Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.

I have spent hours many days over 5 months sitting at this PC desk, and with 8 MSK conditions its v painful, so I alternate it with organic wildlife gardening.

I'm glad to hear Catherine has given herself a break by clipping the hedge too, as endorphins kick in when exercising, so easing or even ending physical and mental pains.

We have coping strategies, and healing insights to apply. And I'm sure many on this forum use them; please share them a bit more to reduce the distress and suffering, as I keep saying we need to keep healing ourselves day and night, and look after ourselves.

I have suffered the internalised stigmas in ma head of disabilism and mentalism, and it turned to self hatred and suicide attempts.

I am slowly learning to turn even the total despair of internalised stigmas resulting in self hatred into the opposite self esteem. To ignore the self-hatred and dissolve it with insights. I am saying this deliberately to try to help others who have suffered deep and multiple traumas like myself, to transform even the deepest distresses into happiness.

We al suffer, when suffering meets self-compassion, and or other-compassion there is healing.

We are ALL with you Catherine, and with each other!

Having listened to Hillier's troop-rallying rhetoric there 🙄, I expect to see her on the front bench sooner than later. Who knows she it may even be the Hillier Review rather than the Timms' Review.

I can only imagine she's been offered something special to perform such a volte-face within mere hours.

I definitely had the same thoughts about some kind of promotion coming for her, if she helps get the bill over the line. The concessions are weak, temporary, and discriminatory against future applicants. The fact she's now dancing around urging her colleagues to bank what they've won is incredible.

It's like going on a game show where the top prize is £1million, and accepting the first offer of £100 to walk away - despite making a great start. They could easily push for more concessions, better concessions, if they stuck together. The government have even been briefing they don't rule it out. Crazy.

I remember reading someone say they’re voting for the bill as they’ve saved their constituents. In other words their voters , not concerned with future disabled people. I could be wrong but it may of been Meg , though I can’t be sure. Either way that’s why they fought for us only , cos we threatened their seats . Maybe they didn’t feel a backlash from non disabled people.

Watching parliament tv , mps are speaking out against it

Tories against it because it not tough enough. Lots of Labour, Liberal s, independents are against it. Saying they are rushing it through, they need to consult disability groups. And start again. Balancing reeves disastrous budget. That disability people are paying the price

Hi Albus, I was wondering what scope and other organisations are proposing for a fairer system as the system is broken it has been for many years and in reality there is not a continuing pot of gold for payments. Especially when people paying taxes is dwindling. The millionaire and billionaire are leaving the uk for pastures greener so they don’t have to keep contributing to such systems. I have been on PIP for some years and the system has always stressed me out and given me anxiety when it came to the assessment and reassessment. Is there really a better and fairer system or in reality will there always be winners and losers in the benefit system.