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

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

Danny123 thank you for sharing. I think dwp, kendell, Stride should see what mental health is really like through your illness. Mps , media belittle it. You mentioned your on Uc how did you manage all the stuff to do, hope you don't mind me asking. As I'm in a panic with my autism. With the migration at some point in time.

Take care,

Yes, when you claimed UC they asked for fit notes because when you claim UC they didn't know you're claiming ESA until ESA send your details across to them. Now the system should detect that you were claiming ESA and not ask for a fit note.

The reason why the deduction for your ESA in UC looks like more than you actually receive for ESA is because ESA is a weekly benefit, UC is monthly. There's 4.3 weeks in a month, not a straight 4 weeks.

To work out the monthly deduction you times the weekly amount you do the following.. £138.20 x 52 divided by 12 = £598.86. Same applies to those that are claiming Carers allowance, which isn't part of UC like New Style ESA.

There will be once or twice a year were you will receive 3 payments for ESA and in those months the deduction from UC will be the same amount as always.

That isn't true, some are better off on UC (ESA with EDP but not SDP) so it makes no sense to wait for the letter in those circumstances.