Upcoming changes to benefits
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"The detail of the plans will be unveiled next week by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall"
They are determined to push this 😥
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It says in this article about reassessments for benefits. I really can't go through anymore reassessments. I just went through the PIP one again last year. I am terrified and can't do this anymore.
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I will be reassessed for PIP next year. 😭
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When Ed Miliband was Leader he gave a speech about just meeting someone and "clearly able to work", at the time his comments were nothing short of disgusting, then the Tories
focused every speech on "hard working people" then "working people" and Labour use every single speech to say the same, Does this mean non hardworking/working people dont bother voting Labour again?
what Reeves wants will never happen not because of the fiscal rules they cannot talk #brexit
and the impact that's having will mean the level of Growth she needs the only avenue is savage cuts, they have learned nothing from 2010 when the Condems decided on the same policies.
Not once have they said in speeches about the upcoming cuts long covid and the NHS
are clearly main factors in increased claims, Its all spun as people either unable to work
owing to not enough support or people not wanting to work owing to a bit of "stress"
her comments about taking the mickey tell us exactly her views.
They have a duty of care to make sure EVERY single speech they keep telling people there will be sick/disabled people who can never work, need the support PIP gives because the alternative is local councils imploding and these people being in terrible trouble.
Sounds Dramatic at the moment but unless MP's learn the lessons from 2010 and tell the Govt they cant support these cuts then the same outcome awaits many of them.
You cannot call these "reforms" when they key objectives are savings, they are all acting so superior over assisted dying bill. what on earth is this level of stress doing to people already with huge issues?
Imagine a Minister catching a tummy bug the normal meds not working do they go ahead give that speech and soil themselves live on TV or do they cancel? I think we all know
utterly shameful and flies in the face of everything Labour was created.
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It sounds like we will all be joining you if what's written in that article comes to pass.
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Hi Meg it's taken me 40 years to get a diagnosis and I knew something like this was going to happen so last year I made the decision to ask the psychiatrist to put my diagnosis on my GPs medical records , I have suffered anxiety and depression all my life and I am diagnosis with EUPD and PTSD
I really didn't want to be labeled but I knew this curropt government was up to something
Please ask your GP to send you to a MH service for a diagnosis explain to your doctor that you need to diagnosis
IIt's Disgusting I'm having to tell you to do this but we need to fight for our MH xx
I just got awarded my pip too for cancer and I had 2 failed hip replacements , I'm in chronic pain too and it seems like they are targeting this group too , how they think we can go looking for work is just unbelievable
I'm so worried like everyone else
Take care at this horrible time
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My personal opinion is if you have an existing award it will remain that way until it is due to end but my award ends next year.
I think it will effect people like me and new claimants.
Just my thoughts.
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Here's a Telegraph article via MSN, of course the Telegraph love this but it's worth taking onboard. Define "minor mental health problems"? This will have legal ramifications because we're going into what is a disability aren't we? You cannot bar people from claiming incapacity benefits.
It will be interesting to see how "Minor mental health problems" gets defined within a legal context.
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Yes but such an interesting way of ending poverty dont you think? Woefully need to slash welfare bills not lifting child cap ending winter fuel allowance.
RIP Labour Party once an opposition and quite a force to be reckoned with going way back to 1946
They didn't feel they were electable under Corbyn ...........I'm expecting a wipe out under Starmer at this rate but till then much damage limitation needs to be implemented
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if this is true then it just shows that labour nor the telegraph have any idea what they’re talking about as you can’t get Pip for minor mental health problems anyway. I tried to apply recently as my mental health affects me daily, I can’t make phone calls, I don’t have any friends, I can’t socialise, I have breakdowns, i get so exhausted from a 5 minute interaction it takes me 2 whole days to recover, I become suicidal at any hint of stress. Is that minor? I wouldn’t say so. Under the equality act I am classed as disabled. I still got rejected for PIP so this article literally is just ridiculous and if this is labours plans then they are ridiculous too.
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Exaclty!
thats all we heard from angela rayner, to end all poverty! well that aged well.
liers the lot of them.
I have even heard liz kendal is not happy with these cuts, perhaps going a bit to far.
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But this was from daily mail source so may not be accurate about liz kendals thoughts, i just wish they would bring out the green papers now and put us out our misery!
Again this won't happened fast once they are announced well for current claimants anyway.
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This is true, but only if they are tested, they can attempt to ignore the law, and will only be held to account if the community is prepared to take them to court.
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It's possible Liz Kendall was more focused on youth but her boss has weighed in and the cuts rachel reeves were orginally planning of welfare has dramatically changed from 3 billion over three years to 6 billion a year quite a leap from her first budget in order to meet her fiscal responsiblities.
Thing is to meet your fiscal responsibilities it doesn't specifically have to be Welfare it could be through alsorts of ways including wealth tax but Starmer has wholly declined that proposal so its a case of "Those with the broadest shoulders "will not be taking the brunt of responsibility after all.
There will be Labour mps against these but realistically power of the Party lies more with the leader and Chancellor and they are no longer bound by membership or unions like they used to be but Private sector and private Corporations are reason why the rights of the people have been eroded over time just look at health Ombudsman and wholesale sacking of the health councils under Tony Blair because private sector didn't like complaints from the public for medical negligence. So they were fired and you have Ombudsmans in there place who are parliamentary with powers of zilch and there solely to act as a way of public Thinking they have somewhere to complain and actually don't because they are all Sirs that protect ministers of government, healthcare and so on.
Times they are changing ~Bob Dylan
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possible plans to crack down on the appeals process . Apart from the MR which is decided by the DWP the only other appeal is tribunal. Unless as was found in my case the tribunal erred in law . I can’t see them getting away with scrapping appeals.
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Thank you. I do hope that is the case. I just found it so traumatic last year so don't really want to go through it all again so soon. I also worry they are going to reassess everyone on the LCWRA with must stricter criteria sooner than they would have done. It is all speculation I know, but it just constantly whirrs away in the back of my mind, however much I try and ignore it. I really hope your PIP assessment goes well next year. It is not right we are forced to keep going through these stressful ordeals when we can't help being ill.
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Brand new BBC Verify article with numbers, data, and stats.
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if this continues under Starmer labour are finished. Their only hope is to get rid of him and reeves. I don’t know one single person who likes them or what they are doing.
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I'm thinking if Labour were smart they'd call a vote of no confidence and reinstate Corbyn .
I know he lost election and rattled the middle class and wealthy but so did trump and he got reelected why can't we get another shot her certainly won the popular vote.
Let's be real after 14 years of Tory Austerity and Labour jumping on the austerity bandwagon which even Tony Blair didn't do people are hoping mad so a good chance to get the Party back to something resembling Labour not Tories on coke
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I read even George Osborne refused ro freeze pip , that's saying something. He said it would go to far if he did that
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