Upcoming changes to benefits
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Laura follows up by pushing on the specific details of who might be excluded from welfare payments - for instance, people with disabilities who cannot work through no fault of their own.
Streeting replies that the government wants to ensure that those who need the most help, get the most help.
He says that he's been working with Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, to integrate employment support and mental health support into care from the NHS.
Streeting is pressed again on the question of whether the government will freeze Personal Independence Payments
Streeting suggests he hasn't seen these plans and warns people not rely on speculation.
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Suspect today's shows will be pretty dull. They'll be waiting to see how today's leak landed after yesterday's leak bombed. Then assessing their MPs mood tomorrow (not good is my prediction!)
As I say, this does not seem to be the work of evil masterminds.
As for today, I'm going to enjoy the sunshine. We probably all should.
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This one is unbelievable. Didn’t Stride and Sunak make these exact same statements just a year ago?
Laura now brings up recent comments that there are an "over-diagnosis of mental health problems" and asks Streeting if he thinks too many people are not working because they are experiencing what are essentially normal feelings.
The health secretary says he believes there is an over diagnosis, adding he thinks that prevention is important so that we can prevent people from developing mental health issues in the first place.
He adds that he's seen great work at Maudsley Hospital in South London, where employment support is combined with mental health support, which Streeting adds can be "really powerful".
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Just because the government want to cut LCWRA doesnt mean it will happened fast or at all, their will be legal cases on this and mark my words this will end up going to high court and with failed risk assessment.
Again this won't happened fast.
Once we get better idea of the green paper next week i think action will be taken then.
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Good morning everyone,
I am expecting the bad news of cuts this week plus a sweetener that the pip freeze has been shelved. My question is seeing as the labour cuts/plans go further than the Tory’s who lost in court , can this be taken to court and if so how long could this be delayed for ? Plus right now it’s a green paper, how long for it to become a white paper and go to the vote ? They seem desperate to bring this forward asap but in reality is it possible?
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Remember don't be fooled on the pip freeze u turn people! Its the discrimination of people with mental health problems which will lead to a change in criteria! So those with certain mental health problems like ADHD, Depression and Autism will no longer be eligible to receive PIP and LCWRA! They're also planning a cruel 34% cut to LCWRA after inflation that's roughly £128 gone each month! That cannot be allowed to happen! It will lead to homelessness, self harm and deaths!
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Prevention? And how exactly do you prevent autism??? Because they're targeting autistic people here too. It's all very weirdly timed too, not long after they're now pushing for assisted dying. Very convenient.
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That’s Streeting off now. He also said there’s a “risk of disruption” to patient care during the reorganisation of NHS management.
So… how exactly are people meant to get well enough to work and “prevented” from getting iller when this is going on???1 -
Yes.. definitely a ‘don’t prod the bear’episode. McSweeny, Pat McFadden and Mandelson all have working history together.. so you begin to see the ‘Figurehead’ nature of Starmer and Reeves. That doesn’t mean these back room guys got it right though. After all Cumming’s day in the sun was relatively short and meaningless. I hope my own day in sun proves relaxing and yours.👍
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Hi everyone. I'm a new user that found myself here due to constant searching for information regarding the disability cuts. I'm 49 and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, I currently receive DLA, Contributions based ESA and Universal Credit which is reduced to accommodate for the ESA. I'm frantically trying to work out a budget to get my finances in order before any legislation is passed, hopefully these changes won't be immediate. It's the not knowing that is cripling.
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One more thing from Kuenssberg’s show:
She had shadow education sec Laura Trott on, they spoke about schools etc but then Trott was asked about Labour reforms:
Trott is next asked if she will support Labour's proposals to cut welfare benefits.She says "let's see what they come forward with", adding "we support the principle of welfare reform".Asked by Laura if she supports the freezing of Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Trott repeats her comment that she wants to see what Labour puts forward.Surprise surprise… blue Tories supporting red Tories!
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TThankyou for sharing so it's good seems our emails been listened too keep sending guys john mc donell amazing guy
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Following Dr Jay Watts's advice on Twitter, it's probably best to mute keywords relating to these reforms. Benefits, DWP, PIP and LCWRA.
Regarding Youtube, i'm not sure how to reset the algorithm, so that no related videos pop up on my homepage. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Adjusting your watch history should work:
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Does Ellen or the group she worked with have contact details? as I want to get in touch, curious why the PIP consultation wasnt challenged, because if that also is ruled illegal I think would stop the eligibility changes or force them to do a new consultation.
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Sadly thats only the freeze, the real and damaging cut on eligibility will still probably go ahead. The freeze might lose someone say £10 a week, a eligibility change would lose them everything as they wouldnt qualify.
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Had similar years back I handed my notice in boss was really belittling me and bullying so I lost my mind harassed her round the clock phome calls the lot got arrested I'm a good person but like millions when my mental health pushed I'm like a caged tiger they really need to do a risk assessment on all of us and it could lead to big health and safety issues how are you feeling today
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yes I’d like to know what Ellen thinks about all this and whether she plans legal action. I imagine she has to wait for the green paper release. There is a video of her talking about the court case on YouTube. I think she mentions to possible cuts .
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Yeah the disabled community gets duped very easily, sorry to say.
The eligibility change is by far the worst out the lot as the cuts are focused on a limited set of people who lose "ALL" their support. This will be the cream of their plans and there is no news on that being dropped.
Next biggest is the LCWRA cut as its not a freeze its an actual cut in the headline amount. People who lose PIP whilst also getting the LCWRA cut will be mulled to death. Also this is particularly bad for those who dont also get PIP.
The PIP freeze is an easy thing to drop, as it only had short term effect, the LCWRA and PIP eligibility are the big problems with long term consequences.3 -
Have the same suspicion myself.
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