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

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  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing

    Hhhh then blast Things are getting Better those poor people that supported labour and really put heart into them tbh that's probley normal for them nod nod wink wink one can only imagine 😉

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,266 Championing

    Just read charities have written to reeves urging her not to cut disability benefits

  • Verity123
    Verity123 Online Community Member Posts: 14 Connected

    Agreed Ross1975,

    We seem to have lost the public before we've even started, with a recent poll I saw on GMB!

    So they need to be reminded, how would they feel to have to use a wheelchair all day, to be blind etc, etc,! I know a lot of guys on here have mental health issues, myself included, but any serious protest has got to be from the visible sufferers in our community, that is the only way we are going to pull any public support!

    I remember a disabled guy with a speech defect cornering Rees Mogg on his way to a Tory Conference a few years ago, it was incredibly moving and Rees Mogg looked a proper ****! That's what we need more of, because at the moment we're all being painted as 'feeling a bit low'!

  • Ray212
    Ray212 Online Community Member Posts: 659 Empowering

    As I said time will tell. No need to keep repeating yourself

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing

    Reeves is so narrow minded and stubborn.

    She is so smug and callous.

  • JasonRA
    JasonRA Online Community Member Posts: 194 Pioneering

    I was reading from the independent and I saw this ditty. It's telling how Starmer is taking advice from a policy adviser for the Tories.

    "A report from the influential right-wing Policy Exchange think tank also gives a possible idea of what can be expected, after a former senior special adviser to the prime minister penned his recommendations to make ‘major reforms’ to PIP.

    Jean-Andre Prager began his career as a policy advisor for the Conservatives, and became a special advisor to the prime minister in 2018. This means he advised Theresa May and Boris Johnson before being promoted to a senior adviser under Rishi Sunak.

    His report recommends “major reform” to PIP, making it a “conditional” benefit for those aged 16 to 30. This means those in this age bracket would be required to look for work or be involved in further education or training, except in exceptional circumstances."

  • DrAj
    DrAj Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 673 Championing

    I saw heard something YouTube and it was explained ( don’t know if this is true ) as it still has to have a consultation and go to the vote , and the only thing the person can assume is the government means they maybe freeze pip next year and get money that way as they’re looking for money quickly. That was just his opinion but it does seem that it will take more time than they’d like . Hopefully this is true 🙏🤞

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing

    @JasonRA

    I don't think it should be about age but rather how your disability affects you.

    There are so many people in that age bracket who may never be able to work because of their illness/disabilities and the impact it has on their daily lives.

  • DrAj
    DrAj Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    Ellen Clifford making a presentation today. Found it on Youtube but I do not know who she was presenting to. End of her talk she seems up for the fight against the govenment. We need to find a way of supporting her.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ezTMrKew

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing

    Good for them.

    If I were younger I would not fight in a war for Starzy

    He could lead by example and go to fight in the war himself and take his son with him.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing
    edited March 10

    Unfortunately your link isn't working.

    @DrAj

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 905 Championing

    If you are on X. , Iain watson-x

    It shows the 36 backbench mps supporting the cuts. I haven't got X but managed to look at it ,but unable to share. I noticed mp Mike Tapp was there he was mentioned in the media gushing over starmer

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 1,943 Championing

    I'm not on X but I reckon someone might share a usable link soon.

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,076 Championing
    edited March 10

    I think this might work, well worth a listen. I found it by putting the link into a google search.

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 1,932 Pioneering

    Letter signed by The 36. Note the reference to people unable to work.

    Screenshot_20250310_193852_X.jpg Screenshot_20250310_193920_X.jpg
  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 673 Championing

    the ones that can’t work must be treated with compassion and respect and a cut in money . Never heard of any of them . The likes of Duane Abbott and Emily Thornberry wouldn’t sign .

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 905 Championing

    Yes but what conditions you have to be in to be unable to work. They probably raise the bar very high to achieve this

  • JasonRA
    JasonRA Online Community Member Posts: 194 Pioneering

    That letter wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, those who can't work deserve to be treated with compassion and respect, it's true.

    But the definition of "those who can't work" is what they want to change, moving the goalposts so to speak.

  • Ray212
    Ray212 Online Community Member Posts: 659 Empowering

    Who do you think you are talking to?

    People on here try to help each other, not get lectured.

    Don't tell people to stop saying things, there is no guarantee your information is correct.

    Just wait and see what happens but certainly don't tell people they shouldn't say things

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