Upcoming changes to benefits

Hope you don't mind, Iv'e found the document you were referring to as your link doesn't show the whole document. It's supposed to be the easy read option (obviously for people like myself!!)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/easy-read-the-equality-act-making-equality-real

Despite really not feeling it's in my best interest I asked for a diagnosis appt as I've had lifelong MH issues that have prevented me from working for 16 years. I was told that there were no diagnostic services available in my local NHS trust anymore, my therapist can write me a letter stating her opinion on my probable diagnoses but that I could not get a psychiatrist to confirm.

So what am I supposed to do now? I get LCWRA & PIP for MH, with the support of my NHS therapist, but with no formal diagnosis. If Labour's proposals are to be believed, I will lose both. If that happens I will be homeless because I won't be able to afford my housing costs, never mind the things in my life that PIP covers which are the structures that keep me from unaliving.

What are they doing? Do they know what effect this is going to have on us? I'm feeling very lost right now.

They seem to think you'll be fully cured if you have a job and feel like you are contributing to society

if no one’s bothered to tell him their plans maybe he should read the guardian and get clued up . Either he’s lying or the msm are wrong and spreading fake news imo

The way they keep going on about sick and disabled must work you would think there aren’t any fit healthy job seekers out there that aren’t working. Why not concentrate on them first . But of course we know it’s a money saving exercise hence cutting back on pip. The Tory’s lost in court over the same thing

so if their idea is to increase basic uc because of that what difference is it if there’s lcwra . It’s not that we get much it’s that basic uc isn’t enough. You’d think someone in the media would actually question Them on it , would love to hear their reasoning

the link doesn’t work. Could you post some screenshots please 🙏

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/one-million-britons-disability-benefits-cut-s5kj0z7fc

Black triangle copied from the times

thank you for that . The points system worries me as I’ve found that answers I’ve given assessors would say give me 4 points but I’ve been awarded 2 . This certainly happened during my last assessment where I was awarded enough points for highest but never getting more than 2 points per answer . This is open to assessors being able to fail ppl . So if they ask someone with say arthritis or fibromyalgia etc where pain changes to different areas , can you wash between you waist and shoulders and they answer is most of time no , they then ask can you wash your hair . Obviously you can’t if you can’t wash up your your shoulders. So depending on your assessor do you get 2 points or the needed 4 ? This to me is just starting the whole pip assessor situation where when I first went to pip I was bullied and lied about not only the assessor but the first tier tribunal.
Secondly if they’re admitting that this is to stop the amount of claimants and not to get people working is that lawful ? And Kendall as good as admitted they haven’t done a risk assessment. Didn’t Ellen Clifford win her court case because for the same reasons.

It said its for new claimants,