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kaz7 said:
You have a difficult job and i am sure you are doing a good job :) i have just had my latest decison on pips and i am ok till the next assessment in about two years time , awarded for three but they always send me the forms the year before . It is very worrying every time, just waiting , had to wait a year for this decision , there is much to fix in the system

My last face to face was with an ex paramedic with a month of training , i always ask who they are before i go through three hours of defending my corner , what she wrote down and her assesment of me determines everything , it is a gut wrenching experience

I will wait and see but not very comfortably
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Yes, it must be very uncomfortable having to disclose private matters to a total stranger.

Yet I sometimes think such questions can be very relevant to actually establishing how difficult it is for someone's ability to work.
It's not nice, but I think it helps the person asking the questions to fully relate what the true picture is.

I'm sure you will be fine, and I honestly don't think you have anything to worry about. X
 
Meanwhile Jess Phillips the minister for Domestic Violence was filmed last night singing karaoke at the Labour party conference. Her choice of song " Baby hit me one more time"

The lack of self awareness of this lot and their followers on here is off the scale.
 
maxwellblue said:
Meanwhile Jess Phillips the minister for Domestic Violence was filmed last night singing karaoke at the Labour party conference. Her choice of song " Baby hit me one more time"

The lack of self awareness of this lot and their followers on here is off the scale.
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I’m no fan of Labour or Starmer but the narrative is getting ridiculous!
 
maxwellblue said:
Meanwhile Jess Phillips the minister for Domestic Violence was filmed last night singing karaoke at the Labour party conference. Her choice of song " Baby hit me one more time"

The lack of self awareness of this lot and their followers on here is off the scale.
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I don't think we need to read much into that tbh. In fact, as a survivor of domestic violence I'd dance to it too.
It's got a catchy beat that gets you on your feet ;-)
 
kaz7 said:
The fallout from covid is huge , they could put more money into long covid centres , people want to get well and your local gp does not know how to help you

I dont accept there are millions on sickness benefits who are making it up and the assessments are long and thorough and not easy to get , just to be given a handout that barely cover food and heating and carers

Not having a go at you but the mail and other papers have got it into peoples heads that everyone is a scrounger , unless you have ever been involved in the system and know how difficult it is then i politely reject the figures they pump out

Last time i looked at gov figures fraud is 0.7% including mistakes by the dwp itself . I also dont accept we are all getting healthier 1 in 2 will get cancer in their lives and we are an aging population that have all sorts wrong

Just caught the news saying streeting is sending crack teams to trusts that have the highest number of people on sickness benefits locally , he should be sending them to trusts with the longest waiting lists and getting more drs, nurses and gp's and sorting out the care system, until he does that everything will stay log jammed and it will just be all talk
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Who said millions? Not me Kaz.

ifs.org.uk

4.2 million working-age people now claiming health-related benefits, could rise by 30% by the end of the decade | Institute for Fiscal Studies

Our new report sheds more light on forecasts for a substantial increase in the number of people claiming health-related benefits in coming years.
ifs.org.uk ifs.org.uk

This is an interesting article.

The point is less people are working to pay for this huge cost increase in health benefit payouts, so it's right that those that are able to work should. A good call from Starmer. Whether they can do anything about it is another thing.
 
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