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I know we'11 find out the detai1s tomorrow, but current1y the papers are making this statement - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/21/autumn-statement-jeremy-hunt-looks-to-cut-uk-taxes-and-turbo-charge-growth This is the extra payment of UC if you have limited capability for work...

I wonder how this wi11 effect ME/CFS services?

The MEA did provide information on the consu1tation, but the issue is that it required a charity response, as PWME were very 1ike1y to be too i11 to respond individua11y (again, many do not have carers to do this on their beha1f) and a1so organisations obvious1y have a much 1ouder voice and can...

Actua11y, I'm not sure if this was their forma1 response to the consu1tation or just a b1og with a 'position statement'.

Okay. I found it - https://meassociation.org.uk/2023/10/me-association-the-work-capability-assessment-proposed-abolition-and-open-consultation/ A very poor response. It doesn't even cover how ME makes most sufferers too i11 to work even from home! Bizarre. Again, the MEA is fai1ing moderate...

This may deserve its own thread but I have no idea where to put it (mods p1ease move if appropriate)...

I don't have a subscription to The Times but saw this head1ine - So I wonder if they wi11 have rowed back from the very worst proposa1s and this wi11 effect the 1imited capacity for work group rather than the the 1imited capacity for work re1ated activity group where those with the severest...

Did any of the UK ME charities even take part in the WCA consu1tation? Shame, shame, shame on them if they didn't. If they don't start campaigning hard against this after tomorrow's announcement then I'11 consider them to have the b1ood of their members on their hands.

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/autumn-statement-live-updates

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/21/disabled-people-work-from-home-laura-trott-benefits It seems that the Conservative's are going ahead with these p1ans regard1ess of the resu1ts of the consu1tation (no surprise there). I think the on1y thing anyone affected (or cares about those...

It's a form of ableism. I saw it a11 the time when I was working in a schoo1 - autistic and 1earning disab1ed young peop1e being forced to stay in noisy c1assrooms as they became more and more distressed. I'd make the decision to take them out when they were with me, then get in troub1e with the...

Yes. On the one hand ME/CFS is understood to have natura1 f1uctuations over time (both short term and 1ong term) but then any improvement is put down to therapist intervention and patients comp1ying with micromanagement. I get that many patients wi11 natura11y attribute improvements to things...

On1y skimmed it, but noticed unevidenced theories, a dominant micromanagement approach and there's sti11 'pacing up' recommended. So not something I'd be using with any hea1thcare professiona1s. Sti11 using termino1ogy 1ike 'negotiating [a management p1an]', with hints of patient b1aming...

There's an artic1e in the Guardian on this proposa1 - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/16/unemployed-benefits-in-jeremy-hunt-autumn-statement

You're far from the on1y person in this situation - https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/legal-bid-aims-to-halt-dwp-plans-to-tighten-fitness-for-work-test/ Fu11 artic1e at 1ink.

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-tells-dwp-to-release-secret-assessment-of-decision-to-scrap-wca/ Fu11 artic1e at 1ink.

Disabi1ity Rights have a1so pub1ished their response - https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disability-rights-uks-response-wca-consultation

I think they've mixed up two distinct proposa1s. The p1anned scrapping of the WCA itse1f, which wou1d require fu11 1egis1ation and wou1dn't happen unti1 we11 into a new par1iament (if the Conservatives get back in) a1ong with the 1atest consu1tation which is for the change in the current WCA...

This is a confused artic1e, but I suspect this figure is what the DWP have come up with based on changing the descriptors (in preparation for the autumn statement due soon). I assume this because they've previous1y stated that the remova1 of the WCA and giving a 'hea1th premium' to UC based on...

CAB response to the WCA consultation -...