The official 2024 budget discussion.

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  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 408 Empowering

    He is , vile little man ,. Why he was voted back I don't know

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,413 Championing
  • Grissom123
    Grissom123 Community member Posts: 60 Empowering

    Stride always made me laugh, because even though he was allegedly in charge of the DWP, he showed time and time again he didn't even know how it actually worked. I can only conclude that he just sleptwalked his way through and got someone else to do his work for him, it's the only explanation for how utterly clueless he clearly was.

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Community member Posts: 190 Empowering

    I reckon Mel Stride knew what he was saying in those interviews,when talking about how PIP is an out of work benefit and we get paid thousands a month. Both of those things aren't true. A look on the DWP website,would tell you exactly what PIP is and how much you get paid.

    He said those things to justify the vouchers.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,413 Championing
  • toby50
    toby50 Community member Posts: 37 Listener

    hahaha bet he would have something to say about that !

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community member Posts: 408 Empowering

    All government should live on what we have to on benefits or state pension. See how long they last.

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Community member Posts: 133 Empowering

    maybe they should stop giving prime ministers 100k a year for the rest of there lives after they have finished the term they do

  • Kaliwax
    Kaliwax Community member Posts: 51 Contributor

    Stride knew he definitely lied about the figures on PIP, he wanted to stir up hatred towards the disabled by thinking they are raking it in.

  • toby50
    toby50 Community member Posts: 37 Listener

    people already on Lcwra.. will the new rules regarding assessments be for new applicants? Or people already on Lcwra? It’s very confusing

  • toby50
    toby50 Community member Posts: 37 Listener

    What does this mean? Can anyone help

  • toby50
    toby50 Community member Posts: 37 Listener

    and will it effect people who are on Lcwra? Already

  • Hopeless
    Hopeless Community member Posts: 65 Contributor

    That is what the Conservative government proposed. No-one knows what Labour is planning yet.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community member Posts: 32 Contributor
    edited November 7

    Nope, if Labour go ahead with this it'll just be new claimants and anyone who comes off LCWRA and goes back onto it again. Apparently most people on LCWRA now will not be reassessed again. If Labour do anything bad to us it'll probably be in around 2028 or 2029, so we've got time to prepare, like saving money for a safety net or whatever.

  • Ala
    Ala Community member Posts: 36 Connected

    So the Managed migration is going ahead. Well I think we could start to call it, for what it really is:

    Managed Robbery””!

    As a single and in renting accommodation I will lose the protection within a year or two! Just thinking, the migration not suppose to even happen until the 2028!

  • egister
    egister Posts: 500 Empowering

    If the inconspicuous officials who actually prepared the reforms under the Conservatives have not changed, then I think the course will remain the same.

  • Kaliwax
    Kaliwax Community member Posts: 51 Contributor

    Haven't a judge ordered the DWP to release the documents on the changes.

  • Dave1993
    Dave1993 Community member Posts: 133 Empowering

    think the court date is 10th and 11th of december and the reforms might not even happen if she proves them to be illegal

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community member Posts: 2,211 Championing

    Much much more than £100k pa - they can earn that much from a single speech event

    Cameron earned £120,000 from an hour speaking at an Indiana University in 2016

    May earned £1.86 million, in her first two years after leaving office

    And worst of all - that TRUSS woman was paid £32,000 for speaking at a Dublin conference this summer - with accommodation at £720 also paid for…for a single night

  • Zipz
    Zipz Community member Posts: 368 Empowering

    Is it not the case that any changes to the WCA are changes in law and a Bill must be passed by both Houses of Parliament and thus enacted ?