Upcoming changes to benefits

Hi. Do you mind me asking who your MP is? (If you'd rather not say, that's fine of course).

I'm just trying to get an idea of who may be on our side. I suspect that there may be unease beyond the usual suspects.

My MP voted for it too and it makes me feel awkward mailing her but I am still going to. I don't expect to get anywhere with her but at least I'll have tried to get my voice out there.

None of it is making sense, if they're not going to cut LCWRA, they can't be thinking of cutting LCW surely? They get so little as it is which is one reason we have so many foodbanks. If I was on basic LCW rate as it is now I'd be homeless, if they cut it further I'd be literally starving, they have got to stop floating around mad ideas just to see what fightback they get, it's so Trumpian and it's not what I voted for.

Yeah there is nothing to cut for the LCW group as they have no extra add on like LCWRA. If they wanted to cut money to those in LCW it would have to be a negative add on if you got into LCW…. could they do that- surely thats even worse than cutting LCWRA from a PR perspective.

Surely they should've done that from the beginning?

They're basically acknowledging that they threw these plans together without even considering the effect they would have on vulnerable claimants.

They're doing the same exact thing the Tories did - throwing together plans with no regard for the effect they will have for the sole purpose of winning favour with voters. Except its not working out so well for them.

My current MP is IDS so that is a non starter but is seems that Labour 's paymaster The TUC aren't happy...

I cant claim to know what they will do, but if they did cut LCWRA I imagine your transistional protection of £420 would save you from it having a major impact. I dont see how it makes sense to cut LCWRA and say your transitiona protection is not moot.

I’m very new to forum so please excuse if this has been discussed before. I see a bigger picture forming.. Reeves undoubtedly wants to tax the masses but this is much more palatable and acceptable if they make the disabled ‘sacrificial lambs’first.?

Starmer.. high on ‘World statesman’ kudos WILL defend this to the death. He doesn’t just want enough money for the defence budget he wants Uber cash. They will cull the civil service and NHS England to gain their monies?

Will it work.. er no. He’s alienated a large chunk of his previous voters. Liz Kendall was his optimal choice.. she’s right wing and should actually have ‘crossed the house’ before now. I personally think they’ve overreached. If peace comes to Ukraine, if he manages the Orange beast’s tariffs.. he can afford to slow down rearmament..why then choose this hill to die on??

Now think of the practicalities, still high waiting lists, a complete dearth of psychiatrists in the UK, DWP staff who are hostile and demeaning to disabled people ( someone needs to access their WhatsApp groups by the way!!)… He’s going to find it nigh impossible to progress legislation. I’d go with deaths of disabled people by suicide( there are stats abounding), I’d challenge figures, there are benefits NOT being claimed.. despite entitlement plus the fact that his own mother was apparently disabled for many years🤷‍♀️

He will care about the deprived come election time. Remind him of it. Particularly if he has a smaller majority.

Hi secretsquirrel1

Glad you managed to see the podcast he's doing one after the green paper comes out to dumb it down for us lol. Noah is actually transgender and seems to know his stuff

It really helped me last night when I saw the pip and the lcwra podcast.

I think he needs to open up to a much wider audience becomes he knows his stuff.