Disability benefits bill: leave us alone :(

johnron
johnron Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
edited January 27 in Current affairs

RACHEL Reeves today reveals she is fast-tracking a crackdown on sickness benefits as she declares: “We cannot keep footing the bill” for jobless Britain.

Ministers will now publish their long-awaited plan to slash billions from the disability benefits bill before the Spring Statement on March 26.

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  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,254 Championing

    The Sun…

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected

    aye still upseting to read pal

  • noman
    noman Online Community Member Posts: 1,618 Trailblazing

    Oh dear someone been reading clickbait articles again 🙄

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/974254#Comment_974254

    you think she said bbc was pushing foward hmm cheers pal

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/974274#Comment_974274

    2 hours ago — RACHEL Reeves today reveals she is fast-tracking a crackdown on sickness benefits as she declares: “We cannot keep footing the bill” 

    her words

  • noman
    noman Online Community Member Posts: 1,618 Trailblazing

    😙

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 248 Empowering

    They're the tabloids. They'd write anything for clicks. Try not to take notice.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,254 Championing

    They have been planning this for the last 10 years so it's not news!

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,597 Scope Online Community Specialist

    Hello, I've just moved this over to our Current Affairs category where we do try to keep any discussions related to… well… current affairs! Things in the news and what not.

    While we do prefer sources that are more reliable than the Sun, Reeves did say those words.

  • ShadowyBramble
    ShadowyBramble Online Community Member Posts: 215 Empowering
    edited January 27

    I too am very worried over any changes which could come down the line and I agree with those who think we should ignore clickbait articles from local news websites, often with 'Live' in their name as their articles contain nothing concrete and is just pure speculation and fearmongering.

    The Sun isn't the best newspaper in my view, (to put it mildly), but regardless of the politics of newspapers when the Chancellor actually writes a piece for a newspaper with her own words regarding to benefits, I do think it's valid.

    In my eyes it just shows that despite saying they, (Labour), wouldn't be divisive and be degrading to those who cannot work, her article just shows the exact opposite! 😔

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,254 Championing
    edited January 27

    We should ask ourselves why the likes of Iain Duncan Smith and Rachel Reeves use their sources at tabloid 'newspapers' to spread their messages..

  • ShadowyBramble
    ShadowyBramble Online Community Member Posts: 215 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/974614#Comment_974614

    Because it’s popular with readers of certain newspapers. Talking about benefit cuts is always going to be popular with the Mail, Telegraph and the Sun.

  • Tumilty
    Tumilty Online Community Member Posts: 152 Empowering

    'footing the bill'.. So what do they expect will happen when people are forced to do things they can't. The NHS best get a lot of beds ready for the suicidal.

    What about not 'footing the bill' to countries like India and Ukraine. People who can work but choose not to like those doing all sorts of dodgy stuff on estates near me. How do they expect long term sick or disabled to just get up and do something they may never have done. So angers me.

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