Wednesday: Statement on Benefits

Parliament tv go on website choose work and pensions link

The most important thing is that we all stand together in this. The government needs to see that we will never back down.We will fight for our rights and demonstrate the power of unity!

Thanks to organisations like Scope, I feel reassured and supported.

Thank you!

I’ve had a look on the Parliament minutes or whatever it’s called and looks like her speech on benefits might be after PMQs which is at 12pm so I think she’s going to speak on that this afternoon, Kendall will be speaking aswell. It’s titled something like benefit cap overspending or something so I don’t know if she’ll be announcing a new benefit cap? Yeah I don’t think labour back benchers are going to accept Thatcherite policies on the poor somehow they opposed the same policies in opposition

Thank you for correcting me I’m not used to reading direct off of the Parliament website. Just wish they’d get on with it so we can have some clarity I feel like I can’t do anything today until I’ve heard what they’re going to say

Exactly right . They could have stopped all the changes straight away but chose not to . They immediately stopped other Tory ideas so they always intended to carry through the welfare reforms. They think they can just blame the Tory’s when they get any backlash even though they have a majority.

where ever I turn it’s about benefits and disabled people. I’ve never had social anxiety but over the last few weeks I’ve been even worried to leave the house, people’s prejudice and all despite being a senior leaf clinician in the NHS for nearly 20 years contributing to the economy. I also had conversations with my UC services this morning regarding some ongoing issues and been advised to “DO AS TOLD “ almost in a dictatorship style with no one prepared to listen to what me or my wife has to say . Until things are taken to court, there is only their side of the story . Wish I had the means to have a personal lawyer with me all the time. I feel so weary and tired by just fighting these people and now look at the government … Truly Shame on them , this is Direct discrimination of our fundamental rights of being a citizen in a democratic country. I think I need to switch off somehow. I’ve had enough 😥

I can definitely sympathise with you as the media has taken me under a few times with their rhetoric and any correspondence with the DWP I really struggle with. I’m just waiting to see what actually gets said today I’m hoping it’s not going to be too bad but I’m sorry to hear what you’re going through. Too many of us here are suffering unnecessarily :(

It was a committee questioning the dwp, one was putting job coaches in doctors. About fraud, that they have means and whys of finding people have gone abroad.

They seem to be really focused on people with mental health rather than physical conditions and trying to get people with mental health conditions back into work.

I honestly can’t see anything major coming of it, This happens on fairly regular basis, lots of talk and plans but very rarely do they get enforced, Usually they go through the courts etc and get watered down to a barely recognisable change.

The amount of harm they cause with all the theatrics is just cruel though but of course it makes them look like they are doing something.

Even if they do by some miracle get the rules and regulations changed to what they are proposing it will take years before we see it in action.

It is , I have copd so my breathing is bad. Parliament tv have statements from the treasury