LCWRA Changes

Faithlong
Faithlong Community member Posts: 57 Contributor
edited October 18 in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi all, like many of you I’m just terrified of these upcoming reforms and what they mean to us. I was wondering if someone can explain to me what making the low capability work assessment more difficult means because I’ve been looking online and there is no real outlines stating what these changes mean. Does it mean diagnosis does it mean people with mental health conditions are the only ones who are going to be affected?

Also, how long do you think it would take for these reforms to be implemented?

Thank you

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  • Faithlong
    Faithlong Community member Posts: 57 Contributor

    everyone is stressed and confused there’s no reason for you to talk to me this way.

  • Community_Scope
    Community_Scope Posts: 1,481 Empowering
    edited October 18

    Hi @Faithlong, don't worry, the benefits system is very confusing, especially when we're stressed. I'll pop it in the UC category and change the title 😊

    Hopefully one of our members will be able to help you with this.

    Rachel

  • judie
    judie Community member Posts: 122 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/925382#Comment_925382

    It sounds like WCA and PIP maybe linked in the future so it doesn't matter how you title your post.

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 1,185 Trailblazing

    No one can answer because Labour have yet to make any official announcements about their plans.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 2,461 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/124206/lcwra-changes

    I'm worried as well was ok then bam

  • Urbenmyth
    Urbenmyth Community member Posts: 9 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/124206/lcwra-changes

    Basically, we have no **** idea.

    They've said they're not going ahead with the Tory plans but are planning changes "of an equivalent scale", which could mean anything from "basically the Tory white paper with a few details changed, done very quickly" to "some entirely new system made up whole cloth that won't happen for ten years". As always, they've refused to give any actual details, and we're sat here panicking until the 30th.

    What we do know, and one of the few rays of hope here, is that Labour's popularity polls have plummeted, the winter fuel cuts were very unpopular, and a large chunk of their voter base are poor and/or disabled. So its possible that Labour might not want to make any too big changes to the system right now. Or they might try a big flagship thing. Again, they refuse to tell anyone anything.

    God, I hate this abelist island.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,426 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/926010#Comment_926010

    absolutely spot on.

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