Universal Credit PIP and ESA News April 2024 - Bank Holiday Payment Dates, Fit Note & PIP reform
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2024
- In this longer than usual video I take a detailed look at the proposed PIP reforms consultation, the Fit Note reform plan, and the bank holiday payment dates.
I hope this video will provide some clarity, help, guidance and support to people trying to make sense of a the complex benefits system - how I always recommend getting one to one advice on your personal circumstances if possible. To find support local to you use the Turn2Us advice finder - advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/
Links to articles
Bank Holiday Payments -
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
Fit Note Reform - www.gov.uk/government/calls-f...
PIP Green paper consultation - www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.gov.uk/government/consult...
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I am reporting the PM to the police for hate crimes against disabled people
Good luck with that one....
@@DrWho-vc2go it was not luck they have taken that seriously
😅
Face it, he's a leg end in his own mind.🤣
@@DrWho-vc2go and a bell end in everyone else's
There’s nothing sicker than a desperate Tory PM
Not just tory. They are all the same. They are all in it together.
You can tell the mark of a good society by the way it takes care of the disabled, sick and elderly. britain is not one of them.
Sunak will get his Just Reward. It's called KARMA
I would like see MP live on benefits
PIP money is a life saver, talking therapy is useless and patronising, how can that be better than money, I'll be devastated if they mess up my pip...
Take them to tribunal honestly
After 13 months of trying to get pip I have gotten it, now all this.
@@cha9165 I know, it's terrible. Sunak won't be in power soon.
Money doesn’t fix mental health though does it? So financially life saving maybe but not going to manage mental health. Being stuck inside and not being out in society or socialising at all is far worse for mental health in the long term,Unless someone is using pip to pay for private therapy to help which would be a good use of it to help things improve.
Nhs mental health provisions are horrendous, very long waiting times and for things like cbt usually only 6 sessions offered.
Money does help mental health
And by the way paid taxes all my life worked from 15 years old... So maybe they need to stop paying immigrants and concentrate on the people who have paid into this bloody system to help them when they need it.. Those people looking down at the sick and disabled... It could be you one day in our position
Exactly ❤
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ditto I was just about to say the same thing.
I’ve worked since 15 years old myself and paid my fair share and now they want to stop it….. 🤬🤬🤬 there’s a lot of other things they should stop paying for with OUR money before penalising the disabled, sick or elderly.
They are saying mental health figures have gone up, they need to look at why instead of making it worse for them, how can help with services.
Sunak, saying that people with mental health issues should have talking therapy. Do's he know that you have to be on a waiting list for any mental health issue.
@@jaynekittycat9252Exactly. After losing my Mum to cancer at the end of October last year I only just started receiving grief counselling. I also have a niece with an eating disorder and sometimes she’s waiting 6 months to get the help she needs. And doesn’t this government realise that they’ve created a mental health crisis due to what covid restrictions did to a lot of people?….Then we have young people also having a job finding affordable housing and well paid jobs, which also adds to the problem. This country has been decimated by the Tories, and rather than the government accepting responsibility for this, they’d rather scapegoat the sick and disabled along with immigrants and refugees.
@@jaynekittycat9252 I've had talking therapy several times with different people in the past, while it may help some people, it never helped me.
@@jaynekittycat9252yep and lucky to get six sessions before you have to give up or restart the whole process to get more therapy… if you’re not magically cleared in six sessions! My daughters had major mental health issues with misophonia. I begged for her to have some support since she was 8 years old and they refused to help me at all until she got to 16 and is now such a wreck that she’s not achieved nearly as well as she could have. She’s now heading into uni with little to no support. She’s had two bouts of six sessions therapy in the last few years and all the work they do achieve gets undone the second the sessions stop because they stop wrll before it’s possible to change even the slightest mental health issues in six weeks. Most mh cases stem from childhood trauma. Do they honestly believe we can overcome that in six sessions?
@@jaynekittycat9252
His talking therapy will be someone saying "pull your socks up, don't be such a wet blanket, get a hold of yourself"...
I don't think the employee's would last long though.
For anyone interested in opposing these changes. Scope have a petition. 👍
How do I find it?
I'll Scope it out, cheers.
@@DrWho-vc2go You're welcome 😊
Well that won't work.
Petitions are begging tools to the Jews
Thank you for this. I've been making myself ill over it.
I would like to write to voice my concerns but I'm not mentally able to pull my thoughts together properly. I'm alone, isolated and have no one to turn to.
Listening to you has helped show me how ridiculous this government is.
If you're up for it just join Stu's video next week. You don't have to text or anything if yr not up for it. Maybe say hi to Stu or Becky. I'm in the streams most months now,sometimes I say nothing if life is too much at the time but it kinda helps knowing I'm not alone even if I don't always actively engage. Whatever you decide to do is fine but trust me when I say this you are 100% not alone in having those feelings. Apologies I'm a waffler 😥Take care
@@robmcallen798 I'm a massive waffler so don't worry about that lol
Thank you for the encouragement, I will listen in. It's frightening when you feel so isolated. It'll be good to touch base with other people even if I don't say anything.
Thanks again 🙂
Great information video Stu and interesting and thanks for making theses for us all 👍👍
@@ladykaycey You may be different from me but I try to write down notes as it helps when I'm a total scramble head. Then if you do want to post it'll make it easier. Stu and Becky are both sound as you like and there are plenty of other sound ppl here...if there weren't I honestly wouldn't have stayed(no disrespect Stu and Becky). Just lurk until you feel okay about posting anything....baby steps...not being condescending as I know how hard it is to engage with something new when you've gotten used to being isolated.
@@robmcallen798 thank you 😊
Thank you for being a calm voice of reason. I live on PIP and ESA and I feel like a scared rabbit cowering in its burrow. Having gone through hell to get it a few years back... I was just now feeling like I could relax a bit and not live in fear of losing benefits. I have both mental and physical conditions but my mental health got a hell of a lot worse going through the process. Now I am afraid of being pushed to the edge of desperation once more.
I can totally relate to you. It’s horrific what they’re putting vulnerable people through right now.
It really is, things calm down then they start again threatening and stigmatising us, undermining years of hard work to get people to accept and understand mental health problems.
Pushed over the edge, seems to be what they're aiming for.
I can totally relate. The constant fear that grips mentally and physically 24/7. ❤
Im the same my pip im just waiting for my reveiw my mental health is threw the roof
I battled cancer and endured horrendous months of 24hrs a day 6 days on 3 days off of chemotherapy that's after having surgery. There is an end to it though, you survive or you die.I suffer with mental health problems now ,Bi polar. I can honestly say that dealing with mental health problems is far worse as there is no end to it .Being constantly treated like dirt and threatened with taking away the pittance we get is inhumane and done to deflect from where people should be looking to cut costs, which is the rich not paying the taxes they should be paying .Smoke and mirrors. Stop sending billions to Ukraine and Israel but of course that won't happen because the weapons manufacturers have the government's in their pockets .
I 100% agree with you. Isn’t it funny how there’s always money for war and killing people, but never any money to help people?…..It’s a truly sick, evil and cruel world we live in. The government and the powers that be would rather see us dead than help us, that’s the sad reality.
I agree mental health illnesses are horrible. I have bpd autism adhd and hear voices and now they saying either cptds or did ( split personality) and the pip assessment was horrible had to get welfare Rights to help and I felt like such a waste of space in the assessment. Ive worked since I was 16 and had no choice to leave work. Now my life hangs in the government's hands, it's a horrible feeling
This'll teach them for voting Tory.
Public enemy number one is a TORY voter.
These repeated attacks on the disabled and sick Will not stop until the Neoconservatives are removed from power.
You can report this has a hate crime to the police. This comes the act of bullying
Init - I t1d LADA, since diagnose ten years ago, I have major anxiety & digestive issues, which the NHS refuse to recognise. I don't get any financial help, just a lower working hours commitment on UC and lucky my partner works. The future is bleak.
They could never do this to people on disability for mental health or pip. It would cause people far too much destress and the country would be in a disaster. People with mental problems already don’t get the care they need.
Being in work in a toxic culture excerbated my mental health issues.
That is something Sunak does not factor in. Sure work is rewarding for him and everyone he knows. He has prestige and good pay(not that he needs it). When you go to work and don't make enough to live on and the boss is a bully who undermines you and treats you like he owns you, then work is not rewarding or healthy. This is the reality for many people.
They will never accept that also mental health therapy is useless, anti men and anti-love and fun, which is what makes life worth living, constantly forcing p to be happy with no life and needs never met, totally useless...........
@@moodyanimal so true 👍
This is where looking for another job else where whilst getting support would be beneficial. I’ve worked for some awful employers but likewise I’ve also worked for some very supportive and helpful employers who have a friendly work environment so there is scope to work elsewhere even after this particular circumstance- it shouldn’t render someone off work forever on disability
I'm not saying it should but if you are not fully competent opportunities and job retention are likely to be low. This is where real help could come in to support people in work. A majority of managers have poor skills managing people and poor understanding of disabilities. Workers have little recourse if treated unfairly or proving discrimination. Sunak could make a real difference by removing barriers to work, and enforcing disability rights at work, not threatening people with sanctions. He is going about this in the wrong way!
Someone has got to pay for all the hotels , so we shouldn't be surprised .Penalise the sick ........
we also should not penalise immigrants also, be ashamed.
@@tomhirons7475 war torn france looking dangerous these days
@tomhirons7475 don't be so gullible.
@@tomhirons7475 shame on you. Your listening to propaganda pushed by the same government that is more than happy to take your disability rights away from you.
This comment was not meant for you, sorry about that. It was meant for Susan Reid. My apologies.
I have a diagnosed depressive illness. I have been on antidepressants all my life, no breaks. If i miss one dose of my medication my mood changes. I can cry all day, thoughts of self harm and suicide. Depression isn't just someone being fed up. Their are different types of depression, chemical, reactive. Mine is a chemical inbalance.
Depression has nothing to do with a serotonin imbalance. That's a fraud invented by Big Pharma to make massive profits from SSRI anti depressant medication. Back up by no real evidence.
jaynekittycat. Same here ! If they stop your benefit fight against it. If you go to Court they will back down !!! All their Lies Will Fall Apart in Front of a Court of Law. I did it and they Backed down a few days before the Court Date. Never Give Up, they are Bluffing !!!
Hi Stu, "Thank You" for taking the time to research the new PIP proposed Green Paper. Your work is very much appreciated.
We should all take the government to court , imagine how much it will cost the government in every case if we all do it separately
I can’t live on vouchers and proof of purchases so sod them be better off out of the system will go on streets. My mental health is bad all because of sunak
Thanks for all you do Stuart , it's appreciated. After Sunak made his speech I thought there would be outrage...sadly I was mistaken , and genuinely left aghast at just how cruel society's attitude towards the sick and disabled has become. Some of the things I have heard people say on MSM has sickened me. I suffer with chronic physical health and mental illness and both have gotten significantly worse since Sunak's speech and the seeming hunger of many politicians and talking heads for those of us who are sick and disabled to live in abject poverty or worse. This was a shocking low for the nasty Tories , but the fact that Labour have not condemned this assault on the most vulnerable just shows there is no Labour party left. The party that created the NHS , which was once the envy of the world and the safety net of a Welfare System , to be saying they may be even tougher when it comes to Benefits is soul destroying. I foolishly hoped those of us who sadly need the help of the benefits system would be treated with more compassion , or would at least not have to live life like a prisoner on death row , not knowing the date of your execution but always aware of it in your mind. My heart goes out to everybody here , I feel your pain and can only send out my love , they can't take that away x
Thank you for saying just what I feel. ❤
I read one article in inews 2 days ago that Labour have the same opinion on the benefits system. I was shocked and frightened by it.
Couldn’t agree more, angry at how we’re being treated.😡
Every political party is run by the same political establishment. Why don't people get it by now?
if the so-called 'Fit-note' isn't a violation of Human Rights then i don't know what is ?
Couldn't agree more. Not to mention it is against the hypocritic oath. It may also be illegal, as these people doing the assessment, are not qualified doctors.🤔
@@DrWho-vc2go 100%. And most of the assessors are thieves (I speak from personal experience). Lied and played everything down for their bonus. All my diagnosed conditions were subsequently ignored by the judge and panel at my kangaroo tribunal. My occupational therapist helped me re apply. Anyway, my pip is up for assessment again. Sadly I no longer have a therapist as the system in our area was shut down during the so-called lockdowns and no longer available. I feel I'm being sent back down the suicide road yet again, deliberately. All be design and the continuing privatization by all sides.
@@thetruth-loveitorhateit7999 Seek help with the Samaritans, if you8 feel pressured into acts of self-harm, my friend. They are there to help.
This government has a lot to be sorry for. Hopefully, they won't be in power for much longer.
No such thing as human rights
There's only one person I'd vote for in this country (if they were running for PM), and that's you, Stu. Why, oh, why can't we have caring, intelligent people running for PM? I don't trust any of them. Thank you so much for all this valuable information yet again, Stu.
I totally agree...
George Galloway is against this policy of the Torys and will end it if he wins the election so vote for him and the workers party.!! K. Starmer actually has changed his mind and said he does agree with most of it.!!
Yes I agree Stu really cares about people
Do they not realise that pip payments are essential if you need to pay for transport to get you from A to B, having to pay a Chiropractor every 4 to 8 weeks to sort my back and neck. Special diet needs, im a Celiac. Literally, so down at the moment.
In order to realise anything about benefit/pip claimants & their need's, these people would have to CARE
That's what's missing here, care, it helps reach mutually respectful understanding & Sunak's Circus aren't interested in that 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
@@archiesmum8601 Your right. They don't care. I have been very down for months. My depression is kicking in. Hope their time is up.
Exactly. I have to see multiple consultants, I'm seeing a physio sometimes twice weekly and by the end of the month the money is gone. I don't get the full amount
@@cha9165 chronically disabled people can't work, so what are we suppose to live on.
The tokens/voucher thing is just another greedy way of them trying to claw back as much money from poor (in both senses) benefit claimants. Totally disgusting.
The Tories need to go.
We already have a two tier system. Those of us that pay council all of our PIP for Tiny care packages. Get many basic disability expenses refused as the council don’t count them as essential. So I can see how this voucher system would work. Only very heavily medicalised activities would be allowed. A music therapy class for example might pass muster. Learning how play instrument having lessons to help cope anxiety then that be a no. Who will be looking at millions of receipts a week and deciding if it’s deserving or not will waste more money than it saves.
There trying to put everyone into poverty anyway they Can Its so sickening 😢
WEF
Since hearing about these proposed changes my mental health has spiraled out of control its gone from bad to worse i cant sleep properly because my mind won't stop racing with the worst possible outcomes i honestly dont know what im going to do. If this comes into play watch the suicide rate go through the roof because of this disgusting government
countless people , over the years have but no one cares
Less pensions to pay out because they busy bringing in migrants
Thanks so much Stu for another detailed explanation & just knowing you get where many of us are coming from helps. I’ve had worse pain in dodgy hip, having had 2 falls recently, 1 on concrete in my small yard by back door.
Becoming harder to get the help & support you need & I’m fairly capable & knowledgeable. But at almost 63 & 15 years of gradually ill health & disability, taking longer to deal with it all.
Thanks for being there😊
Well said as always Stu , I think the best way forward is to introduce a universal basic income , if the Government shut off the benefits there will be civil unrest on a scale we've never seen before , the civil unrest will cost the Government much more then the benefit system , it will be a concerning factor when there will be millions of people that will have nothing to lose .
Maybe, but if this country introduced UBI the chances of them twisting and corrupting the concept so it makes people's lives worse somehow is quite high I think.
@@StuartMcGoo Hello Stu
Thank you for your reply .
I think that you are absolutely correct , if the UBI was introduced there would probably be medical charges within the NHS system , in effect the NHS system & the dental system would no longer be a free service which would be equally another disaster , I would imagine that a health insurance would be a requirement , very much like the USA .
There is a UBI pilot scheme in Wales for youths who have left the care system , I'm not sure weather that scheme was successful ?.
The point of the UBI is to narrow the equality gap & to raise those out of poverty , I think that in some ways UBI is a marvellous idea & it would straighten & simplify the entire benefit system .
In meanwhile if the Government continue down it's current path , there will be devastational knock on effects not only for the claimants , but also for local business & services , the Government haven't thought this down to the bone ,long term major civil unrest will cost the Government far more then the current benefit system .
Civil unrest will make the poll axe ryots (scrambled on purpose) on 31.3.90 look like a walk in the park!
Good job stu thanks. I’m a highly complex case with issues from anxiety and agoraphobia going back a lifetime to developing rheumatoid arthritis and multiple secondary conditions to that ten years ago, it’s impacted my lungs and I’m now diagnosed with rheumatoid lung disease and multiple other lung diseases going on too. Claiming wasn’t easy because I became crippled up so fast with the RA. I’ve just been thru reassessment, you would think with life limiting disease at 47 I wouldn’t have so much a hard time but I do. I really hope we take the tories out, sorry but sunak is not gonna care about the vast majority of the population, we ain’t rich or posh enough.
What a star Stu 😅 talking for 40 minutes non stop lol but I expect we won't really know till after the election what will really happen regards John
Hi there Stu you really have a lovely calming voice to listen to, helps with anxiety, I’m a new subscriber, Thanks for all you latest information.
Good breakdown. I got on my local Easibus yesterday which stops at my home rather than having to make my way to the local bus stop. People were chatting about it and some were outraged and some didn't care at all (fit pensioners). It was rather concerning as these had been influenced and believed that it was aimed at mental health (drug addicts and alcoholics) only.
I've recently had my mobility upped to enhanced after mandatory reconsideration (told them that I would appeal and I would win if they didn't grant it) but they fail to see that pip mobility isn't just for out and about. If rent is way above local housing allowance and you need a flat or bungalow then paying rent does increase your mobility as I can't access either the kitchen or bathroom at present and my home isn't suitable for a stair lift. I'm just praying that social housing comes through or I will be needing another £500 a Month for rent. No 'voucher' will help with that!
I was speaking to a pensioner today who said pretty much all you heard too. There's alot of junkies around here and losing a leg through injecting is seen as great news because they'll get top benefits. What a sad, crazy world we live in and those kind of people make it easier for the general public to send hate towards honest folk.
Your right, Vouchers won't pay for utility bills either. It's a Joke. People use their pip to top up their rent.
I have same issues I had to move from £450 house to £800 house for a bathroom upstairs so I can get from the bed to my toilet easier. I applied for 100 plus houses none accepted other than this one as I’m on benefits. I feel so scared I have no where else to go if I don’t pay the rent one month he will evict me 😢
@@jaynekittycat9252
But if you're getting PiP then you would be getting a 50% reduction of your yearly Council Tax bill... and surely also a reduction in your Rent costs?
@@MissRachel79 There not taking any of this into consideration. A lot of disabled people rent, and pip helps with the short fall. Rent is so high, It's about time these landlords reduce their rent.
So when you go to an interview just explain you have depression anxiety and other health issues and see if they employ you, I think not.
This is to just hold back on money to give to Ukraine and Isreal war that don’t have the interest of the British people.
Exactly!
You defintely don't waffle on Stu as you say. It's great information and so helpful to all that need it. Thank you
Contact your m p
Hi Stu, I hope you’re keeping well. I was waiting for your assessment on the new so called plans Sunak and his government had for PIP and fit note benefits. It’s more than a little concerning waiting to see exactly how they wish to implement these benefits. For people like me it’s just more stress on top of stress, which no one can afford in this climate. Long waiting lists for Hospital appointments and even GP visits which now mostly happen by phone. We have such a broken system and now this government want to make it even more difficult for people with health conditions. Also quite worrying that Labour has yet to make a stand we can trust on the entire system. Thank as always for your time and patience over covering these concerns for people like myself. You are invaluable as are the organisations who work so hard to support us. Take care, also the same goes to everyone who is on this channel. Take care, we are not alone.
Thank you for putting my mind a bit at peace.
Contact your m p
Thank you, Stu.
✌️💚 🇬🇧
I work for the NHS Admin Clerical staff. I work 30 hrs a week for £11.44 which is now minimum wage. I get the disability rate of PIP but not the daily living element. I have Multiple Sclerosis. This started in 2002 and has progressively worsened. I had to move in 2023 to UC from Tax Credits and go to my local job centre to prove who I was. I was treated as unemployed in my UC Journal. Asking me to go for training etc to improve my job skills. I’m nearly 60. I am disgusted at the Government for going after disabled people. My PIP assessment was done by a paramedic. Who in my mind had absolutely no idea about Multiple Sclerosis. You would have thought I had of had a hip replacement 😮
We get paramedics too ask for a doctor that's what I do
Contact your m. P
Thank you so very much for all your hard work getting this to us all...much needed.Blessings to you and your family
Thanks for the video Stu. Realistically it's hard to make any of this stuff light-hearted as it affects so many of us and it feels like the government doesn't have a clue. The idea of being assessed by a random that knows literally naff all about me rather than the Dr I've had for over 15 years is kinda scary. At 33.07 when you showed the address to send comments I swear my brain read the address as level 2 shredder....dunno whether to laugh or cry about that thought.
I'm currently on lcwra for depression and anxiety, my dad said i should consider pip but with all this news which basically looks down upon the ill, i don't want to be told over the phone your depression isn't really so bad. That would be so crushing mentally.
I would stick to what youv got hun
Apply anyway for pip and just keep appealing. Get every penny you can squeeze out of them.
But what are you actually doing to help your depression and anxiety? I’ve had both and fought back with swimming, tai chi, table tennis. Get out there and reclaim your life!
Thank you Stu.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos Stu. Much appreciated. ❤❤
These days people are COMPETING with robots or a.i at work... especially at the lower end of the jobs market, I worked for amazon for 18 months and if anyone tries to tell me work in places like that is good for your mental health I will scream!!!!!.... the place was litralley a GAS LIGHTING CHAMBER!... I collapsed due to a stress overload and my heart decided it would be best to do a reset... and the FIRST THING management did was to ask if I was trying to get time off? Or did I think I wanted a ambulance???.. then in the room while my heart was slowing the manager was trying to pretend I was fine... the ambulance staff that turned up DIDNT AGREE. - I will NEVER place myself in that postion again EVER!
Thanks for your vid. I have T.C. Eplsy, person Diss/panick diss. I listened to your video for 10 mins, then subscribed. Thank you for what you do. Why do the dwp make us who are ill feel like we alway's have to prove something to them. We are always made to feel like we are walking on eggshells whilst on, e.g, DLA, ESA. It's 2024, and the stigmatisation of mental health is raw, as it has ever been. So sad, & hard. 'It doesn't pick its victim's'.....
Nor, do we ask for the ailments. They the dwp, make people's symptoms worse, again, so sad ,, & totally wrong !
Thanks
It is sickening .
🙂 Thank you❣
Cheers Stu. 👍🏻🍻
Many thanks for been so informative 😊
When they say you could work from home...not everyone owns a computer...is the government gonna fork out for a £300-£400 laptop I don't think so!
Buy a used one.
Yeah and then it ends up breaking down plus it's got to be compatible with the program that you would have to download from the company that you would be working for and if it's cold calling work it's shite I've done it in the past being told to fuck off on the phone and having it slammed down on you!
Thanx, Stu.
Hi Stu, Thanks for the video update. I’ve got digorge syndrome with learning difficulties.Im hoping this doesn’t take effect.
This very helpful, thank you so much.
Thank you Stu for all you hard work and advice.
I’ve emailed my MP but that’s like headbutting a brick wall as he’s Tory. I’ve messaged friends and family with the SCOPE campaign and emailed VersusArthritis as well as trying to contact the Labour Party.
Thankyou
Thank you for the update and good information stu 👍
Thank you for explaining this to us
Hi stu its beyond me what there doing with pip playing with peoples life 😢
United stated system is broken
🙏
Are their actions and proposals not discriminatory?
If so, why are they not being held to account
Yes and probably because those who should hold them to account are just as discriminatory.
@StuartMcGoo *I have messaged you a couple of times needing advice on a very serious matter, you do not reply me each time I attempted :(( why?*
I haven't received a message as far as I am aware - stu.mcgoo.info@gmail.com- try again, please
I am extremely worried about how I am going to live
I have PP-MS and it took 10+ years to diagnose ... the Doctor at the hospital told me to walk up and down the passage saying you definitely have a limp would you like us to try exploratory surgery on your back🤔 am like no I will work till I drop (and I did drop) a locum asked have you had a Nuro Xray on your head ? No I said .........soon found out my problem.... took KIN 10 years tho....
Hi i have MS, depression and anxiety i claim PIP only pip because i dont know about any other im so worried about this change to pip that it is working up my MS dont know whats going to happen
Hi Stu. A fantastic video. The whole system has turned into a mess. Something has to be done constructively about the 18 - 24 year olds. It's not right. Not that kind of number. I'd like to know what's happened to this group in the education department and has the education system simply let them down and left them on the scrap heap. The problem is, I hear no mention that the Job center process needs reforming and the whole work coach idea is flawed and needs changing. The whole process of going to the job center needs to be axed. it should be done via telephone and for the 18 -24 year olds, jobs which pay well, and have stability should be offered to them in the UC center online. No excuses. None of this having to post on multiple job sites. it should all be done for them via the work coach who actually gets them a well paid job with stability. They should not be treated like trash by these unskilled work coaches.
Just read that the DWP are going to be trialling different things to potentially replace PIP in several palces around England and Wales starting in October. That can't possibly be true.
I can only say. That in my opinion. Suffering, and diagnosed of several debilitating conditions (12 weeks consultation?) They have been planning this for years. It's terrifying. But all by design.
Thanks Stu for your highly informative video .
Thanks for the info Stu.
I r hope labour win election and stop harrasment of p on mental health benefits,,,,,I r hope they stop assesments. I feel like we're on borrowed time with all this benefit................
Labour is no different now than the Conservatives.
Starmer is a Zionist and a W. E. F puppet.
Labour, needs a leader ĺike Corbyn or Callaway.
They're the only people who are not W. E. F puppets.
They are all the same party. Uni-Party.
Thank you for a most informative video.
I really appreciate your videos Stu, and the time you take. Thank you so much...waffle on 😊
Contact your m p
I feel a bit better when I’m in work. Not taking any of this things but it’s interesting learning about this , great job.
Hi Stu, can you tell me when the increase on the universal credit will show as it has yet to reflect an increase yeet, thanks
The Benefits systems are OUR national businesses we the public pay for this and its given to the vulnerable and they pay ALL the taxes rents fuels as and that ALL goes BACK into OUR country this is a renewable income and VERY important to our financial hub lts against the pip claimants human rights to have the choice to use this cash how they choose
Great video mate
Thanks 👍
Hi,i have had Parkinson's since 2014 but only claimed for P.I.P last year and received higher rate for daily living part
and standard rate for mobility.I still work and my company have reduced my workload as i didn't want to stop working.
Must admit i am struggling lately as my condition worsens so i am keeping an eye on what happens here.If i cannot continue
my work have said i will be entitled to a company capability payment from them which i am grateful for.But i was going to rely on
continuing to receive P.I.P too so let's hope this green paper suggestions are not as severe as i fear.
Subscribed to your channel as you speak well and know your stuff.
If you don't work you don't eat
I truly appreciate your level of detail and the calm and clear way you present it. I have MS and am part time self employed, I have been helped with Working Tax Credits/housing benefit etc and PIP so far, but now being told I have to migrate to UC in July. I don’t earn enough to reach their decided minimum floor so things are not going to be straight forward. I think the only thing I can do is go to Citizens Advice, grateful if anyone has got any other suggestions? ❤
If it is forced migration to UC you will still get roughly the same as you do now. Your PIP will automatically transfer over, ie it doesn’t end.
I thought the rules for PIP was that you had to have a diagnosis but revceiving PIP wasn't thoroughly dependent on your diagnosis but rather the way your diagnosis affects your ability or inability to carry out certain tasks .
The rules for PIP are that the assessors and decision makers have a minimum 65% failure rate. They are actively trying to hide the disability stats as much as they are hiding the long term increase in excess deaths. They make up the rest of the rules as they go along.
I've been through two work capability assessments through claiming universal credit. I deferred the second assessment as the nurse told me I needed a diagnosis and a treatment plan otherwise the outcome was the same. I was then told a few weeks later that if I deferred my assessment again I would lose my claim altogether and a diagnosis wasn't necessary, but it was based on how my condition affects me. After the second assessment the decision maker told me "universal credit is a benefit aimed at helping you find work or prepare for work whether or not you are fit for work right now. You will be able to keep your fit note and at no point should you feel you are stressed if you are not capable of performing the activities they give you". This was followed by being assigned to a manager who did everything she could to get me sanctioned, fit note cancelled, change of condition rejected and new fit note rejected. Eventually the WCA process started again and I have a third assessment next week. They just don't want you to get as far as tribunal where most of their decisions are overturned.
No, not at present at least.
The current phrasing is along the lines of;
PIP looks at how your illness/disability affects you, and how you carry out essential day to day tasks. It is not dependent on a diagnosis, especially as 2 people with the same diagnosis can have wildly different care needs.
Think simple skin cancer, caught early, minor surgery and minimal chemo,
Vs
stage 4 breast cancer, found late, radical mastectomy and multiple lymph nodes removed, intensive chemo and radiotherapy, hysterectomy to stop oestrogen production fueling the cancer growth, so instant menopause and all the associated difficulties...
But both conditions are still cancer so affect you in the same way. 🤦
They require medical evidence of conditions
Please get a periton going
The problem with all the people making these reforms, is that none of them have ever had to live with the challenges that making these reforms will affect. This is clear when they say that getting people with anxiety and depression back into the workplace will help their mental health. They have zero understanding of how these things work.
The DWP don't know what hell is coming their way if they try to mess me around again. They did it with ESA and were told to back off by the Tribunal, good luck this time. I am sick and tired of the Conservatives targeting of disabled people. Surely its against Human Rights ?
If people do their research the committee for social justice was created by the Tories, Iain Duncan Smith being one of them.
Thank you Stu. I hope and pray this vile idea doesn’t come into existence. I cannot even enjoy my benefits increase because all I think about is I might not have nothing from the government instead of crappy vouchers or whatever in a couple of years or however ever long it will take to complete this monstrous idea.
Stop panicking. Live in the present. It will take years (and many protests) before this shyte changes.
Hi stu.....I have watched a few times,it will be interesting to see some one who works in a job centre with such medical knowledge , I can see tons of legal cases coming through the system. Is there any way of finding out who is the area manager ? I keep asking who are the bosses and keep getting turned down ......for some strange reason they never want to tell me who the bosses ar above a job centre manager
I applied for Pip in January 2024, I started limping early 2023 & going down hill rapidly. I was a carer & worked for a local bakery. First I packed in work as daily I was struggling to cope with pain & also caring for my mother in law whom lived with us got too much, she decided that she should go into a nursing home but unfortunately she passed away before that could happen. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my hips and need a hip replacement and I also have really high blood pressure which is up & down regularly even with 2 medications to keep it stable. The stress waiting for the decision is getting to me and doesn’t help. I had citizens advice bureau help to fill in the form over zoom as I can’t get in to the office which is upstairs. Thanks for posting your videos & keep campaigning for justice for people like myself. I wasn’t shocked by this information as I suspected just as the man Andrew said. I will let you know when I get a decision but it probably won’t be the outcome I believe it should be but I will then take it to appeal
Have you tried tumeric and black pepper for your arthritis, I have it in both hips knees and ankles don't know I have it taking the tumeric better than anything I had off the quack, other people I know say the same , don't know how far gone yours is but it be better than tablets , last time I took anti inflammatory pain killers for my arthritis I was up A&E worried sick thought I had bowl cancer or summat was passing pools of blood , my mate got rheumatoid arthritis he had to have a big section of his intestines cut out , turned black and hard with big hole in his colon due to anti inflammatory meds , no good .
First applications are generally rejected. You may then be prevented from reapplying for 6 months. Don’t give up. Just keep applying.
The 20-meter rule was to cut down on full mobility awards. But if you have mixed mobility between 20 meters to 50 meters they give you the lowest rate when you should get the full rate.
Been waiting for this Stu. I have been worried ! Does this apply to people making new claims only? Thank you
I read online, that these new stupid proposals are for new claimants, not existing ones.
@@jaynekittycat9252 oh thank you
Same question from me? Only for new claims or existing claims also? Please advise
@@Vicks234 These changes don't just apply to existing clients I'm afraid. I've just read this 😔
@@jaynekittycat9252 I just read it doesn't apply to just new claimants. Very worrying indeed
At the moment, the bad thing that’s happened is the dwp and their enforcement on disabled people by trying to get them back into work. The guidelines changed since the start of April.
Hello sir, thank you for all your efforts. Please, I read something in some newspaper and I did not understand it. What the Prime Minister mentioned was offering vouchers instead of cash benefits. Do you have any information in this regard? Thank you my regards
So if you ask Government for advice say who to call to build my house they will say call a oil rig worker they are gone insane
also people coming into uk on boats are claiming pip from ptsd from war zones
And a whistle blower has said they have been told to fast track there claims
Receiving it ahead of British people in similar situations? If so, DISTURBING.
War zones like albania
hi stu i feel that they are trying just make it impossible process, and believe that (speaking from personal experience ) it will cause so much worry and decline to peoples health, that suicide rates and pressure on hospital admissions, police/ambulance needs will be astronomical, so in the long run will cost alot more!, charles
It’s always the ideology behind all of this. When you think of how many millions, maybe billions has been spent on endless changes in process. Then the private contractors like ATOS Capital, Serco, masses of appeals many of us going to the NHS more, due to the stress on body & mind. They’ve also spent huge sums on court cases to prevent people winning appeals or addressing discrimination in their policies. Much of that money could have been used to help us, with plenty left over!!
@@SuperMarion61 your right there, because it does not affect them directly they dont care, we are just left to try and jump through hoops that keep moving, we are treated like second class people!! ( its worse than that probably much lower than that)
Is this PIP Reform if it comes into play, will it only apply to new claimants, or will it effect existing claimants. I was awarded enhanced mobility last march, standard remains for the daily living. Its an ongoing award, with a light touch review in Ten years. Very confused Stuart. I was also told i won't need an assessment.
Im the same as you, ongoing award until 2028.I would say it will be like dla we will stay on pip until changed over,however long that takes. Hopefully someone clever will fight this in court 🙏🙏
They are talking about all claimants, not just new ones.
@@StuartMcGoo I was led to believe it was just to new claimants.
@@grahamegaw-mc3bw that's what they said when they started the consultation on PIP, but then they decided to move everyone on to it by the time it was ratified. This may not come to pass anyway, it is just at the consultation stage presently.
@@StuartMcGooplus they said forced migration for those of us on ESA etc., would not be until about 2027/8, I get the pension around then. But they’re now saying it will be from 2026😢
Excellent video. Only just found your channel. (these things are not advertised. I wonder why that is?)
But, from my experience as a sufferer of disabilities for the last 24 years. It's all be design. (and, just to add, 6 days after you video, a 12 week consultation? Now being implemented? I guess they already had it all in place before the consultation began? something like, years ago. They do not like the disabled).
It’s crazy that they are considering anything except cash payments considering even the charity sector seems to be going more and more towards direct cash payments…
i am disabled after covid jab and i believe many people too.