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

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  • Vulcress
    Vulcress Online Community Member Posts: 111 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    My Late father was a Union rep for the GMB, I can hear his reaction now.

    The relationship with the Unions has not been good for years, But If they can keep funding Labour on the terms mentioned and lets be blunt this is what parties in power always do they drip feed out the policies so when the actual statement is released 95% of it is already out there.

    there are nearly 100 MP's who unless something dramatic changes will be 1 termers.

    This is just wrong, Its sadly exactly what I expected from Reeves and Kendall, Who has shocked me is Timms, The guy has always highlighted the extra costs disabled people face.

    Said in a previous post the knock on effect disabled people forced into care, when local councils are already near bankrupt. It really is boiling down to the fact they do not believe

    people are struggling the way we are. The media now will interview someone who is the stereotype image of what the media created, The realities of being sick/disabled wont even be covered by the Mainstream media. As long as I could vote its been Labour no matter how this unfolds I will NEVER vote for them again if still around

  • MoochingMinnie
    MoochingMinnie Online Community Member Posts: 28 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    This is terrible news. How soon could all these cuts/reforms come into effect?

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    I presume this will start with new claims. I am now totally confused as to where I stand with my craft hobby that is self employment with UC. Will I just be booted out of LCWRA. Frightened.

  • mac99
    mac99 Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    i don't think that the government can reduce the amount that current claimments are recieving for lwrca.when they changed esa wrag to the same level as jsa they couldn't reduce current claimments it applyed to new claimments only.they also had to give transitional payments to people who are moving over from esa to uc so they won't be worse off so i don't think they can legally do this.what i think they will do is freeze our payments until it catches up.

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    I feel sick to the gut!

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    So this is good news for people who can work but don't want to work. As long as they are looking for work they won't get.

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025
  • George1993
    George1993 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    edited March 2025

    will they be able to bring this into force straight away? Surely it must be unlawful to just cut the money you’re already getting? I just can’t see how they’ll get away with that? Or I’m I being naive here? Very worrying

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    It would depend if your on PIP. Currently people on ESA and not PIP are better off on UC. So you may end up about the same (depending what the cut is). Nothing to lose by applying for it.

  • stephen6405
    stephen6405 Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
    edited March 2025

    is lcwra being removed from contribution style esa also are they means testing pip very scared

  • carbow32
    carbow32 Online Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    I am in England so things maybe different. Are people from Scotland having to move over to UC or can they stay on ESA?

  • mac99
    mac99 Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    they haven't said that they will be taking people off pip straight away,surely it can only be done when you have your review.the tories changed dla to pip to get less people claiming it but we now know it actually increased and a lot of the descriptors were challenged and changed resulting in the dwp having to make back payments to millions.

  • A_Z1961
    A_Z1961 Online Community Member Posts: 69 Empowering
    edited March 2025

    I think it's very unfair to target new claims. I have had health issues for 26 years but worked or at times been unemployed but never claimed any type of sickness/disability. Since last year I have deteriorated and decided at the beginning of this year to go down the wca route (I'm on universal credit, unemployed and 63), hopefully lrwca . I have already had my first fit note and only two weeks left untill I get the 2nd. Will these cuts ruin any chance of getting lrwca (haven't tried for pip) if these cuts start with new claims. I haven't got it in me to job search, retrain, go on useless courses or work for another 3 and a half years until I get my state pension. Bad enough pension age has gone/going up to 67 next year, adding two years into my work life which started full-time age 15 in 1977. Adding two years after being in the workplace for 48 years (50 by 2028) is criminal. I've paid my dues to society, now I may not even get the chance to claim lrwca.

  • mac99
    mac99 Online Community Member Posts: 39 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    i totally agree with you they should not be targeting anybody especially not sick and disabled people.ive worked for 20 years of my life until i couldn't work anymore because of my illness and if the safety net wasn't there i would have been in real trouble.hopefully these proposals will fall flat in the court rooms.

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 122 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    details of the Government's welfare shake up. Over £6bn saved in total, 5 of which come from making it harder to get Personal Independence Payments, PIP will also be frozen next year so no rise with inflation & overhaul of out of work benefits as well 1/What criteria tighten PIP access?Do reforms match UN disability advice?134373271298K

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    {link removed}·6hIve heard that the Govt is going to increase the basic rate of Universal Credit, but cut the rate for those judged as too unwell or disabled to work. Cost neutral according to sources, to incentivise work BUT 2/1811710540K

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 122 Contributor
    edited March 2025

    so "we" are going to be punished for been disabled? looks like

  • johnron
    johnron Online Community Member Posts: 122 Contributor
    edited March 2025
  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing
    edited March 2025

    surely itv is a reputable source though ? I read somewhere they are also looking at invisible conditions such as fibromyalgia which I have . As though if it can’t be seen it doesn’t exist.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing
    edited March 2025

    I really hope you’re right but I can’t help thinking that this was leaked to see how it goes down with the public before it’s officially released.

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