So labour won by a landslide - what happens next? (Both in general & disabled ppl perspective)

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    What if labour decides to go with WCA that tories already rolled out up north in some areas that's set up for 2025 was a lady called miss clifford that was taking DWP to judicial court over changes to wca I wonder if labour goes ahead she will still go to court

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    What I find hatd is with Rwanda sceme was against thier human rights amd rightly so ! Why is OK to bash us the amount of unalive is horrific we keep on getting such hate

  • Meg24
    Meg24 Online Community Member Posts: 390 Trailblazing

    What about the UC migration? With my rent rises and loss of inflation, my TP will be gone in 2 years. Then I'll be £50 per week worse off and I can't afford to lose a penny of it. Absolutely no word on that so I can only assume that's going ahead. How on earth are we supposed to budget for that kind of loss? There's a reason disabled people on UC are the majority food bank users, I hope the Trussell Trust are aware they're about to get several million more customers?

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Online Community Member Posts: 398 Championing

    I am hoping they go all out to help people who want to work and who can work, work safer, better or more productively. And then I hope they go all out to protect the rights of those who can't work so they don't need to keep feeling scared.

    Two very important things that need to be handled with clarity not confused with one another.

    Strengthen the pathway for those who can't work. Strengthen the pathway for those who can.

    After 14 years of Tories blaming us for everything, it's going to take a long time for disabled people not to believe they're constantly under threat. I don't know if we are or not yet, but hopefully if we can make politicians understand why we feel like this, we can get them to talk with more clarity.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    Yes going ahead addi posted sorry if spelt name wrong he emailed and got a response that it's still going ahead

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    It's the guessing all the time no clarification it's cruel I think its very cruel

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    II'm The same I remember you saying been in your home for 16 years I've been in mine 22 years thinking of downsizing but have dog and don't adjust to change and all comes at once

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    What does social model for your disability mean pls

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    They dress it up to sound good the worrying thing is they will change alot of questions on criteria to make it impossible to get disability benefits

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    Yes more than possible it would save millions God its the not knowing I've been on edge since last budget in November certainly an emotional roller coaster

  • KG100
    KG100 Online Community Member Posts: 282 Empowering

    After what's happened today over the winter fuel allowance it wouldn't surprise me now if PIP is means tested in the future.

    Labour are determined to save money now.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    We didn't actually know how good we had it even with torturous assessments God I'm actually think pls leave it as it is

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 995 Championing

    You could email Stephen Timms and ask him he is the minister for disabled people. To see what's going on as its concerning you

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    Whats his email pls what did they respond oh yes I will tell him

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 995 Championing

    timmss@parliament.uk

    Address it to Sir Stephen Timms

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 995 Championing

    I had to downsize, I use to care for my mum and when she died , 2 months later the housing association wanted myself and my daughter to move. Took 12 months bidding, living around boxes. They were heartless. Plus I had no money thanks to the dwp. I went from having carers, which stopped when mum died. Signed to.esa . Had wca assessment. Got p45 before my letter to say I was fit for work. Living on child benefit for 2 months. Food banks until I managed to get a part time job.

    Appealed esa as going through anxiety, depression.

    Since being diagnosed for autism, got joint hypermobility syndrome, scars on lungs due to covid. Fatigue, Copd due to 5 years cleaning. Had to give up work last year. Not sure what I could do if we had to work. Got a upper tract infection on antibiotics again

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,360 Championing

    Oh sorry about your mum that's alot you been through you know what I tell myself whatever changes they make won't be overnight and by then loads of charities even people be taking them to court probley have two years grace and we will have a clearer picture I read liz kendell said wanted to get 80 percent back to work I was sweating with fear then read another article amd she said over ten years honestly last November after the budget I nosed dived god I was out of my mind with terror everything hit me pure fear was horrendous god knows how I got myself out of that but I did and all that worry and 8 months later I'm still here its still OK pls excuse spelling how I'm dealing with this day by day some days good some bad and I look back on my life all the things that really worried me I resolved over time it's the unknown its a killer I challenge my thoughts because I was literally terrorising myself one day at a time