The official 2024 budget discussion.

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  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Community member Posts: 648 Pioneering

    I also received DLA for life, they did away with that, so they can change it as Zipz has said.

  • Daffodil94
    Daffodil94 Community member Posts: 42 Empowering

    as regards the BBC podcast, I wanted people to get an idea of where the government is heading, in general. I agree with Andi66 that speculation about what may be is heightening worry levels and worry makes us feel worse. I believe that with this government there is hope that things will get better. I believe we need to carry on and deal together with anything that comes our way. Not all carers are on Universal Credit. My carer is my 23 year old grandson who also works full time as a Teaching Assistant with children who have special needs. I bet you could also tell us stories of your wonderful carers. Let’s bring some positivity about what is happening NOW and not worry about what may never happen. I was carer to my mum for 10 years giving up a good job to look after her full time. We managed on her pension and my carer’s allowance plus Children’s Tax Allowance for my grandson whom I brought up from birth. We never went without anything we needed and, as you can see, my grandson grew into a wonderful caring adult. I think we need to have hope for a brighter future and a better chance of improvement in our lives with a change of government.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 393 Empowering

    I used to be my mums carer until 2017. When she suddenly passed away from a stroke in hospital. So I know this is hard to not to worry until we have some sort of concrete evidence of what they are doing. They seem to go back on what they say. Especially if they get people and charities like scope to defend us .

  • emc123
    emc123 Community member Posts: 90 Empowering

    An Ongoing Award (10 yrs) is subject to Review at Any time just like All Awards.x

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community member Posts: 2,193 Championing

    I have messaged my Lib Dem MP about this

    He may ask questions in parliament

  • bench
    bench Community member Posts: 32 Connected

    I have also e mailed my lib dem MP also , could it be the same one lol

  • Nashota
    Nashota Community member Posts: 360 Empowering

    Mine's Labour.. and useless, I doubt I'll be sending her anymore emails in relation to disabilities.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 393 Empowering

    Mines Labour too, he voted to take the winter fuel payments out from pensioners. And he dosent bother when people email he, just cut and paste sort of thing.

  • Doglover2
    Doglover2 Community member Posts: 66 Contributor

    @Zipz me too.. dla for life. Then a fight to get on pip.

  • egister
    egister Posts: 459 Empowering
    Governments have taken advantage of your hardships for decades and forced your family into low-paid jobs for generations - is that okay? No. This is the dark Middle Ages in modern packaging. It's horrible. This should not be the case in the 21st century. Disability is not a reason to drive a person into poverty. No matter what government, the course towards reducing assistance to the disabled is clearly visible from year to year. 
    

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 393 Empowering

    Just saw Badanoch has appointed Stride as Chancellor, guess who he be after if they get into power

  • mangomungo
    mangomungo Community member Posts: 65 Empowering

    Jesus Christ. I hope they don’t get a sniff of power

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 393 Empowering

    I know , what is it with these people that hate us.

  • deewhite
    deewhite Community member Posts: 16 Connected

    Just saw that news always, made my heart sink . Talk about being between a rock and a hard place .

  • Ralph
    Ralph Community member Posts: 136 Empowering
    edited November 5

    A ‘tax and spend’ budget? Not for disabled people. For us, austerity lives on.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/05/tax-and-spend-budget-disabled-people-austerity

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Community member Posts: 144 Empowering

    This was me, too. I had an indefinite DLA award, I applied for PIP when they told me to, did everything I was instructed to do, sent them lots of evidence, and they forced me to go to appeal. :/ Unfortunately changes to benefits come when the people administering the benefits decide.

    Knowing that there are still many on DLA, I've always wondered if my case was shifted over at the time it was because it was right after the govt tried to tighten up on invisible disability criteria. It may have been coincidence, but there must have been a reason they tried to write up my whole case as anxiety rather than acknowledging the impact of my autism on my life.

    Both the Tories and Reform UK want us out of ECHR anyway.

    I wish I had a lib MP. I have the same Tory we've had for years, albeit with a reduced majority.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,215 Championing

    stride shouldn't be allowed to flush a toilet let alone have any form of power. god help us if this disease of a man ever gets power again

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Community member Posts: 174 Empowering

    I think he was the architect of that scheme to replace PIP cash payments with vouchers.

    Horrible man.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,215 Championing

    yes he was, and he Only "just" kept his seat, if he loses it in 2029 I'll laugh