Upcoming changes to benefits

@philevan77 that's what I'm hoping. Wow I've read that 10 year awards get "light touch reviews", well under the current legislation at the minute anyway. I'm on a 7 year award, awarded in may 2024, with being contacted around May 2030 one year before it expires for the review. I really hope they don't pull existing awards! The stress and worry of them is awful!

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

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 .

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

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

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

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

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.

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".

You are right.