Wednesday: Statement on Benefits

honestly how dare she. How dare she call herself labour, how dare she crash the economy then take it out on the most vulnerable. The first person to take their own life out of fear will be on her head. I’ve written to my MP to express my disgust and if people have it in them I suggest they do the same.

In a way I'm glad they've brought this forward, I (like many others) am tired of being kept in a constant state of fear and suspense every single day regarding these welfare reform proposals. I wish she'd just hurry up and unveil the entire plans on wednesday and not just a small 'snippet' of them. It's cruel to keep many of us living in fear like this.

If we know definitively in full what the reform plans are it will finally give the sick/disabled community and our advocates the ability to begin preparing any possible legal challenges against any reform proposals which could be found unsafe/dangerous to a claimant's health/welbeing. We can also engage in consultations and lobby our MPs against any severe reform plans.

It's not doing my mental health any good having to continue to sit around each day worrying about the possible severity of the reforms, I just want to know Labours plans in full, then we can finally focus on our next move forward, so hurry up and bring them on, I say!

All this anxiety from them making me bad. I've has to up my antidepressants. Starmer before the election said we will treat disabled people with dignity. I emailed him. So that why I voted Labour, thought they were different. I shouldn't of bothered. I am scared. What is wrong with this woman ? She's ruining the country, and taking it out on the vunerable. Giving the train drivers that high wage when they already get a huge pay. I've looked at jobs on indeed , there's nothing I able to do because of my health plus i don't drive , I just give up

totally forgot about this but the massive ‘Indiana jones stone ball crushing everything in its path’ dwp mentality was actually happening well before ‘IDS BC’ (before is in Duncan smith years)

And it was our current Home Secretary (a starmer ally) who was behind them

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/even-harsher-new-esa-medical-approved

Labour have a lot of good, decent MPs - the problem is a number of the cabinet are starmer loyalists (and some of those that were MPs 15yrs back were Blair loyalists)

Look I was a fan of starmer a few years back and defended him however (and I do know some of it can’t be helped bcos of the mess the tories left) starmer has done a 180 from what he advertised himself as to Labour members when campaigning to be Labour leader.

It feels wrong to be so critical of Labour (esp with far right bonkers mess of tories and reform realistically being the only other parties that can challenge Labour next ge as of now) but with same of the MPs as ministers starmers gov is basically ‘Blair gov mark 2’ and Blair was never traditional Labour (more blue Labour)

I’m not sure it will happen in my lifetime but I’d like to see a traditional labour that ppl talk about existing before I was born in the 80s. But realistically I’m not sure the public will ever vote for that again

I’m of a different generation to many on this forum and the number of years and life experience does impact one’s opinion - prehaps the younger you are the more idealistic you still are

It’s a gut punch to be critical of Labour esp this soon after finally getting rid of the tories (and my frustration is aimed at starmers top team………not Labour MPs as a whole)

There rumours that some Labour mp backbencher were pretty upset about the pensioner winter payment cuts and the waspi women situ (they felt they hadn’t signed up for these policies) but for now are biting their tongue and towing the line - it will be interesting to see for how many Labour MPs will feel the lines been crossed by higher ups depending on how extreme welfare reforms & cuts end up being