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Seems to me they're leaking one thing, finding out everyone hates it and then leaking something else.
I genuinely suspect none of them can say for sure what will happen tomorrow (I don't rule out another delay 100%).
If their MPs have had seriously bad weekends in their constituencies, that could focus minds.
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He has another bloke (Lord Alli) pay for his wife's dresses.
He should give everyone the creeps!
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I really can't stand him
Horrible man he is
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I can't even bear listening to him.
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I agree 100% . They seem to make things up as they go along . They plan to make mistakes savings through pip which is an in work benefit. So if this goes to court same as the Tory green paper how can they claim the cuts were to get more ppl into work ? Didn’t the judge find it unlawful due to lack of risk assessments and the low rate of ppl who would be helped into work compared to the amount of money the ppl on lcwra would lose ?
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Dan Wotton on YouTube had a bit to say about all that and more . Don’t know if it’s true but was interesting.
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I was a member of the LP for many years. I'm aware of the period you quote as are many others on the left-wing. Nothing was obvious. Starmer never had the confidence of the left but even so we were fooled. That is not to say we were or are foolish as though current policy is our fault. There is no need for your rudeness.
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All the reports suggest this is about MH adhd autism but any over diagnosis is surely caused by the NHS . No matter what the media like to say we all know you can’t self diagnose whether MH or any other condition. You need a diagnosis from a medical professional and by the time you get that you’ve suffered probably for years. So this is a problem for streeting to sort out with the NHS. Also we will all suffer with new criteria not just MH and neurodivergent as after years of pip assessors lying and basically making our lives hell they seemed to have calmed down and become fairer ( though still not to be trusted) . Now it could go back to open season on us again especially with the points system being open to their interpretation and knowing they can now award us as many points as they like but just not the 4 points to get an award. It’s weird but my last assessment was about 2 years ago and on the care where I should have scored 4 points in certain questions she gave me 2 instead . Almost as though she knew what was ahead .
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Perhaps they're pushing ahead with this plan fully aware that it will ultimately fall through. At least then they can say they tried to cut welfare but were prevented from doing so, leaving them with no choice but to find cuts elsewhere.
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Brian Leishman MP who is vehemently opposed to cuts was on Radio Scotland this morning but the 5 MPs up there who expressed support for KS & RR all refused to come on.
There is obviously no 'line to take' at all.
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Your story is all too common but PIP legislation states assessors are to award the highest applicable discriptor. For example, several posters have stated that they are entitled to 4 points for not being able to wash their upper body but only 2 for being unable to was their hair. Under present rules, they meet the 4 point discriptor.
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I get 2 points for almost everything but 8 points for engagement. So I expect as long as they don't blanket ban anyone without a formal diagnosis then I hope I can remain eligible for SDL rather than EDL currently. However if they also take LCWRA off me I'm going to be right up sh*t creek.
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Because hair is classed as upper body I guess
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Parents said if i get screwed over i can live with them. Also another friend said the same. Not ideal but i guess it's a safety net
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I've sent 11 emails the 3 stooges and Timms haven't answered once.... they're getting another one today and despite polite I'm going full force with reality and it will bruise.
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all.planned they had no intention to freeze it it in the first place they always play games @Catherine21
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Proud to say I didn't vote them I could see what these evil creeps were up to.
a lot of people said it was hot air to get elected, then when they were they'd go soft, I kept warning them they weren't talking about trie genuine labour they were talking about money obsessed,power mad pond life.
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same here. I pointed out that they keep mentioning those that can work but what about us who can’t . I told them they keep mentioning the millions who are sick and disabled but that’s a lot of votes to lose come election time and they have no chance of re election
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Re Streetings’ comments about “overdiagnosis” on the BBC yesterday…
I’m trying to stay far away from twitter this week, but I just went on and saw a couple of tweets about what he said. Dr Watts said for him to say that “mental health problems” are over diagnosed undermines the credibility of medical professionals, which is exactly what I said yesterday!
THEN I saw a tweet from a Guardian journalist, who is ALSO a doctor, saying that what Streeting said is “casting doubt on scientific reality”. And she’s right! He’s verging on the Trumpism ideology towards illness — “this is what I think based on my prejudices, so I’m going to say it like it’s factual, even though it’s biologically untrue and I don’t know sht about any of this.”
And the BBC has allowed this spread this scientific misinformation without correcting him. Just like when they had Mel Stride on talking about PIP last year, claiming that people on PIP get “thousands of pounds a month”, and didn’t correct him either.I’m going to be making a complaint to the BBC about their participation in this dangerous spreading of misinformation, and I would urge others to do the same. If anyone wants, I can tell you what I said when I’ve sent it off.
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If a claimant cannot wash their upper body they as entitled to 4 points. The higher or highest descriptor is the one that is legally awarded.
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