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

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  • MyHappy256
    MyHappy256 Online Community Member Posts: 71 Contributor
  • MyHappy256
    MyHappy256 Online Community Member Posts: 71 Contributor

    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…

  • MyHappy256
    MyHappy256 Online Community Member Posts: 71 Contributor
  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 253 Empowering

    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.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,248 Championing
    edited February 8

    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.

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 253 Empowering

    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 !!

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 253 Empowering
    edited February 8

    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.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,577 Championing

    Whoa hell no i hate things like that had a few nightmares in my time one was so real i thought a tiger had smashed through my window and was in the house it took me along time to relize it wasnt real my heart was beating fast stayed awake all night fell back to sleep and didnt turn up for work well by the sounds of your dream im glad you couldnt remember rest ive heard whispering talking in my house when i was a child i used to hear voices whispering my name and felt like kids jumping up and down on my bed everyday im sure that flat was haunted i was only about 4 i used to think i could read minds gosh im sounding pretty crazy but its true

  • apples
    apples Online Community Member Posts: 502 Empowering

    sorry for the off topic but how can the gov looking at encrypted data on iPhone affect benefits ? What are they looking for ?

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,577 Championing

    I can imagine very distressing its all the emense stress we been under coming out in our dreams try to have a nice bath before bed try to remove from your thoughts easier said than done yes up them if it helps ive done the same x

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 5,553 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    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 😊

  • worried33
    worried33 Online Community Member Posts: 915 Championing

    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.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,577 Championing

    God i wish there was a way out of the system they really are making it unbearable

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,577 Championing

    I totally understand im same with my dad hes 80 never judged me always been there for me he had bad bad bipolar with age he doesnt have energy so its not as bad if he doesnt pick up the phone i go into melt down i cry everyday thinking of this also my fifi 15 my furbaby i feel intensly as it is so i know i will be bad bad its so hard and very cruel what thier doing i think they injoy it i can have 6 baths a day when feeling anxious troubled my hairs falling out breaking out body weak from it all i hope it works out ok for us all x

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,410 Championing

    please bear with us it would seem the political experts have taken the weekend off normal service will resume as soon as possible

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 1,025 Championing
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,577 Championing

    Oh so sorry i didnt relize i will be the same sorry hope i havent upset you x

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,410 Championing

    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 😐️

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 1,025 Championing

    Come along now, it's your patriotic duty to re enter the world of work. Won't you think of the billionaires?

  • mangomungo
    mangomungo Online Community Member Posts: 179 Empowering

    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.