Upcoming changes to benefits

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  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,379 Championing

    Yes, I'm already scared, fir myself and my daughter, she's on pip, she works but has autism, bpd, and now eye problems. So I'm fearful for her as well

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing

    I didn't hear anything at all about pip being means tested either.

    They seem to be really gunning for younger people with mental health issues

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    does anyone know how you get awarded a 10 year awards? I thought it was for ppl on highest for care and mobility but I’m that and get short term awards .

  • William01
    William01 Online Community Member Posts: 25 Connected

    @ElizaRose Heres hoping indeed. It's great you got a 10 year award. Yeah I've been trying to get that question answered for a while bit can't find anything definitive

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing

    I don't think they will reassess people until their current awards expire.

    It simply isn't feasible for them to do that.

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    I guess it makes sense really if done right and it’s voluntary. If they can help the young to train for work they can catch them early. Less incentive to help older people as conditions don’t improve with age . I can feel my body is less capable than a year ago .

  • secretsquirrel1
    secretsquirrel1 Online Community Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    Mine wasn’t even two years , the dwp increased it by a year . This is where they waste money.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing

    I don't know where they think all these jobs are going to come from.

    I live in a holiday resort and most jobs are seasonal and competively sought after mostly by non disabled people.

    A lot of people here have to sign on out of season.

    Jobs here are amongst the lowest paid in the country and a lot of people are on universal credit.

    I am sure it must be similar in other areas of the country

    Personally I think Liebour are living in cloud cuckoo land if they think they can drum up enough jobs and make it harder for disabled people to qualify for benefits.

    I think it will back fire big time and they are in for an almighty shock.

  • ancojo
    ancojo Online Community Member Posts: 41 Empowering

    Thanks for the reply @apple85 its much appreciated. I just hope more people realise that if they do plan on cutting LCWRA then that could potentially be alot worse for people than a PIP freeze which is why I am not surpised the media and some politicians are making a big deal about the PIP freeze being cancelled! I am still puzzled why so many seem more concerned about the PIP being frozen though and I dont mean that in a bad way btw.

    I think this could be down to various reason such as this example, I told my other half about the potential changes and asked her what she would choose, a cut in LCWRA or PIP freeze and she said cut to LCWRA as she wants her PIP left alone, so I again explained it to her and she said she would be worse off if they froze her PIP as she assumed "freezing it meant stopping it!" Once I explained it was just in regards to the uplift every year and the math of how much she would lose she clicked on and said PIP all day long!

    Tomorrow will be an interesting day and with some of the politicians who spoke today saying wait until the green paper is out as people might be less worried after its out then I do wonder if a cut is not on the cards for current claimants because if it is then how could people not worry even more so?

    Thanks again

  • Zipz
    Zipz Online Community Member Posts: 4,345 Championing

    I'm so scared this evening. I think it's the LCWRA issue that's the most troubling. I hope we can all sleep well and get through tomorrow morning. Love to all.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing

    I didn't hear anything said today regarding lcwra only pip.

  • geckobat
    geckobat Online Community Member Posts: 195 Empowering

    Exactly this. I'm worried the focus on the PIP freeze is overshadowing the more worrying parts, the cuts and reforming the criteria so it's harder for anybody to get help in the first place. That makes me even more worried they'll push the rest through and say "well at least we didn't freeze PIP".

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing

    I know and thats why the government are living in cloud cuckoo land if they are really that stupid to assume they can suddenly drum up jobs that don't

    exsist.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,885 Championing
  • geckobat
    geckobat Online Community Member Posts: 195 Empowering

    They were also cheering on their own AI plans, and AI is useful for some things but it's also taking a lot of jobs. Many of those jobs were ones that some disabled people might have been able to try working from home too. Then on top of them making it harder everywhere else so businesses are hiring less anyway. They are clueless.

  • Stellar
    Stellar Online Community Member Posts: 393 Pioneering

    It's not the only uniquely British attitude that's so toxic and harmful. The way this country is hostile towards the EU and trans rights are both unique within European. Oh and the systemic classism and serfdom. It's vile.

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