Upcoming changes to benefits

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.

yes I realised he’s transgender after watching the second podcast regarding pip . I must say it’s put my mind a rest a bit . I know he obviously doesn’t know anything for sure but it’s certainly a different prospective on things. Do you know if he works in benefits advice or anything ? What do you think about his idea that they won’t be lowering lcwra but increasing UC for disabled who try work ? I’d love it to be something like that but I can’t see where the savings would come from . A different bias also said labour won’t be making these cuts .

Hi

I really don't know but he used to be on tik tok I know an awful app lol he really new is stuff. When he disappeared off tik tok I thought omg where's as he gone I looked everywhere for him until he popped up last night. I think he said last night he as a business but I don't know what it is. But he did say that he worked on giveing advice on a dispatches programme when the Tories were still in power ref welfare. I'm hoping that they won't reduce the lcwra but give extra money to help get back into work. Like you say we can put hope lol.

I’m trying to work out what he meant by they said lcwra receiving less money but not in cuts. I understood that to mean increase to UC ppl working or looking and they keep more UC. Which will mean they will receive more than lcwra without them removing any . I need to listen again as he pointed out the use of the word less money not benefits. If he’s right he’s picked up on something no one else has that I’ve heard . What were your thoughts on it ?

That’s ok :)

I always make typos on here and the lack of edit button is a pain 😂

But would have said you’d be totally right in what you say a year or so ago.
But today with this lot of corrupt charlatans in charge I really have no confidence in them to do the right (or even legal) thing.

thank you for your recommendations . They’ve given me some peace of mind for now . Let’s hope they’re right 🙏🤞

you’re welcome. They’ve given were recommended to us by snuggles65. Fingers crossed they’re right .