Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill

I’ll respond in depth later if that’s okay

For now id like to clarify that I am very very very against the idea of PIP going means tested and I think if anything award amounts should be raised (or an in work element added on top of care and mobility elements) giving those disabled in work or just a decent pip award the option to ditch their uc award altogether

It’s certainly not my intent to throw the younger generation under the bus - I’m well aware they have the new pressures of social media and pressures from both the far right and far left (I wouldn’t want to go back to being a teenager today) - a couple of family members have worked in sixth form edition for over 20 years and I have a sibling who is over 10 years younger then myself so I’m very familiar with that generation in my pocket of the country but obviously my personal observations aren’t covering a far enough cross section - there are some of the Millennials & Generation Z that blow me away with their maturity and insight beyond their years, but there are also those that seem rather ‘delicate’ when compared to my own generation (where it seems very little pushes some of them ‘over the edge’ and life goals seem more ambitious but they don’t realise you need to start at the bottom)

also I had no intent throwing new 2020-2025 claimants under the bus. Covid disabled a huge amount of ppl (because Boris and co made mistakes over pandemic) and the nhs is in such a mess and mental health services so under funded that the last Tory government are the huge reason behind the hike in disabled claimants (also the cost of living forced many disabled in having to claim for the first time - as let’s be honest, if we could financially afford it what sane disabled person would chose to put themselves at the dwp mercy)

I don’t have time to finish my train of thought now (family has just come over) but have any of the new 2020-2025 ever had a f2f assessment? - it’s much easier to control the narrative over the phone as body language/facial expressions can’t be taken into account and f2f assessments may actually aid some disabled argument - when I say the dwp should focus on the newbies I mean that everyone who’s never had a face to face assessment should have one and those of us with incurable lifelong conditions & disabilities that have had multiple assessments (f2f, phone and paper based) should be put on the back burner by the dwp imo

Remember her claims pre election about how disabled people would no longer be treated with disdain, since elected, she had to scrap a plan to send job centre staff to hospital wards, and now making claims like in that article.

I have reported GB News to Ofcom in the past and actually emailed one of their presenters.

"taking the mickey" what a way to put it. Was she bullied in the school playground and not got over it.

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-hides-updated-figures-on-life-threatening-errors-just-as-kendall-prepares-to-announce-cuts-and-reforms/

I read the DNS article but won't go into detail, he was a paranoid schizophrenic and he lost his PIP entitlement? I'm not an expert but isn't paranoid schizophrenia is an extremely serious mental illness?

Yet certain sections of the media say that "mental illness is the new bad back" but they don't want us to know the harm the DWP has caused for many people, people who genuinely need that help.

I recently tried to apply for pip and the things that were written in that report rejecting it have seriously affected me mentally, they use anything against you and outright lie and it’s crossed my mind to do a severe action I can’t come back from these past few days and acted on behaviours because I am in so much mental pain right now just to prove a point that I am sick enough. The papers I sent had all of this in them dating back 10 years that I used to do XYZ behaviour but apparently that’s not serious enough. If you can’t get treatment on the NHS and have no current input they’ll use that against you aswell as if that’s my fault that the NHS has abandoned me. I’m just taking the mickey though I guess. I think they want to push people to get them out the system so it’s one less bit of money to pay. Sorry to jump on your post and sorry if this is inappropriate to write here but it’s so bloody depressing.

let’s not go crazy and consider reform at this point

Farage and co are only benefiting the same way labour did over the general election when voters strategically voted against the tories

Reform policies won’t just do harm to the disabled but also our families health (privatising nhs for example)

There’s around 4 years till the next ge is due in 2029…………….i think once labour backbenchers get closer to 2029 and/or feel like they will likely lose their seats they may not stay good little silent soldiers (plus I’m 50:50 if one of the more ambitious labour front benchers takes influence of sunak’s ‘backstabbing’ of Boris)

Politics is just a game to many career mp’s, and a ugly one at that!

Apparently I’ve been actively looking for work and doing all our child’s medical appointments alone dealing with the school doing xyz my partner rang them and said have you written the report about the right person? As I’m lucky that he does anything involving a phone or a conversation regarding our family which was the reason I’m applying for pip in the first place because I do require so much help. But according to this assessor I’m Mary Poppins because I use online banking and order delivery (conveniently missed out that I can’t answer the door to the flipping deliveries) It’s shocking you can’t get treatment on the NHS I once had a cbt therapist call me annoying because I didn’t understand a worksheet, you can’t get PIP on lies from ‘healthcare professionals’ so you can’t access private health care then you’ve got Liz Kendall telling us we’re taking the mickey I think she’s taking the mickey if I’m honest with you.

@apple85 I’ve got EUPD and I’ve been know to do some pretty insane things when I’m stressed like throwing myself and my head into things, throwing things in a rage and saying awful things which I’m not proud of when I’m seriously triggered. It’s been described as ‘0-100 in 2 seconds’ would people like me do out of character things in times of crisis? If we’re pushed into poverty and misery and have nothing to lose then who knows. Kendall and friends have a seriously warped misconception of how difficult and traumatising it is to get any kind of benefits I don’t know how she thinks anyones being signed off permanently sick because they find working a supermarket job a bit too much for them. Goodness gracious it makes you despair.
sorry for the long very personal post (again lol)

I’m ashamed to admit about 20 years ago I felt like I was being verbally attacked into a corner, not allowed to escape and something in me snapped and I totally lost control and caused harm to that person physically. The thing is I’m generally a gentle individual that avoids conflict but the lack of control in my life (which the dwp dictates - as the money they provide and their rules are kind of like invisible chains) and it’s that lack of control that fills me with rage and I feel I have to shut myself away in my home from society and even my family to keep them safe as I never want to push so far to lash out physically ever again

And yes I do lash out verbally (constant masking and biting tongue when I’m around others is exhausting but I know it’s best to bottle things up and keep the peace - society tolerance of higher functioning isn’t high I’ve noticed…….people don’t like it when you ask questions and dare have a differing viewpoint) - I think the older I get the less patience I have and the more frustrated i get

I know it will never happen but prehaps the labour government should do some trials of minimum basic income in an area - take away the stress of the dwp controlling your whole life and you may actually get a few disabled that feel like they could give part time work a try

No more daft then many of the ideas labour and Tory ministers have come up with the past year…….surely there’s an mp out there with some common sense (probably why farage is so popular……..though he doesn’t have much common sense either and is manipulating supporters almost into a ‘cult’ following, not unlike trump and the maga movement - global politics need new blood from non politically trained individual who isn’t and multi millionaire imo)