Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill
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I originally posted because the CAB person who did my benefits told me that when I migrate to UC I will lose £400, then I saw in this article that there was talk of a reduction of £400 so I linked it here, now this has turned into a discussion of everything under the sun and I keep getting pinged with new comments, please could you tell me how to turn them off, 14 pages of unrelated comments, each time I get an email.
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try clicking on your profile then go to account and privacy settings all you need is there i call them the godsend buttons
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Hi @MyHappy256, you can edit your notification preferences here:
Notification preferences — Scope | Online Community
If you untick the options where the right hand checkbox is ticked, that should prevent any further emails coming through. If you need any help with this just let me know and I can sort it for you.
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Labour officials wanting access to Iphone users comes from the Online Safety Bill, a piece of legislation the Tories pushed through which has been criticized for not being not strong enough to being a piece of legislation which breaks privacy laws and is censorious.
Sorry for the off topic post.
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Thank you Rosie, sorted I hope 😀
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I'm all for access to Iphone users, provided that it is across the board, all civil servants and politicians need to provide access to their Iphones too, that will never happen so point is moot. (sarcasm)
I also fully support the use of vouchers, provided that all politicians and civil servants get paid in vouchers too…
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Thanks Michael, sorted now, I hope :)
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this is the very reason I won't put a PIP claim in. How crazy a system that gives you a fear to not apply for what you are entitled.
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Ironically it was the Tory talk of only paying extra money under UC to those getting PIP, that pushed me into trying. I'd moved two years before into an accessible home, and thought what the heck now is my best chance.
In June I was awarded Enhanced for both, 6 years from a paper based assessment. The money has improved my life so much.
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I probably wouldn't actually do a Reform Vot
I probably wouldn't do a reform vote but it is how angry they are making me feel to even think it. I voted them in because I thought I would get a small peace of mind but the mind bashing games continue I really didn't expect them too. The state of my mind gets a little bit worse everyday and has been for easily 18 ish months now.
A family member of mind say similar to you that as the next GE comes along they will probably start giving thing away left right and centre.
Well they can start with the bedroom tax and some !!
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So it would be easier for someone with walking difficulties to go and do a full shop around Asda rather than a home delivery.
DWP WCA PIP Assessors MP's are on another planet.
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sorry for the off topic but how can the gov looking at encrypted data on iPhone affect benefits ? What are they looking for ?
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Hi everyone, we've started to go off the topic a bit here so just be aware! Let's try to bring it back to the original discussion if we can please, so everyone can follow along a little easier.
Of course, feel free to make a new discussion if you'd like to start up or carry on some conversations on other topics 😊
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The comments in that article show that many are believing the lies.
We also have to remember the modern form of support from the DWP is sanctions and cuts (financial incentives). It isnt even accurate in terms of the dictionary definition but they have been allowed to lie for so long now.0 -
please bear with us it would seem the political experts have taken the weekend off normal service will resume as soon as possible
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haha being a retired old herdsperson i dont think that would be a good idea even my favourite cows were sent to the knacker yard when they became unprofitable 😐️
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It’s just unbelievable. I was literally told to by a work coach via my partner aswell cause the work coach thought that I should be eligible for it because I need so much help with basically everything involving another person, communicating etc and the woman on the phone tricked me so it’s made everything 10x worse if I’m honest with you I’ll never be answering my phone again, not like I did really anyway. Then on the other hand I don’t want to be judgmental but I know people who get it who don’t seem to struggle nearly as much as me who have had it accepted without a fuss at all. It just depends if the assessor is a decent human being or not. It’s going to MR now so I’m expecting the next few months to be absolute hell. I don’t know why the government think it’s so easy to get PIP when they do things like this so they really need to shut up about making it more difficult cause it’s difficult enough.
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i entered the world of work just before my 13th birthday worked 60 odd hours a week for 50 odd years my time is now spent in the garden trying to get one over on a mischievous blackbird so far he is winning as for the billionaires they will end up in the same place as me 6ft under or blowing in the wind
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From The Observer this evening:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/08/labour-planning-radical-overhaul-of-benefit-system-as-rising-numbers-deemed-unfit-to-work
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This is been going on for over a year now, sunak started it. That everyday is a constant worry about what they are going to do. There was a political guest on talk, not mp but he's heard there maybe a reshuffle. Not sure how true that is
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