Labour Reforms

I’m not sure if Im allowed post this !! I emailed my MP and this is her reply to the benefit reforms !!!!!! Dear [name removed by moderator], Thank you for your email. Nobody in the United Kingdom should have to beg for food – and that includes the most vulnerable in our society. Mass dependence on emergency food parcels…

Since this discussion about benefit cuts I can't eat, sleep or hardly breathe, I am having so many panic attacks. I feel sick. Since teenage years I've been on anti depressants, I have social phobia and severe anxiety and panic attacks. I left school at 14 for being bullied and beaten daily. I have PTSD. I never left the…

So as well as the disabled, pensioners , farmers, children. Labour has decided in 2027 to put inheritance tax on the money received to families who died in the armed forces. I saw a clip on Facebook by a former soldier. This is disgusting. Something should be done. Having 2 brothers one past now who served. One for 22…

Last week, the Government published a Green Paper and a consultation about changes to disability benefits. The Pathways to Work Green Paper includes proposed changes to: Universal Credit (UC) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) We have a comprehensive guide to what the proposed…

Hi hello everyone I'm new here I'm disabled and is very scared about the cuts comming I can hardly walk and have various life threatening illnesses heart condition 4 stents, epilepsy,diabetes, sleep apnea,bronchitis, ashma,servere borderline personality disorder with SPDSD as I was raped when I was 10 years old and shot…

hELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS PENNI can any body help me with the changes to PiP and UC I am a Pensioner and not sure what is happening can anybody help please thanks Penni

Hi I have seen a story in my local paper saying that my local council are going to start people getting back to work July this year? Am I going to be made to go back to work? I'm LCWRA and pip I can't keep up with all this stress and worry Thank you

Hi everyone I am on lcwra & pip and am due for a pip review end of this year ( my current award runs to January 2026) however I received a text message from DWP yesterday saying it's time for my review and they are sending out a form for re- assessment. I am already extremely apprehensive with all the stuff going on in the…

hello can some body help worried about the changes to PIP can somebody help will it effect Pension Credit at all ? Also what does LCWRA mean ? and WCA ? tHANKS

Hi, I have standard daily living needs with an ongoing award until October 2031. I got this award long term as its accepted my physical conditions are highly unlikely to improve. My worry, like many of you is this 4 pointer in the green paper from November 2026 if it comes into law. Do any of you think DWP are likely to…

Hi I was awarded pip in 2015 an put in the highest group for daily living I've checked my paper work am I scored 2 points an that in groups does that mean more or less that il lose pip if my review is next year which at the moment they have said it's planned for next year

I will watch him feign surprise that we're upset 🙄 The brilliant Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper is also on the panel. Gary Stevenson who I've only read about on this forum. Boy, do we need new voices! I will watch through gritted teeth. 😐️

Hi iv been on CB esa support group from around 2013 also pip high 10 year award, I don't receive any means teasted benefit and iam literally confused what will happen to this with these new changes, any help would be appreciated Thanks

So they just moved it to bolt it onto PIP right..with the 4 point target they have cut many new claimants out and surely many longterm..while ignoring the Court..why no one can see this

I Labour and should be ashamed How sleazy corrupt government stermer rash **** that Rachel reaves shame on her marry followers Biss lizy kindle thinks she’s stupid idols somebody needs to sort her out keir starmer is verified seriously self righteous the whole of pip should be touched show how selfish labour is politically…

It is very very concerning that any question that is put forward to Rachel Reeves about Disability cuts and PiP changes. She not only avoids answering the questions properly she answers with the same nonsense about young people. The reason she answers these questions with irrelevant answers is because the proposals to the…

New here but concerned. I was reassessed and confirmed with PIP at the end of last year so a bit of time before I'm up for assessment again but am very worried as to what the future holds.

I have fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis right through my body and am undergoing tests for Sjorgren's Syndrome. I'm happy with the amount of PIP I'm on so have never felt the need to increase my points as the pain gets worse. Now, if I ask for a reassessment I'm scared that they will think I'm doing it just so I won't lose my…

I get PIP and become a pensioner in November. My ten year review isn’t till 2033 but don’t know what will happen after hearing Rachel Reeves new assessment rules. I currently get highest of both elements I’m really worried

Hi my name is Pete. Even though I struggled for the last two years of my employment through disability ( spinal stenosis and prostrate problems etc.) I was determined to stay in work until my retirement date which was nearly three years ago. I was able to continue with my employment with the great help of my employers at…

Hi, just joined the forum. im petrified. I have ER PIP for both elements M, old style ESS including severe disability premium. im 100% I won’t score 4 points in any section despite matching the criteria for not being able to prepare a meal alone - nerve damage to hands and feet/lower legs makes me unsafe around anything…

Hi All, What annoys me about all of this attack on disability is the following. NHS writes you off at a certain stage as nothing further can be done? NHS won't even change medications due to the prescribing laws on opiates so your stuck in the spiral of what you are on. If you work and can't do the job you get let go or…

I have cormorbiditities but I am deeply concerned about these PIP changes as I have osteoarthritis osteoporosis RA sjogrens ILD bronchiastasis and cognitive issues through a brain hemorraghe so I believe I will be targeted. I’ve been on an ongoing award so far. I also have sleep apnea, I stop breathing during sleep. Why…

I've just joined today and I'm absolutely broken over what the government are planning to do. I had herniated discs after an accident at work but after years of physio, hydropool therapy and many injections failing to fix me I have been left with permanent severe nerve damage to the spine as the bulging disc had been…

Recording of Thursday's Urgent Question in the Commons if you are awake and interested. PIP and Carer's Allowance

I am a recently retired Advocate and Advice Worker .Both my wife and I have disabilities and currently receive PIP at the enhanced rates of both Daily Living and Mobility Components . I am still active in Disability Issues including volunteering for a group for people with Learning Disabilities and being a Trustee of a…

Hello , my name is Karen and l have Arthritis,F.N.D and Fibromyalgia plus l suffer from depression and anxiety . I am migrating from E.S.A. to U.C and am stressed out by the whole precess . I am feeling in a very low mood after watching the governments spring statements . How is everyone else feeling?

I think the government should be ashamed of themselves cutting disabled benefits but rewarding themselves with a pay rise. How is this fair we have all been lied to and Rachel Reeves needs to be accountable. Come on Kier Starmer this was not the party we voted for. Labour should be kicked out of government or the whole of…

when is the universal credit health element being cut to 50% then frozen for new claimants ???

Marmion by Sir Walter Scott. "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.." Our Parliamentarians are tying themselves in knots trying to pretend these are essential cuts after colluding with IDS to remove the main exceptional circumstances provision for ESA in 2015! It's a grotesque deception. Angela…