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

17810121330

Comments

  • noonebelieves
    noonebelieves Online Community Member Posts: 627 Championing
    edited March 8

    @Holly_Scope Is Scope running any consultations with its members regarding this issue? Although nothing has been set in stone yet, I’m really worried about it!

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing
    edited March 8

    There appears to be a lot of scaremongering as usual.

    Until the government make an official announcement later this month no one and especially not the media knows what cuts will be made.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing
    edited March 8

    Scaremongering at its finest.

    Until the government make an official announcement later this month nobody knows what they intend to do.

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 1,931 Pioneering
    edited March 8

    @luvpink I think the days of "scaremongering" ended with this report from a reputable journalist on ITN. It is so specific that it is an obvious governmental leak. The report lacks the fine detail of what we will hear on 26th but this is what we've been waiting for. It's the real thing and it's a killer.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 4,951 Championing
    edited March 8

    These do appear to be leaks from the upcoming Green Paper.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 4,951 Championing
    edited March 8

    @ased444

    It would have been easier and saved my time (which I give freely as I don't work for Scope) if you had been that transparent at the beginning.

    He would not get UC with his daughter living there.

    He would not get UC if his mother is under state pension age and getting a private pension.

    He would get UC with his mother living there if she is state pension age.

  • rebel11
    rebel11 Online Community Member Posts: 1,687 Pioneering
    edited March 8

    To be honest, disabled people in this country should launch a 'class action' against the State,

    for the 'Austerity' against 'disabled' persons and 'Austerity II' which is about to 'unfold'.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing
    edited March 8

    It's really weird I don't know why I'm not worried

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing
    edited March 8

    It's true alot of of us with mental and physical illnesses will crack they want to watch some people with MH could be damaging to public

  • egister
    egister Posts: 887 Empowering
    edited March 8

    This is crazy!
    The government really wants to play like an empire, but the only way it can get money for these games is by taking it away from the disabled. Shame!

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing

    Can they faze out the welfare system over time ?

  • rebel11
    rebel11 Online Community Member Posts: 1,687 Pioneering
    edited March 8

    The thing is that 'Disabled' people aren't organised, the people / groups who represent us, only offer meaningless 'platitudes' i.e. it's 'unfair' etc, etc. We know that, what are you actually doing besides the 'platitudes'? They are 'hardly' on the front foot. Labour were shouting the 'odds' on Austerity i.e. Human Rights Act etc, etc, that was dealt on the 'disabled' by the Conservative Government, now they are in power 'the emperors new clothes' comes to mind.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,532 Championing
    edited March 8

    They can't freeze PIP without a change in the law - and this will take years to get through both houses…….."primary change legislation"

    And how would that work with "pip mobility" paying for "motability cars" - would the leasing charges of cars be frozen ?

    PIP could never be frozen…

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing
    edited March 8

    My feelings are will be fazed out and pip the main health benefit thier will be alot of charities on at them and let's hope lots of labour mps

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,532 Championing
    edited March 8

    What really gets me is that Pensioners are getting annual rises in State Pension, guaranteed by the triple lock !

    From April, the full new state pension is going up from £221.20 per week to £230.25, or £1,281 per month in a four-week month.

    So whilst younger disabled are struggling to survive - the elderly are getting more and more.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 905 Championing

    Have no idea, it's worrying, that they are cutting money if you can't work.its so we have to look for work to survive and get extra money to live on. Haven't a clue what I can do with what I've got, mines is not going to get better only worse. I'm having further tests at the moment. It's ok for them with their thousands pay packet , even the speaker has rack up thousands going abroad first class, flights , hotels , limos etc

    Surely something should be done to stop this.if you go onto disability news , the UN said cuts by the government shouldn't go ahead. But the government seem to pick and choose what they listen to by the UN

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,502 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi all. I've merged all the discussions regarding March 26th into one discussion, as it was getting a bit unwieldy having multiple discussions all talking about the same thing.

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 1,931 Pioneering

    @Wibbles The Personal Tax Allowance is frozen. I think this is a ways a reducing PIP without new legislation.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing

    OOh They can do one they literally emotionally and physically drained us dry liz kendell smiling away when photographed !!Sunak took me down these lot won't let myself get that bad again bullies bully through social media it's embarrassing but obviously works as alot of people believe thier posion karma for all of them and as for Stephen timms well money buys all hey

  • mangomungo
    mangomungo Online Community Member Posts: 178 Empowering

    They can all do one as far as I’m concerned too. I’ve had enough of them ruining my life exactly like you Sunak put me under!! I’ve been on Twitter and barely anyone agrees with them even the reform lot are against it by the looks of it. Same on tiktok about 5% of comments agree with the cuts so it’s gone down like a sack of poo anyway to the people they’re trying to get votes from. Good luck to them if they think they’ll get away with it is all I can say

This discussion has been closed.