The official 2024 budget discussion.

@Doglover2 I remember my 2019 review, apparently I didn't have mental health conditions anymore despite having no treatment because what I have tried hasn't helped, he tried to make it all about my fibromyalgia, excuse used all the way through was "the claimant did not report significant functional problems with this activity either on their questionnaire or at consultation, there was no evidence to suggest otherwise" and used no specialist input, and no medication as excuses as well. Both the DWP and the HCP were told why I don't have treatment or medication.

A GPFR was requested by the CM but because Capita messed up and requested it from my previous medical centre which there was no excuse for and which they accidently admitted when they responded to my complaint which gave me more to be angry at them about, it took them 2 months to request it from my current medical centre by which time my award was ending so the case manager in her infinite wisdom after disputing the report went a long with it and lowered my points. MR obviously failed, it was overturned at the appeal stage without having a tribunal, but they still wouldn't acknowledge that I cannot engage with people properly which I received 8 points for originally, they claimed I spoke to the HCP fine.. which was a load of rubbish because I had a panic attack and disassociated, as someone who was abducted by a paedo and endured other forms of abuse as a child and adult including emotional neglect as a child, I am not comfortable with people, I struggle to be around them and to talk to them, this was a male HCP, I'm worse with men and how do they know how I spoke to the HCP, they weren't there!

I have my next review now and it's made me really weary but this time I made sure everything relevant was mentioned as previously Welfare Rights filled out my form and hardly put any info on it which Welfare Rights were trying to make stupid excuses for.

I also had issues with my ESA review in 2021, they kept booking me appointments with a man when I'd asked for a woman, they did it 6 times, so when I complained they allowed me to do a new ESA50 because the one they had was 4 years old and Fightback had filled that in poorly, so I did it with the help of my son, advocate, Welfare Rights and a guide, Welfare Rights were actually useful that time and pointed out descriptors that I'd fit. When my son sent it in via email for me, they requested a GPFR and gave me a paperbased assessment and moved me to SG.

My migration from ESA to UC was perfectly fine and went smoothly.

Excuse the rant, but I find the DWP and assessment companies as well as the medical centre and local council all make my anxiety and depression worse because they cause me nothing but stress, people with various conditions shouldn't be put through this rubbish.

i have never said the uk was or could be self sufficient i was stating the fact of farmers getting subsidies from the government and the eu and compensation jeremy clarkson has racked in £250,000 in such payments alone and his side kick purchased a few cows and put them in the neighbours herd and lost them due to tb people chipped in to help him overcome the financial loss when in fact the government paid him compensation the last farm i myself was a herdsperson on milked 180 cows on 1500 acres rented and run by 4 brothers they made enough money to purchase 4 rather large houses to retire to when they pass the tenancy to there sons

It's my fav movie too. I adore The wizard of Oz.

But nothing except for Dogs brings me Joy.

I feel so miserable and low.

Love and luck to us all x

@Catherine21

It increases every year in April. The council in my case already know as they write and tell me they've readjusted the rent.

That is why they wish to move everyone onto it. Same for those of legacy benefits that are ending.

It's a slow dismantle of the healthcare benefit system.

People don't want to believe it but that's the agenda

It shouldn't be allowed but it was a practice used in Nazi Germany where clinicians working for them gathered health records of those with disabilities and sorted out who could work and who couldn't

They killed all the disabled who were economically inactive.

I wonder what's happening with the assisted sucide bill it's I'mporant to monitor suchbthings because like in Candad it's starts with only terminally ill then soon expands

Safeguarding has failed.