Upcoming changes to benefits
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@alex25 you have precisely summed up my feelings in this post . Utterly disgraceful!
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I read that article too. He is one of my favourite satirical/political writers.
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@HollisMcBobbery - Prison places for all!
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I think you might have misunderstood my post. It's satire. I don't want anything that labour are doing…neither does that journalist so far as I know!
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I know it's satire. I've been reading The Guardian for many years.
"You have my word, that that there will always be a prison place for everyone". It was included in the piece btw. What Shabana Mahmood said at the dispatch box.
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I forgot the ending! I'm glad we are both on the same page. 👍
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it's becoming evident that labour has severely underestimated both the disabled community and the general publics attitude to everything they've done. Across social media about 90% of comments are on our side, when the likes of GB News even have comments in our favour then that's quite the achievement.
No matter what they announce it's going to crash and burn unless it's completely voluntary. I spoke to a solicitor yesterday regarding another issue I'm dealing with and asked about the "rumoured" changes, and she said if the LCWRA abolishment or cut happened especially with an increase for the healthy claimant then not a single judge in the country would deem it legal, she also confirmed Anything horrendous and controversial definitely WOULD need legislation.
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I've been on TikTok most of the night and I'm seeing a worrying trend. I've long known that a lot of people with physical disabilities do not like being 'lumped in' with those of us with MH conditions and I'm also aware of the perceived hierarchy that exists within the disability community.
From what I saw last night in comments, an awful lot of disabled people are seeking to throw us under the bus.
Just as it often seems to be disadvantaged low wage people who are most scathing of benefit claimants, it seems that PIP recipients with physical disabilities are overwhelmingly keen to see PIP withdrawn from people who they very clearly see as firstly undeserving and secondly, definitely not disabled.
IDS said yesterday that one reason he thought restrictions on eligibility would fail was because the disability lobby was so vast, however what if that lobby is representative of a lot of disabled citizens and they too decide to split in order to save themselves.
I'm toast if the supposed leaked cuts make it through. I've got so little fight left in me.
Please, remember that we all have challenges for different reasons and we shouldn't be letting them divide and rule.
The people who are benefitting are the very rich who are avoiding paying a tiny bit more tax, not your mentally ill brothers and sisters. Please don't sacrifice us.
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Both your own experiences and why you oppose cuts generally are perfectly good things to include. Be polite but firm. And if this is a Labour MP something along the line of "if these cruel and unjustified measures come into force, the devastation caused to your party will likely resemble that caused to the unfortunate individuals affected" would be a good way to finish.
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Just emailed my mp, about the cuts , doubt he will reply he never does. I'm on esa and get pip . So does that mean when I do get uc it will cut to nothing. I'm so worried, about bills, and I have pets. I rather starve than see them go hungry. But I pay insurance on them . My conditions won't get better. Copd also effects your heart the stress probably make my heart give out. My other conditions is genetic so again won't get better. I am on antidepressants as it is . Have ptsd ,so all this is making things worse
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I think i put something like this view of theirs (labour) on disabled people was similar to the view of the Nazi's & that they are pushing their own voters away. Think i ended it with be the Labour Party not Red Tories or Lie-bour.
Might write again
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So glad you said this, especially because so much of what’s being leaked echoes Sunak’s bs from last year — specifically targeting the mentally ill. (And I’m fed up with them calling it ‘mental health’ — it’s mental ILLNESS! Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has physical health!)
All disabilities matter just as much whether you can see them or not. We need to stand together.
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I have been watching noah on you tube for a while now and for a while he had disappeared and I couldn't find him on any platform. I had is you tube come up last night and he explained the pip and UC cuts if that's what you want to call them. Please go and check him out. He does make sense. He really did put my mind at ease.
Noah Bear Nyle Life on YouTube.
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Ok wrote again but also apologised for writing again. I headed it as benefits & labour betrayal (god i need spellcheck)
In it i pointed in our town her constiuents have been hit by WFA cut, 2 child cap, our farmers & now this. Have said its going to kill that its better to be a independent then lose her seat at the next GE. That i became disabled in my 40's had to give medicial evidence & in person assessment to get my pip & its got zero fraud.
Also said its like the front bench want to destroy the party & that we voted for change & not more of tge same & there are already people planning the tatical votes to oust the 35mps who wrote the support letter.
Think thats it.
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Why are we infighting?
I think its because of the few young idiots that film themselves saying look what i got making everyone else look bad & the fact people are scared.
I have so called invisible disabilities, CFS, Fibro & F.N.D but also suffer with DDD, osteoarthritis of the spine, asthma, have constant disc bulges from prolasped discs, part of my spine has fussed togther, have cysts in my spine, have been advised to go to A&E straight away if i dont know ive pee'd as damage gone wrong way & could end up paraylsed, muscles going in my leg might be getting arthritis in my hands & waiting for adult autism diagnosis. Oh yeah depression NOS or something like that.
So which catorgary to i fit in?
According to labour the bin
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I agree pretty much with everything you said, I too didnt sign the Scope form, as I feel there is no need for so much personal details to be given.
Labour also have a history with deliberately misleading charities, charities were told one thing for ESA, and then another thing happened when it launched. Its difficult for a charity to recognise they are being duped I get that, but no charity should be publically approving things until they know its true, and that can only happen after the launch.
Also agree the welfare changes are central to this Labour front bench, I have the opinion a lot of this was planned even before the election. But they are not as good at hiding this stuff as the Tories, what was revealed during that Labour meeting, Kendall having the confidence to let slip and so forth. Kendall also ghosted disabled constituents pre election. We also have one of the DWP ministers going on about how the Tories ignored the benefit spending cap with all the help they provided such as cost of living payments and increases linked to inflation, LHA increase etc. Its the female minister, cant remember her name. But she made it clear Labour think all of that was wrong to do. So of course now Labour are back in power LHA got frozen again immediately, PIP frozen in 2026 (and probably will be in successive years after), as well as cuts to LCWRA component on UC, which we dont yet know size although ITV say between 25-50%.
Value of cuts in excess of double the Tory plans.
Also Labour are talking the talk about getting back to work and barriers, yet they didnt copy the Tory idea of giving LCWRA immunity to assessments if they try to do a job. Under the Labour plans, that risk is back again.
I tried to warn pre election, the appointment of Kendall, Reeves telling parliament her intentions, front bench made up of Tory lite ideologists, the horrific treatment of Corbyn, Labour's history on sickness benefits.2 -
Unless people have suffered mental illness they won’t understand what it’s like. It’s debilitating, leaves me bed bound for a week or more at a time, speaking to someone for 5 minutes leaves me reeling for days giving me tics and panic attacks, I can’t socialise, get my haircut or even go to the dentist, stress causes psychosis. My short term memory is shot to pieces.
It’s a disability under the equality act whether people like it or not. I haven’t seen many people that have physical disabilities blaming those with mental health, a lot are standing up for us, if they are against people claiming for ‘anxiety’ as I’ve seen mentioned it’s the usual ignorant faceless accounts online. They need to ask why are so many of us out of work or relying on PIP? Because the services are abysmal and you ask for help and get a kick in the teeth instead. And I’m sure they don’t want someone like me in a workplace having meltdowns every other day, being completely unreliable, useless at anything I try to do because of the brain fog I suffer with and my complete social ineptness. Every time I’ve tried to fit in somewhere I’ve been bullied because people aren’t willing to help they see me as an inconvenience. Mental illness is just as valid of a reason to be unable to work as someone that has physical disabilities or illnesses and if they try to split the two so one group is targeted it is discrimination and will be taken to court6 -
When they say cutting UC for people that can't work as I am claiming UC & LCWRA element will that be affected
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Its good he is making these comments, but needs to be doing it with intensity, as the government keep fuelling regular stories about these plans, to keep it fresh in peoples minds.
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Politics is dirty, these documentaries always happen around the time governments want to do a policy change, to soften up the public. Both the BBC and C4 can be leveraged.
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