Universal Credit Act 2025 - Latest Updates (05.03.26)

One reason why I'm glad about my diagnosis is that it will offer me more protection in that it should be now more likely that I'll keep my LCWRA status if I'm reassessed and less likely I'll be moved to LCW or classed as fit for work, both of which I would not be able to cope with and I just wouldn't be able to survive.

I don't think anything should be 'locked', or that there should be a separate discussion for chat or fears (if it's on this topic) - it seems to me it would then lose momentum and members would not then be able to express concerns, or fears, about specific points.

I find it very easy to scroll through to find any 'official' commentary but I read all the 'chat/concerns' anyway and personally, find them valid and illuminating.

I get that, I guess my point is that Scope have created the thread and the facts are very clear in the first two posts.

Any further debate/drilling in to what that means for individuals' circumstances is what all the chat is about, including opinions.

If it's split to a separate thread I can't see how anyone would bother replying as they'd have to remember what they've seen on the original thread to continue the debate elsewhere (I might be misunderstanding what the suggestion is 🫠😊). Others' fears will still present themselves from seeing the same contributions elsewhere. To me, it just has the potential to close the discussion.

Any inaccuracies here can be corrected by those 'in the know'.

It's a minefield I think - a complex topic which has been set out well and clearly by scope. The ongoing exchange is, to my mind, just members navigating that and posing the questions and thoughts that are genuine to them and their circumstances.

I should acknowledge there was a thread last year that got split, for discussion I think, but I can't remember what that was about, possibly Welfare Changes, I don't know tbh how that worked.

When I'm on a thread I often have to go back to page 1 to double check what the thread is 🙄😅 but that's just me, and I can go off topic if I'm not careful which can be frustrating.

Hi,

upon reading it says they want to target these groups, in this paragraph

In the Pathways to Work Green Paper last year, we said that we would turn on scheduled WCA reassessments as we build up capacity in our assessment providers. We are prioritising scheduled reassessments for people who are most likely to have had a change in their circumstances—for example, those with a short-term prognosis, for whom we can reasonably anticipate that a

change in their health condition has occurred. That includes those with risks from pregnancy complications, or those who have recovered following cancer treatment.

There is a valid legal challengeThere is a valid legal challenge to the UK's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Bill due to concerns over its potential impact on human rights and the Equality Amendment Act 2010. Legal experts have warned that the proposed changes to PIP could face significant legal challenges, particularly regarding the Equality Act 2010, which prohibits discrimination against disabled people. The Equality Act 2010 could come into play here, and there are concerns that the new criteria may disproportionately affect those with particular disabilities, especially mental health conditions. Legal action might be possible if the Government's criteria unfairly impact disabled people or fail to provide reasonable accommodations for specific needs. The assessment process could be scrutinized to ensure it is lawful, rational, and proportionate. Express+2

Therefore we need to organise and work with this legal challenge, with Minds Legal Unit, pro bono lawyers, Public Health Lawyers Age UKs to reverse these £2.5bnn cuts in the UC AND PIP Bill cuts.

I am not giving up, protesting, peacefully not fighting back, I am a true Buddhist; anger never persuades, law, facts and evidence in the courts does.

I am copying this to Minds Legal Unit, for advice, and all pro bono law charities, and group. Pro Bono means in Latin: ''for good cause'; do you all agree that we human beings have dignity a right to adequate benefits, to equality, to self esteem/ duty of care, right to life, to be inspired, and to overthrow disabalist oppression? We can reverse these cuts, our livers literally depend on it, here were still ongoing sucides during the run up to the UC PIP BILL in July 2025. Some indeed expressed extreme distress: suicidal feelings, including me, but I chose to be a politico-spiritual warrior for disabled people, for compassion for adequate benefits and other rights for us all. If I had suicided it would mean disabalism, and a Labour (sic) govt had won.

What's a PM?

Please everyone explain jargon, and abbreviations.

Do not we need to find a common strategy across the disability and mental health and grey power movement?

If we do not build such an alliance the the govt wins, the £2.5bn cuts go on, 10s of 1000s more sucides keep happening over the coming decades as they have hapened in the last 30 odd years of right wing welfare to work, disabled people will have benfits cuts for no reason, sanctions, and being living in fear, trauma, depp anxiety, and suicdal feelings.

I do not think what I said had even registered or been heard at all.

If it had Scopes CEO would have answered, and not ignored my many emails, I may well put in a complaint, and staff in the campaigns department would have answered.

The current approach of accepting the cuts means all the above horrors will keep happening, that disabled, elderly and mental health service users are treated like **8 through various stigmas. Really, seriously where is our fightback, our human spirit, instead of being walked over all the time? Where is it? Very challenging I realise, but true.

Also, if people need a break fine, the human right not to care, but mostly we have to struggle on, use the law and allies.

The response is very sad, oppressed and victimlike the disabled peoples movement are not fighting back by all and various means necessary they are accepting the cuts, depression, and anxiety, trauma and more suicides.

Is that what we really want when with 13m disabled and 8 million pensioners, and ms more in allies, WE CAN REVERSE THE CUTS IN THE RUN UP TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, IF WE START ACTING NOW TO

• Therpise boost self-esteem and collective resisting raised consciousness
• - never take no for an answer, from any govt of the take, and TOTAL SHAME on Labour Starmer for letting us down, who voted for him
• I suggest you vote Green as they are much more committed to reversing welafre cuts and more disabled friendly than new Labour New Tory ****. But, essentially such a campaign needs to croos party non party political, because Scope is a charity. I'll be voting Green and standing as an Independent in my ward Leeds North, for radical socialism, for disabled peoples rights, and not greenwash but real environmental change.

I speak the hard truth, so please do not blame the messager.

Please list your roles and that of other staff in Scope.

Many thanks.

Thank you Catherine21 you are very very kind compassionate, likemany other disabled people we suffer greatl;y from physical and mental pains added to by the stigmas, and so we are compassionate, indeed to each other.

We are fellow sufferes, do not have to be victims, let our deep sufferings be a cuase for compassion, political solidarity, and unity.

I did not sleep well last night, too many worries and aches and severe pains.

Took 2 cocadamool today.

Fell very low, but dragged myself out of bed, there is no jopy without corage and compassion.

You are such a sweet soul Catherine 21

I feel despair today, that Scope and other disabled people grups accept like victims - thats the hard truth - the 2.5bn cuts disability and thus the inevitable 10s of 1000s of sucides that will result.

Where is our human dgnity, spirit and fightback. I am in tears as I write this.

Can antone not only understand my current feeing of despair, whe the cuts could actually be reversed.

I am going on a Buddhist retreat today right now, Padmasambhava who is colourful charismatic, powerful tantric: transforming all demons/ problems to diamonds of compassion.

I will fight on am not a quitter, I'm sure I can persuade tghe many groups and forge an alliance because disabled peoples live luiterally depend on it.

We need to build our human dignity and spirit alliances not take no for an answer we CAN do this, if we believe we can, and we are worth adequate benefits, help, not sanctions not stigma.

I have to ask you all do you all this that, or not?

Because if we do not ay govt of the day will continue to treat us like S** and walk all over us, rather than aid us.

HOW DARE LABOUR TREAT US LIKE S***

Yes if you are single because UC is a working age benefit.

If you are part of a couple with one under state pension age, you become a mixed age couple for UC purposes. The state pension would be deducted in full as income from the UC award.