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Personally I can see this Green Paper getting quietly shelved if there is a massive push back from Labour supporting Charities and orgonisations but we need to wait and see what is in the Green Paper first and it is important to realise that this is only what the Government "Ideas" are and these ideas can be changed or removed completely. Also it can take many years to impliment if at all. Please please please do not worried or anxiuos but I know it is easy for me to say that.

They keep on banging on about getting people back to work. What about those people like me over 66 who get higher rate mobility and care. I use my money to pay for carers and help with daily living because if physical ill health but a small part of the points is because I have bipolar and need help. If the deduced those points I will probably lose my motorbility car which I need when I am able to go out with a carer. I am worried sick which isn't helping my health.

Class action case in the High Court in collective defense of millions of disabled and vulnerable people. Disabled Lives Matter.

I read it is only 10% of working age claiments in receipt of Not able to work benefits.

For a lot of us it is the unknown of the green paper. What I have read in the press that if you are too sick to work you will be paid less but if you are working or looking for work you will paid more. I get PIP and ESA in the support group and my wife works. We get some UC,  I am sure any reduced payment won't be made up by my wife working and receiving extra because she works. It seems upside down thinking to me. Today is the day of the green paper and like a lot people it is stressful waiting to find out what is in the green paper.

How about the mp’s taking a pay cut,no a didn’t think so ,never voting labour or Tory again .its all lies they are playing with people’s life’s here .

When will these changes kick in ?

They keep going on about working age claimants, but what about if you're past working age, I have a ten year award which i got in 2019, what will happen with that

We must wait and see, but speculation around it is not good. I will be writing to my MP who is a Cabinet member, Jo Stevens so is pretty high up in terms of influence. She's got a good track record of supporting the welfare state, but she's been quiet so far, which could either mean she's going to sell her soul to keep the job or she's waiting for the green paper before she works with rebels and resigns. We'll see.

Being realistic, a green paper is a series of 'ideas', rather than direct policy from day 1. Everyone reading needs to bare in mind that there is a parliamentary process for bills, especially on a scale of reforming a system like the DWP. A lot of time will be spent watering down or tightening up areas of the reforms. So after we hear the announcement today in Parliament, just bare in mind it is not all set in stone, and there may still be hope for the paper to receive so much backlash and amendments in the near future that it's nothing like what we will hear from today. So the hope doesn't die today if it's as bad as we think, it just means a hell of a lot more anxiety in the coming months.

The High Court in January set a precedent ruling that last years welfare reform consultation gave the “misleading impression” that the plans were about supporting people into work when cutting welfare spending was likely the “central basis”.

Well, as I write - I am in a state of physical collapse and have been for the past 3 months. If a work coach wants to pop round with a wheel barrow to carry me away, I might be able to do something productive like talk to the local ducks and toss the odd peanut.

Take heart folks - we know our limits at this time and don't let anybody attempt to push us beyond what we are capable of bearing.

On the financial side, reach out to friends & family now and see if they can offer any support going forward if/when the money is taken away. Every little helps and there are a lot of people out here who will assist.

What is gonna be happening with those who have autism etc and they are still part of the way through an existing pip reward?. I am so shaken up.

I don't understand why the government are not focusing on getting the DWP and the companies they employ to do assessments to just do their job properly first time. 

DISABLED LIVES MATTER.

There are 800,000 job vacancies.
There are 4,800,000 unemployed claimants. There will be 10,000,000+ unemployed claimaints within 5 years because of AI.

As lots of people have mentioned, it is only in Britain that there is an abnormal obsession with and relentless hatred towards disabled recipients of "welfare" from politicians and the media. This phenomenon doesn't exist in other welfare states. Everybody should mention this point at every opportunity. Highlight how abnormal it is to collectively constantly obsess over disabled welfare recipients. There are several other, far, far more important issues to obsess over.

Sent email to MP over concerns to intended leaked  cuts  to disability benefits 

I don’t understand HOW Will getting disabled people back to work (although 60% of us already do!) reduce pip? They will still have the disability, and still have same needs for care and cost and still entitled to PIP? and ones who can’t cannot be cured miraculously after being told by doctors they are too unwell to work or employer can’t employ because they are too unwell making mistakes having lots of time of without notice due to flare ups and recurring illnesses due to low immunity etc will also STILL be entitled to PIP so how is this saving money ?? Unless making up more lies to not award very unwell and disabled people and causing even more stress and degrading assessments during the review and application process which in turn makes people even more unwell ! It’s ludicrous 

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.