Upcoming changes to benefits
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Same here.
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Pip that should read in regards to PIP lots do work so they are basically on one hand saying because they work they will not be protected
And also those that are looking for work will be rewarded on UC
Somebody make it make sense
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Exactly! Make it make sense
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I’m also over fifty but it’s the lower level psychical conditions that I’m worried about . I don’t find being in constant pain and fatigue low level
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I have both ME and fibromyalgia and I have diagnosis going back 14 years with detailed consultant and gp reports confirming how these conditions affect my level of functioning.
I send them in each time I am reassessed yet I only get 3 year awards and twice they reduced my mobility from high to standard but I got it back by doing mr.
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I don’t think they actually know what they’re doing at this point. I wonder how many times they’ve changed that green paper ?
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There are some in the UC LCWRA group ( ESA Support Group ) who are in a 'severe conditions category' ( it can be Googled ) whereby they are completely exempt from further assessments - this is apparently explicitly set out in their award letters. It 'may' or 'may not' be those claimants who will be 'protected' from a rate cut tomorrow or they will be given a new named health benefit.
All will be revealed tomorrow.
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Me neither. It means you can't do anything.
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They need to visit some of the wards I've been sectioned in they are in no way able to judge on these matters .The furthest thing from people's minds when having constant crisis for years is I might get benefits hurrah.
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I have to fight even for half of my family to understand this, just how awful constant pain is and how much it drains. What hope do we have of getting the government to understand it.
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just saw this Catherine. Hope you’re ok . At least tomorrow we will know where we stand and so will ppl like Ellen Clifford .
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that’s what I keep telling myself - at least tomorrow we’ll know
If there are cuts, for example, it’ll make me panic but it’ll also mean I can look at my budget and know how much I’ll actually have to spend etc
Weirdly that’s somewhat better than not knowing 🥹
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These people making decisions haven't got a clue. They need to come and live our lives for a week to see the real impact of how it affects us rather than judging things they don't understand. It is so frightening.
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I think my diagnosis was about the same time but the specialist worked out I had mild ME from age 21 but became reinfected and it made my ME highest level of moderate. If I get glandular fever again I could end up even worse.
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I’m sure this has been mentioned somewhere, but when the green paper is out and Scope have had a looksi, will they post an easy-to-understand break down of it on the forum?
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I’m currently going out of my mind, if I loose lcwra I’ll be homeless. I can’t do this :( so fed up with it all, not ate in days, I don’t sleep as it is due to insomnia. Now I’ve not slept in 3 days 😭😭 yeah I’m only 23 yet I’ve been ‘living’ with my anxiety for years
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And if you do you suffer for it afterwards
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My question then, and forgive me if I’m being dense everyone, is would this be 4 points on PIP as a whole or 4 points for each section (Daily Living & Mobility)?
For instance, I get 18 points for mobility, an 8 and a 10, and currently 10 for Daily Living (though that is going to appeal) - With five lots of 2 points each.If I get another 2 points elsewhere for the 12 at my appeal, when it’s next reviewed would I still get enhanced for Daily Living as I got more than 4 in Mobility?
Or would I suddenly be ‘cured’ and drop to nothing for Daily Living because I get no more than 2 points in each section of it? It’s madness!1 -
My family don't understand either. Only my youngest son does because he lives with me.
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I’m so sorry you’re going through this!
Remember, we don’t actually know what’s going to be announced, and we might not lose LCWRA (or if there is a cut, it might not be as much as we’re worried about) so hopefully it’ll be better than expected and not our worse-case-scenario 💜
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