Upcoming changes to benefits
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A lot of posters here picked up on this, who decides?
Like Professor of Every known medical condition Wes Streeting's comments on the Sunday show about overdiagnosis.
His key objectives should be.
- People forced out of working due to needing Surgery or other treatment are fast tracked in the NHS
- Long Covid is real, Many LHB's wont talk about it owing to the old "Never admit liability"
- They keep saying the UK is the worst affected country to recover to pre pandemic levels
who was the Party and PM at the time? the ones who made such a mess its left a legacy of misery. No Reeves came in with her stupid Fiscal rules and its meant the money needed to be spent on the NHS to stop people who had jobs now forced to rely on Welfare the figures are there, Just like the ones on Brexit.
The UN warned the World to prepare for a mass disabling event post pandemic and it was totally ignored, When you see posts from former consultants who are now relying on PIP when they were on 500k Per year, Yep that's a lifestyle choice. They put money into support for long covid and a treatment plan and they will be Global leaders and something to be proud of.
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Oh crashed and burned how are you how's the move going thankyou for message
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I cant find now I did Google when will new wca be scheduled there's a breakdown don't know how true this is
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According to tory, kendell hasn't seen the green paper yet. Labour mps backbenchers are concerned about pip cuts. Timms response it's in the green paper
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From "The Guardian":
Kendall hints she can see argument for Pip claimants whose condition will never improve not facing reassessment
Jeremy Wright (Con) asks Kendall if she agrees that, for people who are receiving Pip (the personal independence payment, a disability benefit), if their condition is not going to get any better, it would be “sensible to relieve them of the burden of that reassessment process”, unless they want to be reassessed.
That would be “less distressing for them”, and would allow officials to focus on assessing the people who need reaassessment more quickly, he says.
Kendall says she agrees with “a lot” of what Wright is saying. She urges him to be patient, and to wait until the plans are announced tomorrow.
Under the current system people who receive Pip, which can be worth more than £600 per month, are supposed to have their entitlement reassessed from time to time.
The government is expected to tighten the eligibility criteria, making it harder for people to qualify, but it is not clear yet how long it will take before the new rules apply, or before people already getting Pip have to face reassessment.
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it seems like they will target people with mental health problems , I struggle daily and get a lot of help from my family but just recently my mental health support worker had to close my case because she said they are only allowed to support people for a short period of time . So I’ve lost that support . I feel there really isn’t much help for people with mental health anymore . I was first diagnosed with emotional unstable personality disorder 30 years ago along with other diagnosis with mental health . All these talks of changes have made me worry so much .
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the guardian are reporting that starmer is going to drive through these changes and has ignored his mps.
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More from "The Guardian":
Minister refuses to say disability benefits for people unable to work won't be cut
Stephen Timms, the social security and disability minister, told MPs that the welfare reform plans being announced this week would be designed to help more people get off benefits into work. But some people would always be unable to work, he said, and “we are absolutely fully supporting them too”.
The Lib Dem MP Liz Jarvis asked about two constituents worried about the cuts. Could Timms assure them that disability benefits for people unable to work would not be cut?
Timms replied:
I am concerned about the level of anxiety that has been around over recent weeks … and I’m sad that that has happened, and that people have been concerned.
But the system was failing people it was supposed to help, he said. He said that, when Jarvis saw the proposals, she would see they were designed to address this
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I honestly feel that at the end of it all, people that cannot work and are too disabled to do so, will NOT be forced to work and WILL be protected
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That's concerning. Am I understanding this wrong or does that sound like that part has already gone through and will definitely be happening?
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ah no problem and i respect your views being an old cowman i prefer the herd immunity approach myself
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I’m sorry, I am just feeling so alone and the constant pain every day does take its toll on me. Very emotional and I apologise for writing such things.
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I'm drowning. Today so scared
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Well said. Yes. I've just switched off the news and put on Dr Who. Trouble is the Daleks seem quite reasonable in comparison. lol. I'm only kidding. But yes, best to wait and see and avoid leaks and rumours.
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"The net result is likely to be significant changes to Personal Independence Payments, aiming to reduce eligibility for the highest levels of payments, especially among those of working age with mental illness."
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Oh that made me laugh re 🐄 🤣. There is a scientific reason for that, I guarantee I'll get a migraine from a storm (too windy) or a thunderstorm too. I can't remember the name of it but it's a change in the air/wind pressure affects my blood pressure. I normally would be able to explain this without trouble 🙄 it's a wonder I don't get a migraine from my eye rolling.
I was mistakenly diagnosed with coeliac disease 2 years ago, went on a very expensive gluten free diet for two months then told its not coeliac.
I'm on the BRAT diet too often than is good for my mind (banana, rice, apple sauce and dried toast) and have done many fasts (24 to 36 hrs).
I hope you do not have to wait too long for your intolerance testing.
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thank you 🙏
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I understand that and thank you - I respect yours too. I hope you've recovered as very best you can Michael from your strokes 🙏
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According to the Serbian press, as I recall, USAID and MI6 tried to implement this practice in their interests in the elections in Serbia and Russia to weaken the positions of the ruling parties. You invented the wheel).
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I have the following:
CTLA-4
Encephalitis
Epilepsy
Diabetes (T1)
Underactive Thyroid
Pernicious Anaemia
Anosmia
FND (functional neurological disorder)
I want to work but majority of days I just need to recharge from the little activity I did the day or days before. It causes me to sleep in the day too
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