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  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,283 Championing

    well they won't be playing games with my life, Already told mum to tell them (as my appointee) to shove UC or simply ignore my letter

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,468 Championing

    The ex-DWP's in Starmer's cabinet have rehearsed their lines for years and seem far too pleased with themselves.

    The Deputy Leader disappoints me the most having been a former benefits claimant and single parent herself. Her grinning infuriates me.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,283 Championing
  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,468 Championing

    That's the word!

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,468 Championing

    Reeves and Kendall just need to come as themselves 😈

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,889 Championing

    HhHhhh I think that was a private joke them doing it on Halloween have the lot of them there The Munsters The addams family the lot and Starmer be Dr jekyll and Mr lied oh and bring in The clown from IT ......you will all float in the poo filled river Thames and for the finally play the muppets music as they leave The chamber Me lord

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 67 Empowering

    Sausage Starmer the granny harmer, Rachel freeze Reeves, and Liz Killdell, the deadly trio.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 67 Empowering

    Could be the scariest Halloween ever.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,889 Championing

    With a twist of Oliver pls Mr starver can I have more .........

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,889 Championing

    The twins from The shinning

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 665 Pioneering

    Wish I could, unless I win the lottery. I'm concerned will they cut the amount they give us. ?

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,889 Championing

    I think it will generally be for new claimants I'd say we get few years and ellen clifford going judicial court 10th December might not be as bad as we think

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,029 Pioneering

    Whatever Labour decide I cannot and I will not work ever again.

    I had to take early ill health retirement from my career and my health/disabilities have been gradually getting worse and worse.

    I am 61 in November and I will have to live off my retirement savings until I get my state pension if I lose pip and they say "work pays".

    What a joke that is!

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,029 Pioneering

    Thank you but I am on means tested benefits so I do not qualify for this UC thing whatever it is.

    I haven't looked into it other than reading about it on here and the benefitsandwork site.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,063 Championing

    very sound advise i dont think if you have to resort to tactics like this its no wonder there is a them and us attitude

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,063 Championing

    never said you were a bad person lets hope your attitude dont come back and bite you in your🐎

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,688 Championing

    Sorry, but I don't feel some of your comments in this thread are ending up feeling at all helpful @MissMel . Surely, if we, as disabled people, want respect, we should continue to be respectful to others. I agree fully with @michael57

    As regards PIP, then you may be able to claim this whether working or not, & I don't think being a member of a union has the slightest thing to do with this benefit.

    Not all people that claim ESA or UC work, whether in full or part time employment. Many of our members claim these benefits because of their inability to work, so I'm confused as to your 'argument.' Many people are also in receipt of both PIP & ESA, or PIP & UC, or PIP, UC & ESA…..

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,468 Championing
    edited October 2024

    MissMel, as another victim of foul play I very much want to hear more from you and I'm not the only one.

    The manager of my job centre told me 8 years ago there was "no such thing as social security".

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 16,688 Championing

    I think we all know there has been an incredible amount of media speculation recently, & I don't put much credence to any of it. it doesn't matter whether PIP or UC has been mentioned; none of it matters.

    I think the 'concept,' if that's the right word, about those on disability benefits being 'scroungers,' has been again due to long past media. There's nothing in what we know about the current govt to suggest this. The current govt rather seems to be thinking of ways to get more people into employment; disabled or not, this comes with it's own challenges.

    About disabled people, this rather seems to be looking at those disabled people who can work being helped into employment. There's absolutely nothing that has been said about those disabled people who simply cannot work being somehow forced into employment….

    I'm sorry for the personal experience you have had, & hope things get resolved. Fortunately most don't have an experience as negative as yours..

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,889 Championing

    Even if they did means test pip would be 2028 2029 gives you few years but yes definitely a joke x