Official thread: ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper released Tuesday 26th November

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  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 4,344 Championing

    Thank you. I wonder whether there will be grants to transform wetrooms so that they will double as home offices.

  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Online Community Member Posts: 1,037 Championing

    I think there were mentions of grants actually

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,418 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,418 Championing

    What does that mean pls

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,418 Championing

    Kimmy when they do it's just a proposal right ? Does it matter if they have so many seats ?

  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Online Community Member Posts: 1,037 Championing

    People said this about them releasing prisoners early and the winter fuel payments despise heavy opposition.I don't think it matters on seats as they are the Government

  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Online Community Member Posts: 1,037 Championing

    But we should focus on the positive on it however awful it might sound

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,520 Championing
    edited January 2025

    They were able to change the winter fuel payment criteria so quickly because it was a perk given by the government.

    Welfare benefits are an entirely different matter, they are matters of law, that's why it takes so long to make any changes because the legislative process is a lengthy one.

    https://www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-white-paper

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 4,344 Championing

    The 80% employment goal to which they refer is 80% of the working age population not 80% of disabled people.

  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Online Community Member Posts: 1,037 Championing

    @Kimmy87 I thought it could be as little as two weeks as long as the Majority of ministers were in agreement for the bill to be passed?

  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 50 Contributor
    edited January 2025

    Hi everyone.

    You're right MPs should find out what it's like because politicians don't live in the real world.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,520 Championing
  • MadMilan2019
    MadMilan2019 Online Community Member Posts: 182 Empowering

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    Don't sit back folks, write top your MP:

    ''find your MP'' Google it.

    And please tell them, the Getting Britain Working bill will cost you as a disabled person stress, anxiety and depression, even suicidal freelings given the DWPs history of causing say, 16,000 suicides in one year, for which they got slammed by the DWP Select Committee of MPs, which monitors the DWP. The parliamentary select comitte did condemn the DWP for taking away even terminally ill peoples disability leaving them destitute, and as they could not work, they suicided. Yet the committee said every citizen has rights to benefits, to life, and to a duty of care, and health promotion.

    I know its difficult, but be strong, be patient, be positive take action, survive even thrive.

    Please don't give up, why (?) because YOU are worth it, and all disabled people are worth a better life, income, and genuine, disabled people-led help back into work, not stigmatisation.

    Can someone from SCOPE tell us if SCOPE has a a letter writing campaign to MPs re the DWP bill? If there is not one, then please create one: our lives are vital, and need improvement.

    I have felt anxious and depressed, even suicidal over Xmas, as I live alone, have 31 diagnoses,

    6 are life threatening, e.g. the aforementioned 2, and Complex PTSD.

    Yet I am still here being a poltical and spiritual warrior.

    Look after yourselves and I will do the same. Be kind and self compassionate to yourselves, and others - especially when its hardest.

  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Online Community Member Posts: 1,037 Championing

    Omg was it really 16000 suicide suicide in 1 year?.May they all rest in peace.Those dear people must never be forgotten

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,418 Championing
  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,375 Championing

    My labour mp , wouldn't care, he voted to cut winter fuel payments. He voted against inquiry about grooming gangs.

    Pretend to be nice before the election. He dosent answer when emailed. Our local paper comments say that.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 2,395 Championing

    on a brighter note it will be soon time to talk about the pending next general election i can hardly contain myself

  • MadMilan2019
    MadMilan2019 Online Community Member Posts: 182 Empowering

    Beware of conmspiracy theories, as not everything can be planned, and if you belive they can all be planned, then it makes you low, anxious and a a victim indeed. We need to support each other, to be supportive and practical. To campaign, by writing to our MPs, by organising a mass lobby of Parliament, with SCOPE, Disability Rights UK, Disability aliance the TUC, the Winter Fuel Payments Alliance, etc. to get our point of view in the media etc.

  • MadMilan2019
    MadMilan2019 Online Community Member Posts: 182 Empowering

    We need to contact the media e.g. GMTV, and comment on their programme, as individuals, and ask SCOPE to.

    Does SCOPE have a media/publicity Department?

    Also contact radio, TV channels, newspapers, websites, social media, and copy any of our responses to others/ Getting Britain Working.

    We CAN all do this by putting it in the media first, our fave TV, and radio programmes, e.g. Woman';s Hour Radio 4, etc.

    Sending an email, or calling up their listeners telephone numbers, is easier than posting a letter is not it?

    Please do not hesitate - just do it - and copy any articles, and responmses in this discussion group, please. Many thanks.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 4,747 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @MadMilan2019 Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We'll pass your campaign idea on to our Campaigns team. Please know this issue is a high priority for Scope, and we're committed to supporting disabled people's rights and well-being.

    Best wishes,

    Holly.

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