Upcoming changes to benefits

Struggling to post the screenshot but the important final paragraph is below. It also suggests to me that MPs opposed think it isn't going to happen immediately.

Of course, the longer a government delays those cuts, the closer the bath is to overflowing and the less likely it is that those cuts will happen at all. Some of the MPs who are particularly opposed to the cuts also happen to be very annoyed with Starmer and Reeves, and quite hopeful that they may be able to remove the former. They won’t speak out because they are biding their time until that bath does overflow and there is a flood of resentment in the wider Labour party that they can then take advantage of. So don’t be deceived if the party seems relatively peaceful and united over the next few months. The tap is still dripping.

What do they expect us to live on ? Have bills to pay. I can't walk hardly so need taxis or bus

He has a Facebook page and it shows him being the big I am in meetings over zoom with zelensky. People are giving him what for. Same with kendall

I don’t think they’ve thought this through. One minute I read they’re reducing lcwra and increasing the basic rate. Then there’re stopping lcwra and we all need to engage . So would that mean we’d get more money again in the basic job seekers group. Then it would be constant sanctions as we can’t work . It can’t possibly be lawful to leave anyone without funds especially sick and disabled people. Then of course if they remove pip from so many ppl local councils will have to look after them as their carers are forced to work . Nothing makes sense to me but I think that’s because what msm states will happen doesn’t make sense.

Rachel needs to go back to the office , those phones won’t answer themselves

The thing is we do know that a large amount of extra claimants have claimed especially for PIP since 2019 but I suspect most are people like my Mother and Father both late sixties both experiencing health problems in the past 8 years or so and with pushing the retirement age back you will have many more people in this age group who through no fault of their own are forced to claim benefits.

My parents have never claimed a penny, have paid into the system their whole lives my Dad left school at 15 and has worked manual jobs his whole life and paid in for almost 50 years he had to claim at 63 for PIP due to a huge hernia in his groin, he was put on a waiting list and it took 18 months for his treatment. I think many people are in his situation, the NHS has too much pressure on its services so people who can be fixed through an operation are being forced to claim benefits whilst enduring a very long wait for treatment, as my Dad says had he been seen quickly he could have returned to work after recovery.

They are noth now receiving state pension my Dads health is now good so he doesn't need attendance allowance and my Mums issues are also now sorted so she also just gets State pension, she is also a Waspi and disgusted with the treatment they have received but that is another discussion.

The point I am making is they are not looking in depth at why there has been such a large increase in claims.

I accept that there is an issue with 18-30 year olds being out of the workforce and that some of it is down to mental health but again there is not the support available for them to get better, the GP shoves anti depressants at them and that is it, the waiting list to talk to somebody is months long, which makes the depression and anxiety even worse. The jobs are not available for unskilled workers either, we have always had a working class in the UK and use to have well paying jobs available but we have shipped all of our manufactoring abroad and wonder why depression and issues have developed for the poorest people in our country, they have no hope, no investment in a country which lets them down again and again.

We need well paying manual jobs to give people a chance to have a good standard of living, there is currently no way to get to the middle class for most people, it is a very depressing situation and is mirrored across western countries who have let the working classes of their countries down.

Take care, my friend.

It’s a disgrace what they are even thinking about doing to the PIP system.where does this leave DLA for children?Surely they can’t touch that either ?I worry for my 7 year old who has autism and selective mutism as his future going forward when’s he’s 16 looks very bleak if he has to try to love over to a system that would probably reject his claim!

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”

I think everyone is worried i know my rent is gone up next month I'm getting a 10p pay rise on my welfare I am I'm 50 I have rt autism ADHD and COPD gas bill has gone up sky high next month this labour government has **** a lot of people off