NO! Avoid PIP Trickery - Preparing Food Example 

Been through this too many times. The assessment is there to not pay you out. I just kept telling them I don't cook. "can u make a sandwich" I don't cook. And I kept answering the same way. In the end I said "What part of I don't cook meals don't you understand" Been to 2 tribunals. Got punished for appealing, they put me on appeal rate and cut my money by 25%. Just for appealing. Also don't smile, do not make too much eye contact. Do not shake hands. They are not your mate or relative. You don't know them. Its a box ticking excersise. My last assessment was over the phone. That alone shows it's all about what you put on the form, any different answers from what's on the form you filled out 2 years ago and they think you are a liar. When filling your firm, copy it. If you have to memorise those answers. They will try to catch you out. The person I front of you gets a bonus for every claim they can deny.

The best piece of advice i got for PIP ... make sure you fill in how you are on your worst days.

Thank you so much, you have made me realise how bad I actually am and how to describe it xx

Thank god there are people like you out there. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do what you do.

I'm having to do a mandatory reconsideration notice because they gave me 6 points in daily living. Like, near 70% of the year I'm off my feet because of knees and arthritis in feet. I have kidney disease and sleep over 14 hours per day. I often don't get out of bed because I'm just too tired and want to sleep all the time. Apparently I'm healthy though... lol. They did try the ol' "could you sit on a stool to prepare meals" and I said yes stupidly... when in reality I COULD sit on a stool, except I'd have to actually wake up, not go back to sleep, and move to the chair as well as standing and waiting for stuff to cook, or if I sit down to wait, that's extra travelling to and from the kitchen. They chose to cherry pick info and ignored my PIP form which clearly stated my wife prepares meals because my mobility issues are reactive and fatigue. Microwave meals aren't suitable due to the disease's dietary restrictions... yeah, definitely healthy mate. Ignore the fact my kidney is like... 17% function left lol, and I only have that one kidney too. Mandatory reconsideration time, don't let them BS you.

You are saying what is true. I remember when I was really ill in the 90s with the side effects of a therapy I was getting, they tried at every single question to make me say that on "good days" I could do things, at the time they could have so easily have clawed back heaps of points because I was so fatigued and vulnerable that, had I not had a good friend and clinical psychologist with me, I would have probably agreed just to get the interview over with as it was such a difficult and stressful process. It's really unfair and we all know why they have to question people but, it seems to me, those who really need help are the ones more likely to go along with the interviewer, because of embarrassment and because they don't have the energy or the will to stand their ground. Therefore watching videos like this are important and, if possible taking someone with you to ensure you don't fold under pressure.

They have hounded me for 14 years of multiple assessments , and finally, they have accepted that I'm ill . This advice is pure gold, ❤

You are right about the guilt, and fear that others won't either believe us or won't understand how incapacitated we really are. You say you have a migraine and someone will say they get headaches too! Or you say you're absolutely exhausted and they say "Yeah i could do with a nap." So you either share how you feel and they misunderstand or you keep it to yourself and feel isolated. By the time you get an assessment you hardly know what to say anymore! No wonder we're so easily crushed at these interviews. So thank you very much for taking the time to help. I don't go to the interviews because travelling has to be so minimal for me. I ask them to visit me instead and they sit in the bedroom with me while i stay in bed. Its all humiliating but I appreciate the help we get so it has to be done.

The word never to say is "Yes" to these people.

Personally I find the Interviews embarrassing and humiliating, which in turn makes me more stressful, and really depressed It makes me feel like a fraud and a criminal, Like most people initially, I thought PIP was there to help support those struggling to do normal everyday things,. What the procedure has done is exactly the opposite, I'm now more stressed, depressed and suicidal especially when being interrogate at the Interview The first interview I ever had for DLA, as it was then, was so humiliating that I actually left halfway through, To this day my Daughter helps me fill out the forms as I feel that by applying I'm doing something wrong I know the need to curb spending is necessary, but why offer a benefit if you actively take steps to make it impossible to get.

I wish I'd come across you the first or second time applying. They did the exact same thing to me and I behaved exactly as you said. And you're exactly right when you say about thinking "well maybe I can do, whatever" because I did. I must say that I have spoken to a couple of people that have really understood. This time I was called by a lady who asked me a few questions hoping that it would save me a assessment and the time before I did a mandatory reconsideration and again a lady phoned me, asked a few questions and she just got it. She said you just want to be believed. I was dumbfounded! It is demeaning

Thank you so much. You're truly an asset to people who need help with this

I just told the truth I got letters from hospital consultants my GP and my mental health workers who wrote my form for me I received pip both components at a advanced rate but I would rather have no money and my physical health and mental health back I didn't try to decide the DWP but I can understand how a face to face assessment tries to tie you in mental knots trying to confuse you and doing their best to not give you pip I'm not a scrounger I worked for 40 odd years I've paid lots of tax and NI those who are ill I wish you happiness and good health and joy and peace and love p.s always get as much info about yourself and illness from drs etc and get a person maybe a mental health worker or social worker or pip help volunteer etc also thankyou so so much for helping people who are ill receive pip you are a star ⭐✨🌟❤ TC everyone big hugs all around from Marcus 👍🏻♥️🙂

As i was going out of the room where i had my face to face assessment, even though the assessor had already told me it was finished and i could go... she suddenly said 'oh, i just want to ask you what you would do if you couldn't find a toilet for the disabled while you are out?' and i just said well i have to research where i'm going to make sure there are disabled facilities and her face dropped as i could see she was trying to trap me into saying i would just have to use an ordinary toilet.

Thank you for sharing. I am in chronic pain. I am on basis pip. I plan on fighting this time. Sending love to you

My last PIP i was asked if i could cook a meal if hypothetically i was in the kitchen (even if i couldn't get to the kitchen). I couldn't get to the kitchen and couldn't even worth a microwave - 99% bedridden. Still got marked that i could cook a meal in the m/w. Fortunately i got high rate regardless. I did explain why I couldn't do the rest of the preparing a meal and had an advocate complete my application.

You have a very good way of explaining all this, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience 😊

I managed to land up with a HUMAN at Hogwarts. Using a microwave is NOT “preparing and cooking a meal”. Where’s the PREPARING element? I need help with chopping. I can’t do it. I was actually asked “if your boyfriend can’t come over to chop stuff for you, what do you do?” I replied that I “buy veg ready prepared”. “So you STILL NEED HELP; ready chopped veg means someone else has been needed to prepare the veg for you” This was an eye-opener!! It’s SO much more than “can you heat a meal in the microwave”. I heat home-cooked meals in the microwave. All the time. That’s NOT counted as “PREPARING” a meal. Please, everyone, focus on the PREPARING bit! Force the assessor to focus on the prep you cannot do.

Thanks Charlie. Just forwarded this to one of my adult kids for advice 💜🇬🇧

Great video and great advice. I'm sick of the phycological manipulation👍 I'm awake now at 3 am due to severe pain and this video is me. Great advice.

Thank you so much for your help and advise , I am unable to work and struggle to cook daily I tend to chuck things into a slow cooker early morning as I’m good for nothing after lunchtime . I definitely said I can cook I made myself sound better than I feel daily . Like you said being chronically ill is so awful we don’t admit it to ourselves sometimes how much we struggle day in day out . Thank goodness I found your channel Thankyou ♡

Thank you. I found this very helpful as I suffer from Chronic Fatigue, Have a Chronic Illness and is in Pain all the time, and I feel so depressed when I have to do the PIP so very stressful, and I have found your video very helpful thank you again.

Pip... Can you use a microwave? You… I don't own a microwave.

Add another one to that win list!!, i got my text message this morning saying i have been awarded, thankyou for all your help and advice along the way, i know my condition is not fixed by this but the help is very much appreciated ❤

I worried myself silly before my assessment, i practised each question over and over again, not because i was going to lie, but i was warned that they would try to catch me out, but when i came out i found the truth was all i needed, but stay calm and take your time, don't let them bully you.

If you don't have a microwave then they can't hassle you with these tricky questions

We are not alone -we can build a life with grit and determination one "step" at a time :) Hard to be focusing on what it is you can't do but once the hurdle is crossed then we aim high however that translates for each of us!

Thank you my darling for your video. The night times are worse I concur.

My sister, who could hardly walk some days, had her financial help taken away because they caught her on a good day. They’re not there to help, they are there to save the gov money. I’m all for getting those swinging the lead back to work, we all know them, but not the genuine people.

Thanks for all this help. I am having trouble proving worsening mobility. Have you any videos on the topic? I've probably missed it.

I’m doing everything I possibly can to help my health condition. That includes not eating pre prepared, highly processed microwave food from plastic containers so no, I can’t use a sodding microwave!

I can see how they trick people!

Thanks Charlie ❤ it makes sense I do everything for my wife I live with her ❤️ and they don't give a penny what s she's going through

Thank you for this iv lost so many points because they make you feel so bad, even sitting in a tribunal they said nothing was wrong with my heart but i was born with CHD and was waiting on open heart surgery to get a pulmonary valve replacement, they make you feel terrible, now iv got my review form anc im dredging it xx

Tell me someone who can cook a meal from scratch in the microwave

Thanks so much for doing this important work. Bless you.

It's so hard when you find out the assessor lied about your answers. I wish I had recorded my assessment, now I'm off to tribunal.

Thanks for this, Charlie. Ive been chronivslly.ill for 28 yrs now, & my hubby did everything for me, until he died, suddnly, of heart failure, 7 years ago. Since then, ive lived on crumpets & crisps! Lol I have to laugh at this, or Id just cry, because its actually almost true and, being honest with myself, as youve said we must be, & I learned to do so, years ago, in order to face up to how ill I truly am, is the only way ive got through these years without my darling hubby! I get NO help from Social services, my family lives hundreds of miled awsy, and ive been ill for so long, our social circle disappeared when my hubby died, so ive learned to survive, by doing what I can manage for myself, on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis. I DO live on cereals, crumpets/toast (I have a chair placed right besides the kitchen counter, with my toaster, so I can use it while sat down), or even the occassional cupa-soup, when im just about well enough to handle a 1/4 -filled kettle! But theres plenty of times when i have to rely on just eating a packet of crisps or, more often than not, a biscuit or 2, from a packet i keep by the bed, so i have something in my stomach, when I cant raise my head from the pillow, but know I need to eat, to take my pain meds, plus all the othet meds im on. Thank heavens for dossette boxes! I only buy food that takes very little time to just grab & eat, & doesnt involve an open flame - or a microwave! I only have a hot drink when my cleaner comes, once a week, to go through the house, & change my bedsheets for me, bless her. I have to use crutches to get about indoors, so cant carry anything that might spill, so my water bottle is my constant source of drink. But, then, water is much bettet for me anywsy! My cleaner will often.make me a few sandwiches, & wrap them.up individually, & puts them in the fridge, so I have sometjing to eat a bit more nourish8ng for me, for a dsy or 2, which is a blesding! The only time I get a 'proper' meal, is when my daughter visits - she lives far from me, & works full time, so only has a couple of weekends a month to travel to see me.😊 I forbade her to give up her life to look after me btw! She did stay here,bin her converted van, the 1st year of Covid, as her job wasnt furlowed, so it wad cheapet to move mear me, but I refused to let her give up her life for me ince tjingsbopened up again, as she deserves so much better, than being my Carer! I couldnt have lived with myself, knowing she was giving up her life for me! You see, even tjough my life is crap, ive had 28 yrs to adjust to that! She stays for a couple of days, & helps me to shower & wash my hair, & she cooks me small meals - I eat very little, as my stomach just isnt used to having a true meal any more! I suspect you know as many tips or tricks, thst those of us suffering chronic illnesd develop, simply to survive, such as using baby wipes, to feel cleaner, when ypu havent got the energy to get out of bed, to wash yourself? Its these little things that have kept me going! Thank heavens for bsby wipes, i say! . I get home delivery for my shopping, once a fortnight - I order the same tjings every time, which makes it all so much easier - & the delivery drivers always bring my food into the kitchen, & even help me by putting it away for me, blesd them. But thats easy, really, as I only buy food that needs no prep, so its easy to grab, & go back to bed with! I guesd this is my very long windrd wsy of saying, from one survivor to another, that your advice is straight to the point, & I really hope that people follow it! Im one of those who wasnt goung to be moved over to UC until 2028 - now, of course, thats all changing and, although ive had to go through the process of my lifetime awsrd of DLA, being changed to 10 yrs of PIP, then having to claim ESA for myself, after my hubby died, in 2018, im still dreading the move to UC, any day now, as I'll be one of those made worse off for the change, and as every penny of my PIP gets paid out to those who maintain my home, my garden, & myself, losing that extra money from my ESA, is going to mean even more things ill hsve to stop buying! As I only have my food bill to work with, after all the other stuff, such as utilities, & heating oil, etc., thats going to be fun! :/

Thank you for reminding us we not able to do some or part of what we could do. But know we I. just can’t do it anymore

Love catching up ❤

I was recently awarded the higher rate on both parts which was a bit of a shock because I didn't have any backing from a GP and haven't engaged with them since my diagnosis thirty years ago and I'm not on any medication but I still got it and one thing that I really believe helped me anD made all the difference was me recording it. Do not allow them to take conitrol and claim that you don't need to record it because they will, do it yourself and as soon as the call begins tell them it is being recorded because by the way my assessor reacted when I said I was recording it I believe they were already planning on fitting me up but they are not so quick to do that when they know there will be a record of the call on your end. Good luck.

Thanks Charlie I have listened to what you said and gone for pip, just done assessment the way you said. Just now waiting outcome

Thank you so much for your brave help.

Thanks Charlie for doing this im in the middle of filling out my mandatory claim and was up all nights too. I got tricked just like this on that question.

Good advice, thanks for sharing, I will be spending a bit time here.

I’m anorexic and restrict food all day, I don’t eat until about midnight all I eat is Frozen ready microwave meals and junk food, I am also bulimic so everything I eat I purge up after, I don’t have the strength to even open a tin of beans because i’m malnourished and lack energy. I sometimes even fall asleep if Im using the microwave because i don’t have the strength to stand around waiting as by the time I allow myself to eat its so late, I have to go sit down . My assessor didn’t go into detail about a microwave I just told her straight I eat ready frozen meals sometimes or microwave rice but basically mainly junk foor like pre-made sandwiches crisps anything I can binge on, and she asked if I can chop vegetables I said no I don’t have the strength in my wrists to hold a knife safely. I also live alone so cooking for me isn’t safe :(

This woman knows what she is on about. If your in my area of Liverpool then a volunteer organisation called R.A.I.S.E are also BRILLIANT!!! at helping you out with such matters as P.I.P & other matters aswell. But, if you don't live in my area then this lady could be your best idea to contact off the media so all your correspondence is not seen by others. I spent many , many years fighting & being severely depressed with the P.I.P lot & after a very , very long time I have managed to get what I deserved. Prior to that every nearly 3 years it was getting STOPPED!!! ( NOT SUSPENDED STOPPED!!!! 😠😡🤬 ). & that went on for far too long I wish either I knew of this lady years back or who I have dealt with who have been very successful. But, like all things to do with the DWP they take forever & ever to do anything even contact you about their decision usually no change. So, the likes of this lady or R.A.I. S.E in my city are well worth dealing with. The choice will be your own on who you contact. Good look to all those fighting the P.I.P & D.W.P etc , etc. I guarantee either of these will really help solve your case or issues. 😉👍

Thanks for this advice its been a long road for me as a carer supporting my wife. Thankfully weve only had one face to face assessment before the award. Were now on our second award review however this was submitted almost a year ago. There is a massive backlog.

Thank you, Charlie. Your videos are exceptional. I hope you get some sleep.

I really love your informative videos. But can you make suggestions for people who have to do something Without Help? Without a family member ect and how many points will they get? Thank you.

This lady is telling the truth this is what it's like been there turned down flat answer d exactly the same questions so where is the money going because it's there and they are not passing it on

They are truly humiliating. I hate to admit things I cant do. Plus blew up the microwave last time I tried and had to have the wall repainted. Im not allowed anymore. Plus with my condition now no fat or salt so no micro meals. Air fryer only. I cant carry out the hot thing. I tried once and smashed it on the floor (burnt my hand too). Had to order a new one but ive tried!!! Now im banned from the kitchen can only go to open the fridge. If nobody cooked I wouldnt eat! I dont care about eating, eating disorder, im so underweight and being sent to the hozzie for that. Yet on the phone they keep on going about cutting a tomato till you give in. Like Id even want to, if nobodies here im ok with not eating hoping to lose weight. They dont take that into consideration but I collapse from not eating. They still talk you into cutting a tomato. FFS Cant we all sue them?? I dont sleep rolling around my bed sweating every night about the next time.

It's the so called hypothetical questions which irritate me. I was asked, " Hypothetically if you were on a bus and the bus broke down what would you do if nobody was with you." I informed her that it wouldn't happen as I have to have someone with me to get on and off a bus, that is if I can make it to the bus stop in the first place. She pushed further and said, "It's hypothetical, so what would you do?" I then gave her an example of a time when I tried to go somewhere I was unfamiliar with on my own and how I got panicked and very scared because I didn't know where I was and had to call my daughter to come find me to take me home. I think she could see how agitated I was becoming just thinking about it and she then moved on to the next question on her list.

Thank you ❤

How does it work with mental health I don't cook at all I have no motivation to do it I do just grab a packet of biscuits

How are you Charlie? Thank you.

If in your assessment and it’s been agreed that it the session can be recorded, would the assessor using the same line of questioning. Could that be classed as hectoring and leading the applicant?

I was lucky, the assessor I had didn't go on about it, I can use a microwave but I can't stand long enough to prepare a meal. And you do get points for only being able to use a microwave.

Thanks

I've had my pip assessment and the main thing I can say about you is they ask you how long it takes you to do things. I have a friend who works in a civil service and she told me the PIP assessment is based on a second world war soldiers injuries, so no wonder it is difficult to pass. I would say that it is all about how long it takes you to do things

The system needs to change for the better it's unfit for purpose !

I did the pip training and I sacked the job as it seemed awful the way people were treated. Best thing I ever did. I think it's a job for the heartless in my opinion.

My son's aspergers is preventing him from living independently as his mind governs his actions not his hands. He uses a microwave daily only to heat food that I have prepared.

the thing that gets me is they ask you if you can read a map or are able to read road signs. Of course if you answer no, you get the points to get a mobility car....it beggars belief! someone i know also gets pip and a mobility car because he has learning difficulties....but he didn't have those difficulties when he sat his driving test!

I have a debilitating condition but not sure I agree with this training. Don’t get me wrong it helps the genuine claimants, but it also shows Thames that have nothing wrong with them.

If i’m not having any treatments. Under treatments on my pip review form can i just put “no treatments? Thanks

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PIP is not difficult if your telling the truth. Fill your boxes out ram them with how your condition effects you. Your trying to give them a good snap shot of your worst day. Yes there are questions designed to trip you up, but they are easy to spot, like you don’t cook because your to weak or unsteady to handle the pans. When microwaves pop up it’s still cooking! So you would have the issues. I added an A4 sheet of extra information on each question so that I could give them a very clear snap shot of my days. I’m bedridden but I can just about get to the bathroom. My assessment lady was very understanding and I even asked my O.T to do an assessment to add to the form. Just don’t panic and relax if you need it you will get it, but the form filling is key.

What gets me is they put in their report don’t seem to be in much pain how the hell can they tell this over the sodding phone they are out to catch you out and not pay out

Help! The form has changed.. it doesn't give you the points for each thing any more.. 😢 it's so much more difficult now. Really struggling

When is pip will send a review form, is it months before end date or near end date? Can someone tell me please?

i have to fill these forms in today im 56 have arthritis in the left side of neck and shoulder and low lung capacity due to bad pneumonia last year i dont use my left arm fully as its very painful and cannot walk very far before the lack of oxygen makes me lightheaded and confused my question is... should i even bother after watching and reading the comments?

Say you don't have a microwave and the assassin could say if the meal went cold what would you do just reply eat it cold. A friend only has takeaways and uses Deliveroo to get them delivered. He sometimes puts them to one side ant eats them hours later. He had a review last year and they called him to an assessment and he told the assassin this he still gets enhanced PIP rates.

I got twisted by this part, and didn't get my paperwork to ask for a reconsideration yay. I've complained and we shall see

Im trying my best to stay positive but feel like I'm getting no where fast I'm waiting on my tribunal part of the process now as I was given 0 points in my assessment and my reconsideration part too 😢 so I'm worried I'm going to get no help at all ! I've been suffering with my illness for years over 11 years maybe longer it been so long it hard to remember I only applied for this benefit after watching your am I entitled to pip video I had no idea it applied to me till I watched it now Im 1000% suer I am because of my conditions and mental health problems my doctor knows what I'm saying is true but I still got nothing how is that possible 🤷😔

I find your videos helpful this question I don't cook tried collapsed trying caused myself injury I'm a 2x assault victim 1st was attempted manslaughter the second was DWP medical team who put me in hospital which led to a lower spinal transplant I find it difficult to get about have had tons of hate 3 cars distroyed as the haters think I shouldn't drive I also due to the assaults suffer from ptsd which has been diagnosed in the past 5yrs but they believe it's due to the 38 medicals from the DWP which dose not allow me to forget the 1st assault yet I've got a form to fill out again for pip but not due till Feb next year???

I could really use your advice right now 😞

Any EDS groups out there in Norfolk?? My partner is struggling. Needs support from like minded others. Many thanks.

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They wanted to assess me in person at 9am on the morning. What kind of time is that? I normally can't function until after 10am as I am in so much pain through the night, my sleep is always interrupted, which in turn impacts on how much energy I can muster daily. I was really down about my condition (MS, RA). I thought "fuck it" and you can call me a minger if you want but I pulled on a tee shirt, big knickers, jogging bottoms, no socks, no bra and tied my hair up as best I could without brushing it. I could tell from the looks of the reception staff that I looked like "some who had been dragged through a hedge backwards" when I went in for the assessment. I just kept answering that i was unable to do anything and everything when asked what I could and couldn't do. To top it all I threatend to flash my boobs when they didn't believe me I had no bra as I could not fasten one. Sod them all, I didn't ask to be in this position and as you say it is very embarrassing to have to beg for what you are entitled to so if flashing my boobs does it then am quite happy to live up to the name "Flash Gordon". Excuse me "making light of the shite"!

I find the process hard, i know you can claim when working but this must go against you, so I'm lost now on what to do 😢

Hi Charlie, I need your help for my son’s pip claim. How do I contact you?

But even if you do cook is it safely, timely, acceptable standard and repeatedly.

"Can you cook a simple omelette?" NO, "A stir fry?" NO. I can't chop food and can't stand over a cooker. Later on...."Do you drive?" Yes very short distances, 10 minutes at the most. You say you have grab rails in your bathroom? Yes. Comes back with 0 points for food prep because I can drive a car and grab a handrail I can hold a knife to chop food and can lift a pan. I needed 1 more point for high rate and altogether qualified for 20 points but they made ridiculous excuses and twisted my words. I had high rate DLA for 15 years. I should have appealed but we went into lockdown the post was all over the place and It was timed out. 😡

Can someone tell me if they call from an unknown number or if there is an identifiable number? I have had a lot of calls lately from scam callers and telemarketing so I'm starting to decline calls. Actually I had to edit this comment..... After going past the halfway point of this video, I've realised the PIP callers are telemarketers. They ask questions that are totally irrelevant only to get to an answer that they want you to slip up on

one soup bowl no side dishes two diner plates yes i can use crockery but!

How can i get your help ?

My mum has been claiming pip for several years now. She was on the low rate, she has copd and since her first claim she has gotten far worse. I let pip know that her condition has gotten far worse and it will continue to. I left work to look after her. Her doctors aswell as the copd clinic has sent them paperwork to explain about her condition ect and she should be on the high rate. They just said her rate will stay the same. Citzen advice got involved and also got in touch with them and went through the extra evidence to send back. We had a response back saying she is only entitled to the medium rate. I genuinely dont understand what they are doing or what they are looking at. We could go to a tribunal but i just think no point. Atleast she gets some money and is better of than some who doesnt get anything.

do you use a microwave? simple i haven't got one!

As I left my last assessment I was asked which arm do I put my handbag on. Never understood why I was asked that

Hi Charlie, I've got a pip review assessment coming up next week. Should i request for it to be recorded? Im hearing a lot of stories of asseors lying after the assessment and purposefully twisting claimers answers

No the assessor are trying tot up the points to award you PIP. The assessor in fact is doing their utmost to find zero or the next lowest score. I have seen cases where the claimant could score on every single descriptor apart from the zero points... guess which one the assessor ticks? That is why it is essential to record all interviews with them. All they're after is to get their bonus and to keep their job.

How many times do you have to tell them ? Dog with a bone 😢🎉

Can someone tell me why they are just chasing pip,attendance allowance daily living is the same amount,you can also get a blue badge on attendance without gestapo pip interview,you apply to your council,say you can't walk far answer a couple of questions,then it's yours,on pip you struggle to get the mobility rate for this,also on attendance you get free dental,so why only chase pip

I was too honest ..I have to do my meals I have no one to do them for me so by lying they may suggest a carer which I do not want because I manage ..but that doesn't mean I struggle to open a tin ,I don't do any peeling..all frozen I wouldn't be able to peel I told them that .I am in terrible pain in the morning I struggle to get the tablets out once I get downstairs my half morning is taken up with trying to manoeuvre around and feel the use of my arms and fingers and gain some strength without pain ..I constantly buy pain killers and muscle cream on or arm supports,I dread bedtime I can't sleep and position myself constantly, exhausted by the afternoon.but I was just honest.

Where do you stand if you have no motivation to eat at all? I'll eat something straight out of a tin, prepacked meat or cheese, or a few biscuits just to say I've eaten.

If you only use ready meals in the microwave I always thought that was only 2 points.

I’m registered disabled with a psychiatric disorder, the only ‘Point’ that concerns me is that Governments allow this behaviour to happen in a world that they describe as ‘Civilised’…I’m glad I’m not Royalty, I’d be embarrassed that this was being allowed to happen…I’d be interested in who was creating the policies and allowing it to happen…maybe they are all too busy dreaming up new ideas for increasing tax revenues..?

Well we are all knocked now there going to stop it

Microwave meals, loads of variety but noone asked if it heathy..