jasminehoop Online Community Member Posts: 33 Contributor

    If something has to give, does that mean a proper compromise? Sounds like a stalemate. Hard to imagine either side backing down, particularly after reading Cloth Ears' statement.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,613 Championing

    The fact theu tried to say to late we spent the money ??? As meg hillier said they tried to talk privately but they wasn't listening

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,803 Championing

    If over 100 have signed then that means they’re relying on the Tory’s doesn’t it ?

  • rach_90
    rach_90 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    MP hasn’t signed it. Not surprised, really. I’ve just emailed her urging her to sign and support the amendment.

  • johnnyy85
    johnnyy85 Online Community Member Posts: 246 Empowering

    My MP David Taylor hasn’t signed it just sent him an email asking why ?

  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 340 Empowering

    I'm confused...sorry my brain is not working...had a fre seizures of late. So do we think this will pass or not?

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,803 Championing

    Tory’s have said they will vote against. I wrote to Kemi several times and reminded her that Tory’s are in third place now but if you support the disabled that’s millions of votes. Her office replied each time . She wasn’t committed to anything but didn’t say she agreed with the cuts.

  • johnnyy85
    johnnyy85 Online Community Member Posts: 246 Empowering

    The times

    Several Labour MPs disappointed not to be in first group, emails to table office this morning asking to be added.

    All not including the dozen ministers considering their position.

    The 170 number I wrote about 5 weeks ago still stands - but now it's almost all public.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 1,803 Championing

    At this stage they’d have to ask the Tory’s for support or at least how they plan to vote if it seems he’s losing his majority. IMO

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,613 Championing

    Start emailing tories tell them we will vote for them if you know what I mean