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Hope admin will allow this post, as it can have far reaching consequences for PIP and therefore motability.
The government has launched a Green paper on proposals to change the PIP system, to benefit “those in need”
This may include removal of cash payments and replace with vouchers
There is only 12 weeks to respond before action will go through parliament
Make no mistake, the aim of this is to reduce costs, and will be in place before the General Election, but I’ve nit read anything from the other parties that any alternative will be offered
The green paper and the way to respond is here
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The link you posted doesn’t work.
Thats similar to the link that @joss moved from a thread I started, to the other related thread on the same topic. It gives details on how to respond, including the ability to respond online 🙂
The timescale is unlikely. This is a green paper and will be open for consultancy until July, not long after that Parliament has it’s summer break until September. If Sunak drags his heals as much as he possibly can, Parliament will dissolve on the 17th December, if an election is called before then (and popular belief is November) then we’re looking at no more legislation to be passed 6 weeks before the date of the next election. That could well mean the White paper that must follow the green paper needs to be issued before recess for the summer and a bill written up for September submission, debate and vote in the Commons, then scheduled, debated and voted in the Lords, with 1st and 2nd readings and all the ceremony, it’s unlikely to be squeezed in that timescale.
To be clear, there are disabled people in many groups who are seriously worried by this consultation. It’s currently a proposed (hopeful) vote winner for the hardliner Conservative supporters to get behind to stop the scroungers. It’s not intended to be law in the current term and Sunak himself has stated that this is for the next term.
The ethos is to force those claiming mental health issues to be pushed away from getting extra cash in towards getting help. The reality is that, if the help were available, most people would have reached out for it.
We must all respond to the green paper as strongly as possible. Let’s make this crystal clear that the disabled population are not going to be scapegoated and labelled scroungers by this or any other government. While there probably are some people that are claiming and not working, where they may be able to work, the reality is that PIP is not a replacement for employment but support for those of us who need it to live a life others consider normal.
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The brain storming desperate vote grabbing Green Paper was a dead duck from the off imo
Now the election date has now been announced the Green paper has to lie dormant
Best thing to do with the Green Paper and I am sure this will soon happen and that is to simply kick it into the long Green grass,
When/not if Labour wins
Be assured that it doesn’t mean it’s the last we will hear of some of the ideas it contains
There are some pretty grim Labour MPs in the inner circle so I wouldn’t say we’re safe but I’d take a Labour gov over Tories every time even with Steer Calmer lol
Agree even tho
Some cant put the correct shoe on the correct foot
Others prefer Flip Flops lol
This isnt instilling me with confidence
God help us all
Trust me, Labour Party members and constituency groups will not tolerate the PLP or any Labour government launching an attack on disability benefits the way the Tories have done recently. 😉
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Trust me, Labour Party members and constituency groups will not tolerate the PLP or any Labour government launching an attack on disability benefits the way the Tories have done recently. 😉
Time will tell and hope your right,but strongly suspect we are in for a few unexpected surprises
I do hope
I am very wrong
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