The Cost of Cuts
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It will be forever 22 billion of missing money and blame the past government.
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Yes, Starmer twice refused to answer "will some disabled people currently on disability benefits who cannot work have their benefits cut?" Just rabbitted on about principles and protection for people who really need it.
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The transport secretary on BBC 2 refused to say if our money would be cut. Just said about young people and those who want to work . Its Rachel from accounts fault raising ni , that business go bust. My cat can do the sums better
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In my personal opinion, I think it's right that they don't say if the money's being cut or not until everything is ready to be put on the table in front of us, otherwise it'll just lead to more panic.
Honestly, I don't think anything should have been said until the time was right, and all the potential leaks have done is terrify people more. It even seems like the government are panicking a bit now and that's when mistakes happen.
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On the other hand with no leak, the government would not be adding this safe guard that the pressure has forced them to do. The Labour MP meeting would never have happened with no leak, the back benchers only knew about it because of the leak.
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signed.
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Yes I agree, I don't go on social media anyway as like you say it was very bad for my mental health. At the moment though it's on tv, online, and even people talking about it in my local CO OP!! I think it just all got a bit too much for me with comments speculating about the changes, I know people are just trying to help, but saying things like this is what I think will happen, which I appreciate are totally entitled to their opinions does nothing to help with peoples worries. I panicked reading one comment saying people on LCWRA could be moved to LCW and made to look for work even though Iv'e been assessed as can't work. Some people beleive these comments and think they must be true and they've heard it somewhere official etc. I'm genuinely not having a go at anybody posting comments but the guessing of what may happen doesn't help anybody, it just fuels tension and anxiety.
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I panicked reading one comment saying people on LCWRA could be moved to LCWโฆ.Iv'e been assessed as can't work
Until 2015, LCW also meant can't work!
Both groups in ESA were for claimants judged by (non-medically trained) DWP decision-makers to have a Limited Capacity for Work. Thousands of sick and disabled people were unlawfully placed into WRAG or found 'fit-for-work' in the first national reassessment programme of 2011-2014 leading to a similar backlog of appeals that we see now.
From 2017, the support component of LCW was removed for new claims/claimants under the Welfare Reform and WORK Act 2016. LCWRA recipients were led to believe they deserved the extra component and failed to grasp the intent behind those welfare reforms.
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There is a lot of speculating going on out there, I have read comments like PIP is shutting down, LCWRA to LCW, and more, those I think are panic posts. I treated the ITV leak as credible, especially when Keir reacted to it pretty much confirming its accurate, but otherwise I only accept anything if its straight from a minister.
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Same difference.
A whistle blower leaked it to the press.
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There's none truer than your feathered friends noonebelieves : )) <squark!>
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my feathered friends?? ๐ค๐ค
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Signed. I too wishe there was an alternative to providing my own address
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Signed.
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signed
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Meanwhile in the world of politics, one back bencher mp for Coventry has claimed ยฃ900, for her dog in her 2nd home. Lynsey hoyle the speaker spent thousands upon thousands on trips abroad, expensive hotels, limos, portrait of himself and getting his home redecorated out of tax payers money
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Hi Scope Support team,
With regards to Scope's notice "cost of cuts" what a excellent message you have written. This HORRIBLE LABOUR GOVERNMENT has NO thoughts on the UK Disabled people who will be deeply effected by these CRUEL Disability benefits which I believe are::
Personal Independence Payment.
Universal Credit HEALTH.
I very much believe that this CRUEL LABOUR GOVERNMENT have gone to far now has disabled people of Britain we should NOT VOTE the LABOUR GOVERNMENT in office no more that will show the Prime Minister STARMER and his Chancellor REEVES and DWP Secretary. KENDEL that CUTS to the Welfare state will cause more harm than good to people including disabled people who need this kind of support from DWP to have a decent life I'm very very sure you will all agree with me when I say STOP THESE CRUEL CUTS STOP THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT HITTING THE POOREST IN BRITAIN. It is very difficult to obtain work for an abled bodied person so it will be twice has difficult for us disabled people to get work.
I strongly advise the DWP SECRETARY KENDAL TO RIP UP THIS GREEN PAPER ON PATHWAY TO WORK as it's pointless.
Thank goodness my family and I DIDN'T VOTE the LABOUR party in the General election one final word.
DON'T DESTROY THE MUCH NEEDED WELFARE STATE.
Best wishes to you all.
Kenny B. X
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Hi all!
Thank you to everyone who's campaigned against benefit cuts so far. Whether that be by taking an action through Scope, campaigning with another organisation, or doing your own thing. Our voices are stronger together, and every action puts pressure on the Government to scrap their plans.
Nearly 100,000 of you have signed our petition against disability benefit cuts (we're less than 100 away now!). We'll be handing the petition to the Government later this month, so make sure you've signed before then.
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Please sign this petition if you haven't - only 91 away from 100,000 signatures!
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