The official 2024 budget discussion.

Sorry Apple85 I responded to the wrong post. I was trying to point out that according to today's statement we'll be waiting until next year to hear from Kendall.

Apple85, you nailed it exactly with this:

"Kendall’s biggest problem isn’t ’encouraging’ disabled into work………….its persuading employers to take us on (and dwp can’t sanction employers with as much ease as claimants)"

It's so much easier to target disabled people as the problem, but so long as they do that, there won't ever be a solution. There are a lot of disabled people not in work who would like to work, and a lot who are in insecure work like me, with no promise of any stability. There are also plenty of employers sidestepping employing disabled people, or just going through the motions via Disability Confident. Even those who want to employ more diversely don't have the tools to do it. It would be helpful if, instead of talking about mobilising disabled people into work, instead they started by creating an inclusive employment environment.

All that said, it does LOOK as though they are thinking about access to work at least from a more positive angle (with respect to their scheme proposals). But as I said before, those kinds of schemes will be in cities, and where you live will determine your opportunities. Much as is the case now.

(Note for anyone reading, of course, those people who cannot work should absolutely not be pushed into any of these programmes).

I am not impressed with the bus cap changing, either. But that's another discussion.

I never said that about you , where do you get it from that i said you were insensitive? this is the problem with typing stuff it get twisted . I was explaining that the comment towards me from another poster was insensitive .

Reeves & Co. missed a 'trick'.

There are companies out there that are 'flush' with cash.

She could have hit the companies who are busy buying back their own shares.

So weak, they could have borrowed against 'Great British Energy' (so essential borrowing from Google, Amazon etc cash pile), to raise billions, so a temporary sell off, then gradually buy back over several years as the economy grows.