UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2024 and 2025

Sean · May 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM

JellyBabyKid said: ↑

This is very well put. Would you mind if I quoted it to my MP and in my green paper response?

One of our group has an MP meeting I have offered to right a briefing for, and this would be very helpful indeed.
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Be my guest.

Chestnut tree said: ↑

It seems the whole western political world seems obsessed with getting disabled people to work, but also are unwilling to improve healthcare or research to give us opportunities to do so.

If I were able to work I would do so because my life was a thousand percent easier when I was working.
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This, and this.

Kitty said: ↑

Out of curiosity I looked up the daily living activities for which 8 points are available. There were more than I remembered.

Only the first one applies to me more than 50% of the time, but I wouldn't expect to be able to argue it—at least not if I want my assessment done on paper. And I already have enough points for an enhanced award.

Activity 1
Cannot prepare and cook food.

Activity 3
Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes more than 14 hours a week.

Activity 4
Cannot wash and bathe at all and needs another person to wash their entire body.

Activity 5
Needs assistance to be able to manage incontinence of both bladder and bowel.

Activity 6
Cannot dress or undress at all.

Activity 7
Needs communication support to be able to express or understand basic verbal information.

Activity 8
Cannot read or understand signs, symbols or words at all.

Activity 9
Cannot engage with other people due to such engagement causing either - (i) overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant; or (ii) the claimant to exhibit behaviour which would result in a substantial risk of harm to the claimant or another person.
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That is extreme, and seriously out of touch. I have no doubt they know that.

Kiristar · May 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3q7584v07o
Eye boggling attitudes amongst some.

Chestnut tree · May 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Kiristar said: ↑

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3q7584v07o
Eye boggling attitudes amongst some.
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Wow

‘For Alex Ballinger, who was elected as Labour MP for Halesowen last year, his party is about "increasing opportunities for the most vulnerable people in society".

"We're about improving life outcomes and being ambitious for those people who maybe need a bit more encouragement," he said. "I think all those are things that could chime with Labour values."’

Yes because all disabled people need is a bit of ambition (sarcasm).

How can people be so dense. And then the former Left wonders why people are running away from them.

Sean · May 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM

Once in power political beliefs tend to become, um, flexible.

JellyBabyKid · May 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM

Sean said: ↑

Be my guest.
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