Upcoming changes to benefits
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I haven’t even migrated over yet so no idea what will happen. I could have gone over to lcwra years ago as I don’t get SDP so I would actually be better off on lcwra. I’m also more concerned about lcwra as how much could they reduce it by and more importantly will they sanction us is we can’t work
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so your not opposed to trying something that you dont know will work one way or the other so why fret over taking another drug or a placebo i could say my strokes were due to not having any covid jabs but were most likely due to my age and working 60 or 70 hours a week
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I can’t follow Kendall’s speech on BBC but so far on BBC live reporting:
She says there has been lots of speculation about reforms to social security, and that she wants to reassure the Commons and the public that the government will be coming forward with its proposals imminently.
She says this is to "ensure trust and fairness in the social security system, and to ensure it is there for people who need it now and for years to come".
Trust and fairness? Where? I’ve lost every shred of trust I had, and there wasn’t much to start with!
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Oh I'm so sorry you suffer with all that. I think out of all the organs that could be affected, to me, the worse possible is the bowels. I felt really shamed by it, i don't think I do quite the same now but it's still so very limiting. I tried probiotics when I was still working but can't afford them now, tbh they didn't make any difference for me over 4 months and I'd got some that were highly recommended by a specialist IBS clinic i think in Wilmslow plus a professor in gastroenterology at a leading Teaching Hospital in Manchester I wasn't his patient but picked his brain via his secretary. They recommended I think it was hypnotherapy but there's no funding for that where I am. I have ocular migraine where my eye goes all fragmented like I think they call it kaleidoscope vision, it's very strange when it happens as everything i look at looks like its all broken up into bits and i feel i can almost see my eye, my optician chuckles at that one but its true plus j have nuclear sclerosis (basically early cataracts) and corneal dystrophy which I'm told is inherited/genetic but apart from osteoarthritis, I had no real health issues before Covid.
Just saw yesterday that the scientists and Boris etc knew it came from the Wuhan labs in China as early as c Feb 2020 and kept it quiet.
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I hope so, I really really hope so.
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Also. Says reassessment for people who got lwcra under substantial risk that's me I be put on lwc has this actually been passed thier talking 2025 I think it's pip that will take years
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This was the last intervention from the UN and instead of reversing it seems Labour are going further, Kendall Suggesting in the HOC all this was in the manifesto ah yes that's why its takrn months of "planning" for these policies
The same Manifesto that has seem huge policies dropped, the plan to axe the WFP a really vote winner. They stood side by side with WASPI Women then "Sorry not helping"
but the Photo op was done.
The list is endless, now the No 10 spokesperson has said the PM feels its a Moral duty to proceed, that guy lost all moral authority when he dropped the non dom tax changes,
allowing Energy companies to do what they like, and the final insult is picking a fight with the weakest in society because he's lost every other fight with stronger people.
Labour MP's now are at the same Crossroads as the libdems in 2010, If they vote for these cuts people will not forget, they are there to stand for the people who voted for them
NOT to be sheep. I swear its like someone at No 10 is running some experiment to see how far they can push people in making sure its a one term Government, dear lord.
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one condition leads to another doesn’t it ? My migraines are caused by stress and weather changes. So when it’s been nice out and it needs to rain I get a migraine. I’m basically the cow that lies down ( that old saying 😂)
I buy H AND B probiotics 50 billion. Usually they’re on some offer . Right now it’s all I can do . I’m waiting to be assessed for intolerances now .
I hope your ibs gets better soon as ppl don’t realise how restrictive it is to where it’s a worry going out.0 -
@Catherine21
Sorry I don't seem to be able to quote reply for some reason.
I have been under the NHS Psychotherapy service at my hospital MH wards for over 20 years, that's one reason I never bothered with a diagnosis, because I never needed one to access the treatment I wanted. My current therapist has had no luck in arranging a psych appointment for me because she's been informed there are none available to me, they only see inpatients now.
In her opinion, I have CPTSD and Sensory Processing Disorder, also I would seem to tick lot of ADHD boxes and my daughter is diagnosed as having ADHD so it's possible there is some underlying neurodivergence, which would explain why I still have severe difficulties even after so many years in therapy.
Unfortunately it's not within her remit to be able to diagnose me officially, she's not allowed. All she can do is write a letter with her opinion of the likelihood of further diagnoses and she's leaving in 6 months so I won't even have that once she's left because her post is not being filled. I will be passed back to the GPs who haven't seen me for 20 years.
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Omg going full swing . Far left mps ~no just normal mps ~
https://youtu.be/jZ3rAHE-flE?feature=shared
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Has the wca actually been passed as everywhere I see wca changes 2025
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she is a growth!
I know what you mean and agree with everything you say.
Churchill the insurance Dog Perhaps!
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I’ve also thought about this . From what I heard previously they cancelled bringing in cuts that were due to start had the Tory’s won the election. I remember Kendall or reeves saying it wouldn’t be right . It was mentioned on A different bias also who explained it far better than me . But it wouldn’t be unusual for them to pretend to bring in legislation and claim it wasn’t possible due to opposition but they don’t have any opposition if it goes to a vote. Tory’s are united against us which is the only time they are united.
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Timms just said this in the HOC
Social security and disability minister Stephen Timms has told the Commons that the government will strike a "balance" between support for those who cannot work and helping those who can find a job.
He told MPs: "We will deliver proper employment support for disabled people, which has been taken away since 2010.
"We will deal with the incentives to inactivity, which the current system presents.
"But there will, of course, always be people unable to work through disability or ill health, and we are absolutely committed to fully supporting them too."
As people have already asked and posted about, who decides on people who truly cannot work? what support will they get or just years more fear about being pestered when experts have said in point blank medical terms the nature of the condition they have makes for a terrible quality of life and they need ideally to be in full time nursing care, as the condition has now gone terminal but the nature of the condition its near impossible on a time frame.
Of course he's talking about me in a letter he sent them. they STILL got it wrong…then said they never had this letter.
Kendall then gets back up and talks about Trust and understanding. Oh please,
we all know what comes next, making large parts AI operated so when you need help its a chatbot like the Banks use.
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They haven’t announced anything. A lot of the things you’ll see about WCA changes 2025 is from the Tories’ plans last year.
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Yes this 100%. She’s been told by both top economists and even the OBR that they can ‘slacken fiscal rules’ to equip for increased defence? I think it’s for two reasons.. she fancies herself as a leading player on the European stage, leading light in the IMF perhaps or some huge hedge fund and so she’s Labour in name but ‘ ‘Right’ as hell in practise. She’s fixing her soft landing exit? Secondly.. I’ve said it a few times on this forum.. she’s going to tax the masses soon, raise UK taxes universally. That’s more palatable if she’s seen to hit the disabled first and hit us hard? Morgan McSweeny and Pat McFaddens paws are all over this debacle. They even repeat the same sound bites during interview… It’s the ‘Labour’ party. Ad nauseam beating up of those who cannot work… shameless.
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my autism is severe I require someone to "speak for me" in person and on the phone, I have impaired coordination and walk into things and regularly fall, My short term memory is dangerously bad, I can't judge distance ot speed (for example crossing the road) and I can't learn anything complex even if shown a thousand times.
but I can honestly say I'm not worried at all, I know deep down they won't get away with picking and choosing which disabilities are worthy etc, they are playing with lives not deciding which banana is the ripest in the fruit isle of Sainsbury's.
@Andi66 💜
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The “incentives to inactivity” is DISABILTY! How fking stupid are these idiots
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"What happens if I am unable to work due to my health?
If you genuinely cannot work, you may still qualify for support. However, you may be asked to engage in work-related activities to prove ongoing eligibility."
****!
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what manifesto? I don’t remember reading about anything they’ve done so far . Had they said they were going to stab waspinwomen in the back and stop sick disability benefits etc ppl would have probably preferred the Tory’s .
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