It is being widely reported that the on-again, off-again Green Paper on changes to welfare benefits will finally be published tomorrow, Tuesday 18 March..

Publication of the consultation document has been expected for weeks, but fears of a revolt forced Downing Street to delay the move in order to try to placate Labour MPs.

Meanwhile, the press has been awash with claims about what secretary of state for work and pensions Liz Kendall will announce, but there has been no official confirmation of any specific changes.

Benefits and Work will cover the provisions of the Green Paper, and what they may mean for our readers, once it has been released and we have had time to study its contents.

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    · 4 hours ago
    The Devil will be in the detail,obviously a lot of scare stories going around,we've been here before and it's turned out to be a bit of a Paper Tiger, but this time it does seem its not going to be good News, especially for those on PIP with MH conditions. 
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    · 6 hours ago
    I have never seen a benefits reduction, it looks like UC (sickness portion) is likely to change. 
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    · 7 hours ago
    Seen the debate from today in gov don't know what to think very hard to understand all the info but I'm sure I heard that no  changes are comimg in this year unless I miss heard somewhere?  Sure it was heard more research is needed and more research with neuro diverse panel ect is needed  I pray what I heard is right but the green paper is apparently due tomorrow so anxiety is through the roof and must be for lots of people .
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    · 7 hours ago
    I have relatives in Italy and even there where to access incapacity benefits is difficult only Britain seems to have this obsession with bashing disabled people. I find it disgusting and it's great knowing other people are cottoning on, people should complain to Ofcom, to IPSO to their MP as to why does the British establishment have an issue with disabled people.
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    · 7 hours ago
    Has anyone brought up the point that many people will be beholden to their healthy partners if PIP is removed or made means tested. As it stands PIP is the only benefit paid to a qualifying person that is given solely to that person. Many people will be stuck in abusive living situations (financial being one of them) if this was to change. :( So short sighted. I haven't seen this POV given before. 
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      · 4 hours ago
      @Debbie I am in the exact position that had to give up work due to chronic conditions after 16 years keeping going reducing hours taking less stressful role etc till I made myself much worse now dependant on my husband alone who works 6 days a week and looks after me plus only entitled to pip as my husband works it’s a struggle and alot pressure on him too 
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      · 6 hours ago
      @Debbie Indeed. This was exactly why my birth family stopped talking to me. I wanted to leave an abusive situation and they wanted me to stay in it (so I would have care) When I tried to leave they disowned me so they wouldn't have to support me in the future and to top it off social services pulled my outside care so that I had no.option but to stay in the situation. Yet I would have been far more likely to be able to find work if I'd been allowed to leave and move away 
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    · 8 hours ago
    Please be careful of our right wing gutter press and don't allow them to change the narrative and loose your cool so you cannot fight back calmly and in a precise manner

    “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
    ― Malcolm X
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    · 8 hours ago
    BTW this weird, relentless obsession that the government and media has with "cracking down" on the disability and sickness benefit system, massively exaggerating the fraud rate and forcing those with serious conditions into work is very much just a UK phenomenon. Other countries don't do this thing, even the USA!

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      · 7 hours ago
      @Gawayn I urge people to complain to Ofcom and IPSO about this, Britain is the only country in Western Europe which has this issue with disabled people and it's creepy. People in high places within Disability lobbies and the like should contact the UN.
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    · 8 hours ago
    This is concerning ill people do not choose to be ill they would swap it in a hart beat This is cruel and rong they need to tred carefully as this could push people to get worse and they need to reconsider for the helth or people we are human beings not just a number 
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    · 9 hours ago
    I work part time and get pip does anybody know how this will affect people like me who work part time and get pip and will pip be means tested 
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      · 5 hours ago
      @John I get the lower daily living, which allows me to work part time. I live with daily pain from 2 spinal ops and gave had cancer twice. I don't score 4 points on any questions so it looks like I will loose my PIP. I am so worried as I can't work anymore hours as I end up in agony. 

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      · 6 hours ago
      @John PIP isn't going to be means tested.
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    · 9 hours ago
    It might be worth e-mailing our MPs (especially if your MP happens to be Labour) to make it clear why these cuts would be so disastrous and to say that you won't vote for them next time round if they support this. They may not give a toss about us, but they do care about keeping ther seats.
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    · 9 hours ago
    Very anxious over this.  When is the announcement from Kendal so I can avoid it? 
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    · 9 hours ago
    Some likely ideas on tomorrow's announcement. This link allows you to view it without going through a pay all. Fingers crossed everyone that it won't be TOO bad.  https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/what-welfare-cuts-could-labour-announce-tomorrow-from-pip-to-universal-credit/ar-AA1ACMTE
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    · 9 hours ago
    I'm sick with panic. Are they seriously going to stop PIP for autistic people??
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      · 5 hours ago
      @Anon I am autistic myself and I also have bipolar disorder type 2 and I am receiving standard rate PIP and if these changes that the times reported two days ago true, I will lose my award when my PIP is due for renewal because I scored 8 points in 4 activities.

      I guess we have to focus on one activity which is preparing food and the other activity we can focus on too is mixing with other people to get the 4 points required.

      I know your feeling because I have been living this feeling since April 2024 when they first proposed changes to exclude less visible disability.

      So stay calm and respond to the coming consultation. 





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      · 6 hours ago
      @Anon I feel the same, my daughter has autism she hasn't been to school since the age of 11 she dosent leave the house has very bad anxiety, now she is 16 we had to change it to pip from dla is been declined so we have asked for a reconsideration, so it shows this was always going to be the plan with mental health, I don't think people understand how mental health autism adhd ect really affect people 😢 
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    · 9 hours ago
    i dont understand which benifit pays the avarage wage which they say is 36k.

    benifits are very very far from that figure.
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      · 4 hours ago
      @A If you count the full rate of PIP + LCWRA + money for your rent + council tax reduction, it would be the same as the take home pay (after tax) of someone earning that figure.  But this is where the mistakes are made. Instead of reducing that figure, or adding more bands to PIP, they are disqualifying people from having it completely through new eligibility rules - resulting in people possibly losing thousands of pounds a year.  
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    · 10 hours ago
    Will they stop pip payments straight away or will it take a few months to see the payments stop? If you’re not eligible that is? 
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    · 10 hours ago
    The labour party will, if it serves ONE term of office, never serve another.. They were elected on a promise that they would rake in tax from the rich that decline to pay and also to recover the huge sums paid to tory fraudsters involved with the PPE thing. They have done none of this and the very first thing they did was to hit pensioners. We all know that this was to generate a very large smokescreen while they punished the most severely disabled that LIVE ALONE. The severe disability premium [which has been removed] was just over £80 a week. Makes the pensioners £200 a YEAR look like nothing..

    Next election, it is the liberals for me.
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    · 10 hours ago
    I wonder how they will deal with legacy benefits? I'm on ESA (CB) support group. Not due to transfer over to UC.
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    · 10 hours ago
    So if they tighten the requirements for pip what will happen if you’re on pip already? Will they stop it straight away or wait untill they re asses you again after date is up. 
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      · 4 hours ago
      @Dave Evans Doesn't change until your next assessment is due.
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      · 6 hours ago
      @Dave Evans It won't be stopped as it's only at green paper stage. It could take years yet.
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      · 6 hours ago
      @Dave Evans This won't/can't happen straight away.  These are proposals at this stage and there's a three month consultation, then a white paper, then votes in commons, lords and Committee stage.  This was confirmed by Iain Duncan Smith on tv today - and 
      he should know.  

      They would have to reassess people - and reassessments are currently taking about ten months.  When the tories were wanting to bring changes last year, it was going to be for new claims first and then current claimants further down the line.  That doesn't mean that's the way it will be this time, though.
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    · 10 hours ago
    None of this makes sense, I’ve worked for the past 15 years and pip allows me to stay in work and not have to put myself through more pain than I am already in if I had to take on more hours than already doing. Work have been good and we have things in place for me to make my job more suitable and easier, if pip stops it will push me to leave work rather than stay in work. Pip is a lifeline for so many either working or not. People have to understand that many of us with disabilities want to be in work, we didn’t ask to be born with these conditions or be diagnosed with them over the years. I’m sick of hearing about people saying we don’t pay into the system so why should we get pip, they’re wrong.. I am paying into the system and the pip I get is helping me stay in work. 
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      · 7 hours ago
      @Peter From my experience, most MPs don’t understand what PIP actually is. That includes Labour MPs. They didn’t understand what (old style) DLA was either. Basically because they’re all too rich to ever need it.
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    · 11 hours ago
    Theses politicians need to think about when they become sick also vulnerable. 
    Good health is not always with us.
    I'm in remission of head and neck cancer. 
    The late side affects I live with each day also for the rest of my life will not allow me to consume food orally in my mouth. 
    My vision as well been seriously affected,  also my thyroid. 

    I live with pain in my ear and jaw every single day.  

    So you Mr Starmer you just hope that you don't get diagnosed with cancer at some point in your life.

    Also any part of your cabinet. 

    You seriously cause onward stress also anxiety to every living soul that lives with an disability. 
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      · 6 hours ago
      @Dexterbunny Hopefully it was just a mistake! That's a tiny thing on a screen to hit correctly if for example you have CP or visual issues! 
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      · 8 hours ago
      @Donna I’m so sorry someone thought it was ok to down your post. You have had and are having a very tough time. I pray you continue to receive the benefits you deserve and need
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      · 8 hours ago
      @Donna I cannot see the point of the NHS existing to treat our health needs if the welfare system doesn’t also protect our income needs. It seems back to front that we’re meant to see the NHS as sacred for treating use regardless of wealth/income, yet the part of the welfare stare which allows us to stay fed, clothed and housed can go to the junk yard.

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