I've only just come across this channel, thank you so much for the information you've shared. I'm on the old style esa and I've also been a citizens advice advisor , despite that I can say categorically that getting these benefits is extremely challenging time consuming and stressful so I agree fraud in this area is very low. I really appreciate what you're doing here thankyou!
the DWP refused my application after numerous asessments and interviews and even a frank and extremly rude conversation with my dr,which he was not impressed by but i went to the court for my appeal the DWP rep was all smiling and joking she wasnt laughing after the judges not only lambasted her and the DWP and she really wasnt happy with the verdict of awarding me nearly 8,000 pounds always go through the process
Thank you for your information, you are very helpful, hope to here more from you, I was turned down for pip a few years ago but I do get attendance allowance now as I'm retired , I've worked for 50 years and when I needed help because of my health I didn't get it , I was finding It hard to work and I had to work till 67 and ended up on universal credit, it was very scary as my husband was very sick he couldn't work and we had to live on our savings and claim my pension early to pay our bills, it makes me very angry when people give us a bad name because we need help , not everyone is trying to cheat they are just trying to survive, its not nice to have to ask for help, we have pride and its very sad to see people struggle, but thanks to people like you it makes us feel a bit better.
The life term disability payments should be brought back for those who are permanently disabled; it would definitely cut down on the waiting lists and reduce the amount of stress people are under. I am on legacy benefits, and if i changed to UC i would lose half my income. And - I used to be a staff nurse until 12 years ago I had what the doctors called a 'catastrophic accident'. The 10.1% increase to benefits won't even cover the amount of everything else that will be going up.
I'm on legacy benefits, and they are forcing everyone onto UC by the end of 2024. Next year and in 2024, we are meant to be getting letters to join UC voluntarily, and if you refuse, you will be forced onto it. I'm dreading it, as yes, I'll still get my severe disability premium for the first few months, but I will then lose it as it's not available on UC. It's around £268 a month loss for me.
Remember those on legacy benefits never got the £20 uplift is it any wonder I myself feel like a third class citizen. Although we did take the government to court over this and lost, we have the right to appeal the decision,when this will happen is anybody's guess, as it took absolute ages to get the case to court.
My doctor had to write a letter to the DWP that basically said, unless they had access to a miracle, my lifelong disability was not going anywhere, and not improving, she was also asked, by all accounts if the condition of an amputee was going to improve, she wanted to tell them humans and salamanders are different species
No, it probably won't cover the costs of everything going up, but given the fact that 10.1% is the highest increase that has ever been awarded in the last 50 years of benefits, I'm very grateful for it. Because the DWP's 2021 benefits bill for pensions and benefits was £217 billion pounds, the government has to try to balance the cost to the taxpayer, with a supportive financial benefit system.
Thank you for your clear 🙏 explanation of these new changes. I had no idea what was going on with this all. The stress of battling this minefield makes mine and many others illnesses and restricted lives a lot more difficult and exacerbated. Now subbing, thank you xxx
THANK YOU for the time you take to bring us this informative channel. I myself am now fortunate to be back in employment and am saved the 'ordeal of a bad benefit system'. In March at the age of 63 was made redundant, and was faced with claiming benefits. My word what a challenge, and I am IT and number literate and have very good communication skills.. The new JSA and Universal Credit application. admin. and payment , or should I say 'Non Payment' system, was thoroughly stressful and degrading. I now have a job, that if I was younger I would walk away from, pharmacy at this time of financial depression, and exhausted NHS, lack of basic winter meds and dire shortage of antibiotics is really a challenge and underpaid , my colleagues and myself are subjected to far too many verbally hostile customers, but it is all a much better option that going back on Universal Credit. A system which put me into the poverty bracket. Thank goodness for people such as yourself who obviously care, and with your channel make things so much more easy to understand. THANK YOU
I receive UC & PIP. I first applied for PIP 6/7 years ago. My UC work coach told me I should apply. I was in lots of pain with my back and doctors were drawing a blank as to why. I was awarded the basic daily living component rate. In Feb 2021, after a few more years going back and forth to my GP and finally getting a referral, I was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I contacted PIP to inform them, was told I had to fill in the booklet again with what was new. I did and was kept on the standard daily living and was additionally awarded the enhanced rate of the mobility component. In April this year I was diagnosed ADHD (at 42 y/o) which explained so many things that I had been struggling with my whole life. I was diagnosed with dyslexia & dyscalculia at 17 y/o, but received very little support for it. Again, I contacted PIP, filled in the booklet but this time had a face-to-face assessment. The only physical things I was asked to do were, while remaining seated; to raise both arms and lower them again, and to lean forwards as far as I could go without discomfort or pain. When pain and discomfort began to be felt when performing them, I told the assessor "that's as far as I can go". I eventually received the letter 7 weeks ago with my award - they'd removed the mobility component completely, and even removed a point from my daily living component. Their reasons are just nonsense, they even wrote "no dyslexia diagnosis"! I requested a mandatory reconsideration, which I got earlier this week - decision upheld! So now I'm having to appeal. They stated their sources of information for the decision, but it was all theirs, they didn't say anything about contacting any of the specialists I see. I've now contacted my specialists, explained the situation and have asked them to send me supporting evidence that I can submit along with the appeal. It's absolutely ludicrous and a 'guilty until proven innocent' system, which puts unnecessary stress onto those who are already dealing with so much.
I have hypermobile EDS, Nerve damage in my back from childhood meningitis so use a powerchair, & High functioning autism..... My PIP assessment in 2015 went fine after they found the doctors letter stapled to the back of the application for a home assessment, Before that they claimed there was no doctors letter & they would stop my money if I didn't attend when I was unable to get out anywhere...... My ESA assessment 2016 was hell, I waited a year for a home assessment, The guy came to my home & sat chatting to me for 30mins, Didn't fill anything out & refused to examine me which I was told would be part of the assessment.... 3 Weeks later we started getting letters through saying housing benefit & tax benefit had stopped, Then the DWP wrote to us telling us the assessor claimed he was refused entry to the property......... I freaked out & got my worker at the local autism service to help me, The mandatory reconsideration took about 2 weeks but we knew we would win as we had the assessor & the "assessment" on my home CCTV, The signs were up on the door for the CCTV when he came in & he sat next to the monitor the cameras were showing on...... I wasn't very happy when the DWP told me they were going to send a new assessor in 2017 to do the assessment again.... I requested a recorded assessment both times but the guy the second time was the only one to bring a recording device, He seemed to be a doctor who knew what he was talking about, He examined me after the paperwork & questions..... Afeter that I was awarded my ESA with no date for re-assessment....... Keep fighting the good fight, They can't be allowed to keep crapping on us while putting people illegally here in free hotels with free food & £175 spending money a week ffs!
i'm in the same position as you, they ignored all medical evidence and letters I provided them and just cited themselves as their sources for upholding their decision so I have to appeal, they're an absolute joke
I’m going though an appeal myself at the moment. I had to stop working about 5 years ago, cos my mobility and health got worse, I have to use my mobility scooter to get out and about. What I am getting with pip and universal credit is not lasting me after I pay my bills and do my food shopping. And the stress I’m under due to the appeal has coursed my fits to get worse.
thank you very much for the video i appreciate it because i have dyslexia and some other health issues and it's nice to have someone explained the new systems are coming along thank you very much
I’m on universal credit , been on it nearly 2 years , I have always worked up till then , I’m on part pip cause I got c o p d , I’ve not got to look for work but I’ve got to do dif courses . They say c o p d will get better , but it don’t it gets worse , I’d love to still work , but I get out breath , I’m 60 years old now , thank you so much for explaining . First time to see this channel , thank you , take care .
I’ve just found your channel by chance and I did not know channels like you existed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I really struggle with understanding this system. 👍🏼.
What a Godsend. I had no idea this channel existed and for some strange reason this was in my suggestions. As someone with a myriad of health conditions that stop me from working this is a very welcome video. But I will admit that I now feel a little stressed that they're going to try to put me to work with a work coach. Nobody would employ me. I wouldn't employ myself while I am the way I am. I just can't worry about it. I refuse to. It's all so exhausting. New sub here.
If there going to put you with a work coach they must think you can atleast do some work, the only way they will leave you alone is if you pass a medical and they put you in the lcwra group. Have you given them fit notes.
@@deanhalt2637 No I haven't given them any notes. I last had an assessment about a year and two months ago. I think I can expect to be contacted around the 18 month mark for another assessment, so perhaps around March time.
Dont stress if you cant work UC has a limited capability for work allowance where you dont need to search for work or make apps plus i get more money on that than i did on ESA goodluck..
Very informative.. Thanks!.. I've been on UC + PIP for 3yrs now I get the higher mobility component..I struggle with walking I have spinal stenosis which affects my both legs + I am in permanent pain..also have Fibromyalgia +have meds for anxiety... After an assessment I went to they said I was capable of doing some form of work.. So are pushing me back to look for employment I have done a mandatory reconsideration which failed so now appealing against the decision. The CAB have been a great help with going through the process... .
Informative and a good thing for you to do these videos.Found it very helpful for myself as we try to manoeuvre through the complex processes within the UK benefit system good and Bad !
The UC system does not work it has resulted in more confusion, sanctions and removal of benefit from claimants. That is why they have yo have PIP and disability.
Going thru reassessment at mo… currently in hospital got 5 lung diseases three autoimmune diseases and now this week heart failure… unlikely to live many years and yet dreading I will lose. I’m on the old style and never got the extra £20 a week thru covid. Hard to believe they can keep putting me thru the stress it took three years in appeal and was fully wheelchair bound with scarred lungs by the time I won it all… now it’s time to reassess
I was forced over to UC after winning my ESA tribunal and having it awarded for five years ironically. UC has been nothing but consistent systemic errors and mishandling. They found all if these 11 months after I sent the UC decision to MR, And I then immediately lost my LCW so had to go through tribunal for that, wich many months later, eventually went to tribunal too. All in all these errors date back ti 2018,the time wheb i was forced onto UC, and I am still waiting for them to recalculate. Ive been in 7 tribunals now since 2018. Both for PIP and UC. I have autism, Anxiety and depression. This has caused great stress and distress.
It’s the first time watching you and I found this very useful mainly because I am just going to apply for PIP because I have a rare condition thanks 👏👏👍👍
Great video I would suggest gov actually looks at retraining say for the work at home market. Beating in mind the additional costs equipment heating etc
A clarification point from someone who has been thru the transfer from JSA to UC. YOU ARE NOT ASKED TO TRANSFER TO UC, NOT AT ALL. YOU ARE TRANSFERRED WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT. CHOICE DOES NOT COME INTO IT!
hi stuart great video can you please do a video explaning what and how to report your tax returns when gainfully self employed and Minimum Income Floor explained and how it works for people gainfully self employed. thanks stuart keep up the good work.
I'm glad I found you. My partner has literally just come out of hospital after life-changing surgery. We're surrounded by equipment and there's ongoing specialist care planned. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. We're still coming to terms with it, but I know I have to be practical. I don't know how the algorithm brought you to my suggestions but I'm very happy about it. I suppose I need to contact UC/PIP. Wish us luck! Xxx Happy Christmas. 🎅
I just found out Cold Weather Payments have been replaced in Scotland. 😞 £50 in February rather than £25 every seven days below 0°c. Judging by the weather I'd guess some Scots could loose out on as much as £100.
Sometimes a person wants to work but employers would never employ you due to your health issues. That's difficult when looking for work within strict criteria by dwp as it puts the demand on you not the employer. Is there a job available for every single person out of work. If you commute by 90 minutes as per rules and rely on public transport that is unreliable you will lose your job. Plus if you travel to another town aren't there already people living there that need that job?
I'm single over 25 and I worked out that the increase will be an extra £33 per month so that takes universal credit to £367 per month which is still nowhere near enough to live on
Well if you drink alcohol and frequently go down to the betting shop " or smoke heavily " which I don't do any of them things then i think it's enough But if you do , then obviously it's not enough
@Alexzander Attwell Jack ain't old enough to smoke, drink and lives with mummy so obvs he has no idea about real life (plays roblox as well which says it all)
I was on ESA which was switched to Universal Credit. Were you on the Support Group of ESA or the Work-Related Activity Group? £9 per week is a big % hit of your income as Universal Credit is already so low compared to ESA.
@@mrsuperger5429 Support group. Wow!! I thought they couldn't switch you unless you asked to be switched. That it was not mandatory only voluntary. Now its going to be mandatory for everyone. :( I always thought they would come for the 1.5 million on the Support Group as we are low hanging fruit and too ill to fight back.
@@Nemo59646just a thought, mandatory or mandate means request or to request, meaning that is why they couldn’t enforce the jibby jab , just food for thought.
Thank you for sharing. I am unable to work due to my many disabilities, in constant pain, cannot concentrate. My last two employments years ago did not treat me very well at all. One putting me in a room filled with paint fumes shifting boxes (I have metal and pins in my back, also since leaving have been told I only have one lung), the second employment took eight months to get a specialised chair for me. My wife would love to go back to work but is waiting for an operation so can do nothing until then as we cannot afford for her to be off work on just SSP with only one wage coming in. I also lost my high rate mobility when I transferred to PIP and just could not go to a face to face with them to appeal, I lost on my written appeal, I am worse now than I was when I was first given DLA, which I did go to my appeal for as they refused me first of all, which was permanent sick. I wife takes care of me also. Allowances for carers are ignored too.
I went for a Restart meeting, first time, today. The lad meeting me had had no briefing whatsoever, had no indication of my depression/anxiety, and had no room outside his open office to talk. Will try again tomorrow, and we'll see.
Just come across this useful information, at 52 until several years ago I'd always worked but have really suffered with mental health.problems which started after losing my wife and mother, my general health has really declined I've been to doctors over a year ago and was advised to go to hospital I haven't been as I'm frightened to find out what's on my lungs with getting anxious I'm making my breathing worse , I was told by citizens advice 2 years ago to put in for pip but as I hadn't been on benefits before I didn't bother until today , I've finally got round to it as I'm suffering with all general things in life, last week I thought I was having a heart attack carrying 1 bag of shopping, had to stop every 15 to 20 paces , I can clearly hear my chest when exhaling , I know I'm stupid for sticking my head in the sand.
Great video. And yes this scheme to get people into work ruined my shoulder, possibly for good because nhs dont seem to be able to fix what they have broken. But again thanks for a cracking video giving us all the heads up.
I’ve been bullied by universal credit and the local council for over a year. They have broken the law and now just ignoring me. I cant get them to comply with their rules I’m just too tired I can’t go on fighting
I'm not sure if you've already been told about this or if you have tried this already, but it is worth contacting your local citizens advice and trying to get some help with it. Hopefully they can help, but sometimes there are things that councils get away with and it is worth taking on board anything that CA might have to say about it. I'm sorry if the end up getting away with it, but don't give up. They rely on you giving up and not pursuing it any further. Exhaust every avenue of support, keep up the good fight.
Not sure where you live static but I have fought on and off for years tried returning to work but I can't cope I have my kids and wife but some days I can't manage... I spoke with disability North just outside Newcastle and they helped me a lot... Don't give up pal
AT the Newcastle upon Tyne St James Gate PIP assessment office they have a whiteboard in the canteen set out as a league table depicting the leading assessor for DECLINING claims. Some of the worst assessors who often lead the board are those who themselves have a disability their attitude is "If I can work, so can they" According to one assessor there, "We ARE encouraged to decline as many applications as possible EVEN those we can clearly see SHOULD get the award". "This is to see how many bother to pursue their claim further". "What GALLS me the most is that if you state you have a drink and or drug dependency you GET the FULL maximum award AUTOMATICALLY plus a SPECIAL payment to assist them with seeking treatment BUT there is NO follow up to see if this SPECIAL payment is in fact used for the purpose it is issued for" The comments ARE real actual quotes by an assessor
Makes sense why I only get 90 a month for my mental health issues that I never asked for but if i choose to get addicted to crack I would get a full award 😅
I put off claiming for PIP for months whilst feeling dreadful as my job coach told me she had a bad back and PIP rejected her so I shouldn't bother. Community Law picked up on it and got me PIP and put into LCWRA
I saw a disabled doctor in a wheelchair the first assessment l had he stood up to check me legs whilst l was laid down l expressed to him that me right knee was set bent and didnt straighten up He pushed my knee down as hard as he could made me shout out l called him a pillock
@@jimwest7107 i was getting disability allowance without real proof, of disability, only a doctor covering me for a month at a time, i had the injection in my spine as i have a slipped disc on the vertebrae & Sciatica, that never worked, & also acupuncture which also never worked when i was inspected by there own doctor i had confirmation of the slipped disc in a letter from the surgeon who would of performed the op if I'd agreed to go ahead, but he said it's only 40% success rate & a doctors letter for which i paid for, but i got refused any further benefit as there doctor never passed me, fuck this country the way they serve there own people is a disgrace , im done
There's immensely more internal fraud than external where claimants are told they are not entitled when they are and the money is laundered through bank accounts set up using the refused claimants' personal details. How would I know that?
I'm confused; I read through the comments and noticed a number of comments mentioning working and receiving PIP, I thought that was paid to people who were too disabled to work?. Explanations welcome.
my husband had to come out of work because of disabilities, heart attack fitted with stents, crumbling discs in neck, diverticulitis, carpal tunnel, enlarged lymph nodes plus many more disabilities, on lots of medications for his disabilities, he was refused twice for pip after it took ages to convince him he had disabilities & needed to apply, he won't apply for it again as he is on the spectrum also so believes himself to be fine because the assessors found him to be fine, they caused so much pain for him during the assessment, badgered him to say he could make a sandwich when he couldn't because of the pain he was in, got him to stand & lift his arms causing more pain to his neck & down his arms, even when recovering from a heart attack n having stents fitted, they still refused, my husband had worked all his life & when needing support was treated like a second rate citizen, the whole system is disgusting & unfair....
Ive been outta work for 2 years because I'm countless surgeries lover the last 3 years and i only been claiming pip for the last 3 months. And am actually fixing toget back to work and school.
27:58 I just love the D W P (not) I’ve. Been on pip for 6 years, even though I get the higher rate, I’m still underpaid by about 100 a month, I glad I have a little understanding of what goes on and am able to check when needed arises. A good few years ago due to incorrect information, I was without money for months, when I phone to say I was underpaid, the reply was "we have over paid you by a penny or two, but we not asking for it back". 18 months before I received my payment I had been asking for
There are other ways to get help from the electric and gas companies ,if you have mental health problems physically disabled you can contact these companies and explain exactly what is wrong with you and be placed on a priority list for assistance .You can also contact the council of your city or town and tell them the same information and they may help you find other forms of assistance to live a normal life .
I suffer with epilepsy I have grand mal seizures 4-6 times a month when I am in a seizure I cannot lift my arms stand on 1 leg or lift anything I take the maximum amount of medication I can have and it has helped as I was having 4 seizures a week
In full: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gives evidence to the Treasury Select Committee Hi Hope your doing well and Thank you taking time to do these videos. I found a interview with Hunt whilst being questioned about many things but one you spoke about regarding the money going the depart for investing PIP fraud. If you get chance I think you find interesting. The money going into fruad of PIP that will yeid low return against money going in tax fraud would yeild a greater return. Take care
Just found your channel, subbed and will share. I am economically inactive, chose to be so. (democracy lol and capitalism isn't working) I don't claim any benefits. Please claim, it's your money not theirs.
Is heart failure considered under PIP as well as Osteoporosis ? I was a nurse in past. I get low rate PIP now but these other things have happened since, in last few years. I suffer severe depression and anxiety. Even when sick myself - I cared for my mother, father, younger brother til they took their last breath - at home with palliative assistance. I now have another brother dying and it is not helping my heart or mental state but I will be there for him. I am 61 yrs old. PS I likely saved NHS thousands.
Royal mail workers, NHS workers and rail workers are all trying to improve there income but the same people that are going to be telling them that they should be earning more are the same that are stopping them from earning more. They are just bullying people. If they want to imploment things like this then the people that make mistakes with peoples claims should be held personaly accountable. Meaning that if someone comits suicide as a resolt of a chainge in there clame then the person that made the chainge should have a manslaughter charge brought against them. I think DWP staff will be making sure that they make the right decisions then.
Should i give DWP access to my medical records even though i have given them everything they have asked for. I.e. doctors letters hospital reports and an upto date fit note for three months. I have a chronic heart condition and work restricted hours advised by my cardiologist it seems that they are never content with what i do and are always looking for something to get me back on a 40hr week. I ticked all the boxes to check my bank and medical records when i first went on UC so why ask again three years later other to invoke more stress and anxiety.
yeah that baffles me, tf does lifting something that weighs mere grams have to do with anything, boggled my mind when they put so much emphasis on that in my assessment
Hi, I am married and aged 62 almost 63 and claim ESA top rate as the person said I should never have been put through the ordeal of a medical checks face to face in the office, I also receive pip but not a full rate but had to fight for twice but now on it for ten years so I'll be pension age. My health is not brilliant as I'm partially sight due to amd age related dry macula degeneration both eyes along with cataracts both eyes, I'm registered partially sight by the hospital, I also have severe epilepsy daily seizures day and night, I've had so many head and facial injuries where both eyes are fully shut, concussion, joint injuries causing arthritis. It terrifies me of my future to be able to live and support my wife who has complex early onset Alzheimer's Dementia with seizures. It might be easier to put my wife into a care home, then I can just end it all just so the dwp can save a few quid.
I have agoraphobia I haven’t left my house in 16 months, uc put me on lcw but should this be lcwra also I can’t get cold weather payments as still classed as employed even though I don’t get paid from my employer at all it’s a real struggle
I’m on PIP but not entitled to Universal Credit because we own our house. I have multiple health conditions and so at the age of 64 no employer will touch me now. I am fighting for ESA, but being blocked by the DWP, so I am going for Appeal (8 months in now). If the DWP move everyone over to Universal Credit many new claimants might not be entitled to anything under the new scheme if the own their house or have savings above the set limit.
So is the work coach for people who have the severe disabled component of UC? I’m totally blind and have brain injuries from Iraq so I have no idea how I’m suppost to do this?! Brilliant video, thank you.
What if u have heredity cardiovascular disease ,blood clotting ,blood poison, and contamination ,,arthritis in joints , Ceasing and cramping of hand ,feet, arms elbows, ankle, feet ,blackouts ,passing out , hearing loss,two hearing aids,and partual sight loss wear glasses,3 different types, very hard for peoples to get a job with these kind of illness, I have all these ,and was diagnosed at the age of 45,,.
I don't trust the DWP since they exposed and revealed my address to an ex partner, and dismissing the severity of the risk they put me under, unlike the police who wanted me on witness protection, I'd done a very good job without witness protection, if it wasn't for the DWP
How would that work for me then I’m mostly bed bound and totally housebound due to illness and disability, I’m attached to medical pumps and have tubes to survive and the only place I go is hospital on ambulance patient transport I go no where else. I’m scared to death now
It will end being a loss in the end if inflation keeps rising. As disabled person I desperately want to work there aren’t enough job around the fit line with rule of how much you can earn when you claim carers allowance as I do for my daughter. The dwp have to told me I can’t earn more the 79 pound a week which mean I can only I work 7.5 hours a week. My disabilities mean I’m unable drive or operate machinery due to being epileptic severely partially sighted and have hyper mobile joints. I think will be like the last one. More people need to be eligible for these. My mum occupational pension takes her just over the thresh hold for pension credit she is struggle that threshold need to upped so more people can get it.
Hi i am a new subscriber i thought your video was very interesting and you explain things that i found very easy to understand, being dyslexic some times i find it hard to follow what is going on in the news, that's maybe cus i have the attention span of a fish. 🐟🐟 😆😆💜💜
Retired last year after 51years working dwp ripped me off for£2563 ayear on my state pension because of A rule change in April 2016 regarding beening contracted out the taxman decided I wasn't paying enough tax and all of a sudden I was over payed benefits 4 years ago after suffering multiple strokes and they say working pays what a load of tripe
I'm on universal credit for disability due to severe mental health issues, and my partner is disabled too but chooses to work one day a week because he can just about manage that and doesn't want to be wholly reliant on the DWP. He recently got called in to an appointment where he was told that things have changed and that there's no longer a category for being unable to work, that we're now just 'limited capability for work', and that it doesn't matter that we're both disabled, we have to find a way to earn £700 and something a month or lose our entitlement. Stressed isn't the word.
I would advise looking at customer service for phone company's. They predominantly work from home and pay around 550 to 1000 a month part time 24 hours a week. You train from home,and work from home and I you have the energy to go full time you could both be earning 2000 a month each on sales on the phone once you've got some experience..
How stressful indeed, sorry to hear. I am in the same boat. Except i haven't received an appointment yet to tell me that there isnt a being unable to work category etc. Looks like i now know!
That was false information. The support group still exists, because I've been on it for over a year. What happened in your partner's situation, was that his local Jobcentre changed the rules on the 'Limited Capability For Work', commonly know as the LCW, which meant that because your partner worked 1 day a week, you now face the position that you're in. Unless you want to fall foul of the DWP rules again, risking financial sanctions, your partner needs to get his 'Limited Capability For Work' category moved up to the higher 'Limited Capability For Work Related Activity' group, which can only be done after the 13 week 'assessment phase' has expired, which will result in a further health assessment by the Centre For Health and Disabilities. He'll need ongoing medical certificates from his GP as evidence of his health conditions having worsened. If you disagree with this and do nothing, your benefit as a couple will be dramatically reduced, but during the first 13 weeks of the new assessment phase, your benefits can't be reduced. Take this advice from someone with 38 years experience of the benefits system.
I received a pip review form on the 26th of November but the letter was dated the 12th of November. They wanted it back by then the 12th of December. I sent it back with supporting medical proof on the 1st of December then received another letter on the 9th of December dated the 2nd of December stating they haven’t received my form and my money could be stopped. I tried ALL day to contact them to no avail. Due to postal strikes there’s clearly been a lot of massive delays. Do you think I’ll be okay? Im just hoping they have received my form In time. I’ve been sick with worry 😩
This is why I send every thing to DWP by Recorded Delivery. The only time I did'nt, they claimed they did'nt recieve the form. Don't give up! They must make allowances for postal strikes that are beyond your control. Call them every day if you have to and keep asking and explaining about the strikes and your happy to send another form.
It’s okay I received a text message on the 14th saying they had received my form and they may need to contact me for more information or be assessed with a health professional before they make a decision. I’ve never had a review before, what is usually the next steps?
@@TONE11111 sorry I’m confused I’ve already sent off the paper review with things that have changed and a list of all my medication from the GP as supporting evidence. Or am I just really dumb and don’t understand 😬
this work coach idea is ok for folks that want or can work, but ,the likes of myself no chance spinabifida ,stenosis curved spine ,neropathic spasms and cramps a amputated leg from the knee above ,wheelchair bound, have to get out my wheelchair for 7 hours a day time due to pressure sores high powered pain killers and muscle relaxant class a pain killers oramorph ,liquid ,morphine sulfate tablets 100 mg 2 times a day ,no company could employ me due to health and safety and insurance no chance ,my condition is getting worse ,so a work coach be a waste of time
I thought the extra work coaches were to be targeted at standard UC claimaints, is it fact that it will be aimed at those on disability? That's madness.
It's not for people in the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity Group, but if someone is identified as being in the Limited Capability for Work group then they may have a work coach depending on their work agreement
They are keeping people on benefits sweet at the moment but big change is a food. No more car ownership or holidays unless you work for it! No cash and restrictions on how you spend. Money will go on essentials not drugs or alcohol. If you can work you will work! This is big and it will hit hard!
£26 billion increase, how much of that will the Brassiere Barroness get? For people with illness or disability, get the work shy lazy buggers a mop and bucket and they can mop the floor from their electric wheelchair. Problem with that? Work shy lazy bugger here, permanently disabled and loving it, of course I am, was never that fond of walking and pain is my best friend. As for access to buildings as a wheelchair user, the worst I’ve come across is the DSS department in Lancaster, it’s at the top of bridge so steep my electric wheelchair dies half way up, it took 2 to get me up and going down was terrifying, it’s surrounded by cobblestones that are dreadful to try to negotiate with a chair. It might help the officials if they tried a day in my life, good luck with that. When I was a normal person (pre disease) why did people treated me so differently, I haven’t grown an ugly appendage have I! Just don’t wear a nurses uniform anymore and am made to feel like scrounger.
I was moved from the work related activity group to support group. I'm on income related ESA, and PIP. Will this apply to me. Being forced to work. I have multiple ailments.
My wife gets PIP and ESA, mentally ill and has Fibro, asthma, diabetes few other ailments. They know she is to ill to work but the piss bags still make me take her to these assessments and basically throw us out in five minutes. I have to put it out there why people go to these assessments dressed to the nines with make up on and walk in an out without help, you’re asking to be kicked in the nuts.
Universal credit moving us to Chinese credit score cashless society system. Bribing us to move from legacy benefit to uc. If you wait towards you will more on pip if you don't move over voluntarily at the end of 2024. Is this right Trevor
I am currently going from ESA (contributions based) to universal credit due to needing UC to claim housing benefit which im having to get as my mum is throwing me out of her house and i cant afford to rent on my own on my current £500 a month benefits I get at the moment?! I’ve been told I cannot claim housing benefit on ESA and have to go on UC if I want to be housed. I,m scared though I don’t think the UC will cover my food let alone the energy bills etc! Has anyone got any ideas as to what I can do, please??
The DWP advised me to claim PIP....is this some kind of trick? Never in my life have i ever heard the DWP tell a claiment to apply for a benefit. They just don't do that sort of thing, you basically have to find out your self from an independant source what benefits you can or should claim. This was almost 4 months ago, i still have not applied for it yet.
Do a search online for a benefits calculator, takes 5-10 mins to put some info in about yourself. Turn2Us have a good one. It will let you know how much you could be entitled to. Just know that applying for PIP can be a long and stressful process. There's a good chance you'll be assessed to determine if you are entitled, and could be drawn out if you disagree with any decisions they make. If you do decide to put in an application, its always a good idea to get some help from an independent professional advisor who can help answer any questions and guide you through the whole process. I'm all about people getting any money they might be entitled to, so I would encourage you to have a look into it and go for it, but only if you feel up to fighting through all the crap to get it. Best of luck.
they'll tell you to apply for pip, knowing that pip's criteria for rejecting people automatically is the same as dwp's and they'll just drag you through month after month of it and then use you getting rejected as 'proof' for future harassing
@@SuperbFairy Been through all of that before when i appealed the decision that the DWP's medical assessors made. It took them 4 months to sort out my appeal, they knew i had nowhere else to get cash from to survive and i had very little stuff to sell to buy food and stuff. I was close to death mate, i think they were actually trying to murder me to save a few quid and i accused them directly to their faces and i have never been bothered by them since (this happened in 2010)
Thanks for this video. Maybe you can answer why the Government pays people on ESA means-tested and ignores people on Contributory ESA? I can't find the answer anywhere, especially since the amount is the same?
My best guess would be that ESA being means-tested is one of the qualifying criteria. If you have no money and need some extra help with a disability or illness, then DWP should determine if you have enough money to look after yourself already. With new-style or contributions based ESA, part of the qualifying criteria is if you have paid your national insurance contributions for the past 2 or 3 years without any gaps, and not how much money you earn. It all comes down to how you qualify. It seems unfair that people who have paid into the system get the same amount of money, but its worth remembering that some people on old-style or legacy ESA have never paid in simply because they have never been able to.
@@AmberChief23 Thank you for your answer but I think it's unfair because the means-tested ESA is paid the same amount as the Contributory ESA, here the benefit is the same plus the Earnings ESA got £650 and the Contributory ESA only £150 (I mean people who are in the support group and the disabled) So the difference is colossal. And where's the justice? It is known that people with disabilities who are on ESA contributions cannot earn extra money. So I don't know where these criteria are taken from.
I am currently awaiting a PIP tribunal date after two refusals. I am shocked, I have not even had a personal examination, it’s all just solely down to paperwork. I have submitted photographs for my tribunal case of the damage to my spine that clearly can be seen. I’ve also submitted a letter from my GP stating his medical evidence and recommendations, about the condition of my back. I also have a severe scar about the size of a beer mat that was a result of a poor surgery to remove a possible cancerous melanoma. That was the size of a five pence piece it gives me great pain when pressure is applied over a period of time, if sitting down or lying down on the scar I did not take this any further for recompense from the NHS for leaving me scarred for life
I get carers allowance, and the UC element of it , but dwp took off a hundred a month because my son is 21 , and is considered old enough to pay towards rent. He has esa and pip , if he lived alone he'd get housing benefit , he is not fully capable to and wants to live with me as a carer. The government gives NOTHING to home carers we are holding up the caring system, I've seen carers who work for services, (not private) have fantastic cars holidays etc , so they must be paid well by the councils, but home carers are treated like dirt by the NHS and services and get nothing. In Scotland carers get a thousand a year payment as well as their alloance, maybe we should move there.
