March 26th and Green Paper Mega Discussion (ITV leaks, etc)

Im in receipt of PIP just the lower amount for both. Does this government not think that people won't be scared,i am for one. I just want everyone to keep their PIP & BE LEFT ALONE! Last MARCH I had a TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT BUT I'VE NOT TOLD PIP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DRAW THEIR ATTENTION TO ME!

Can someone post some thoughts on this. It's from ITV, it says about PIP being cut, UC being reduced etc.

Can UC being reduced happen immediately or is it like the other things, its something that takes time and can't just happen?

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-07/government-to-make-6bn-welfare-savings-with-benefits-shake-up

The radical package of reforms will see:

• £5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability
• Further savings by freezing PIP payments next year, so they do not rise with inflation
• Raising the basic rate for Universal Credit paid to those searching for work, or in work, while cutting the rate for those who are judged as unfit for work.
• A billion pounds of savings ploughed into a major investment for employment support for those who are looking for a job

The aim of the measures is to massively increase the incentives for people to remain in the work-search category of Universal Credit, even if they suffer with a health condition or disability, but also to more than £6bn a year by the end of the decade.

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-07/government-to-make-6bn-welfare-savings-with-benefits-shake-up

I hope you don't mind me copying and pasting this onto Benefits & Work page Keira.

Basically they're abolishing the LCWRA element of Universal Credit.

Does it say that anywhere?

GBN have been banging on about it.

If they're going to raise incentives to look for work whilst cutting the benefit for those out of work to me that means they're going to abolish the LCWRA or alter it to a level which makes it hard to sustain yourself.

Isn't the basic rate of Universal Credit for Jobseekers the same as LCW (Limited Capability for Work)? It was the case when I was on LCW. On LCW you had to engage with the Work Coach be it once every month or every couple of weeks.

So if you legitimately can't work you're going to get penalised financially, in their world that means it will be an incentive to recover to find work. How on earth will this fly legally? I don't think Labour cares and Kendall has waited the last 10 years to do this.

What if you are permanently disabled? I had a feeling Labour would go this far but to see it makes me sick and for Labour to tell the media BEFORE the green paper has been released shows what kind of people they are.