October 7th - diary date

Vaguely, but why are they picking on disabled, they must know we aren't capable of working. Wish I knew what's happening to pip . They treat us as 2nd class nothing.

This is scary for many, many of us. Without PIP I as I realise many others are going to succumb to even more challenges/difficulties. I never thought a Labour would do such a heartless, callous, uncaring thing. Many will needlessly suffer.

I have physical health issues and psychological problems too. We don't know what is going to happen yet, but it has definitely exacerbated my anxiety and related issues. I am currently being seen as being of greater vulnerability/threat to myself and my welfare and have been put on a list relating to this with social services & community mental health (sorry I know there is a proper name for it, but escapes me).

I am worried sick. Not sleeping or eating.

Frightening times for many.

it’s always the same with whatever government comes in of whatever colour. They make bold statements and threats even but in the end nothing really changes. They know they can’t magic sick people into work but they have to make the right noises. In the meantime the sick and disabled are castigated for something they can do little or nothing about. Disgraceful behaviour as usual.

This really helps and hopefully will help others too. Thank You

can someone catch me up with the news of the day (been off the web all day):

No one has really written a summary or even coherent snippets

some seem upset with something Stephen timms said

Some seem to be talking like pip’s going to be axed

And the comment on wanting 80% to go into work - I think that 80% is referring to the labour aim mentioned a month or so ago is the goal of having 80% of working age Brits (16-66 state pension age) in some sort of employment……..which for the record that 80% has never been achieved by any government so it’s a tall order (not 80% of all working age disabled in employment unless timms said something new………it’s an impossible goal bcos even if they pressure the disabled they can’t pressure employers to hire disabled employees if they don’t want to)

I do think that many on scope need to understand why we seem to be in this perfect storm and be more realistic and open on the things they could be able to do in the right circumstances and with the right help (human based, financial and physical aid based help)

That being said the government need to be significantly more realistic on their own goals because based on the snippets we have so far, as my father puts it “what planet are they on…..” needless to say I haven’t heard anything yet to suggest the relevant labour dwp figures have more of a clue than their Tory counterparts (spoiler….i don’t think they do) - I mean today Kendall several times today seems to have suggested that you have to apply for pension credit via your local council (I think you have to apply for pension credit via dwp……………..Kendall has poorly briefed herself if I’ve understood that right)

video link from today:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+timms&sp=EgIIAg%253D%253D

transcript from today:

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons#undefined

I’ll try and have a quick skim now and post screenshots of the parts of commons q&a that relate to the disabled community if that is of help (just bear with me)

A lot of labours plan is riding on the disabled community ‘playing ball’ (a tad of a problem when some disabled will be unable to do so regardless of what you do…………’most fish will never be able to fly like birds’)

Obviously the incoming white paper this autumn (within next 8 weeks in theory?) will have the details of how labour intend to go about this………….but this indication of hedging bets of the disabled community filling in major gaps in employment rate from current amount to aim of 80% (a % which has never been achieved in the uk before) is not smart or realistic thing to bet on in terms of success

I will say it again - it’s early days but Labour don’t seem to be on a planet with common sense from what I’ve heard so far!

Question - aren’t more existing jobcentres currently being shut than new ones open?

Another question - many disabled claimants don’t drive and rural buses are getting less frequent by the year…………prehaps public transport needs to be looked into before opening (and deciding on location) of job centre