Absolutely horrific, devastating for Glasgow. Hopefully central can be saved.
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Absolutely horrific, devastating for Glasgow. Hopefully central can be saved.
52 -48 strikes again
Severe malnutrition among under-5s in Gaza City has tripled in two weeks, charity says
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
Plus if PIP assessment to be the gateway to UC health element, will existing PIP recipients be assessed for eligibility to UC on the new 4 point PIP criteria or will thier existing PIP award guarantee access to UC health? It’s a messy panicked fudge. The Bill needs scrapped
Creating a two tier sytem where new claimants are hugely disadvantaged though the 4 point #PIP rule, really isn’t a ‘massive concession’, it’s blatantly unfair. What happens to people who report a change of circumstance will they be treated as new? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Embracing my 40s and ‘learning’ to garden. Though I think I may have killed the lawn… black dead moss wasn’t the look I was going for
No money for social security and risible threats that the welfare system will ‘collapse’ without cuts, but enough money for nuclear weapon capable jets.
Talk about priorities
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heraldscotland.com/news/25152274.pam-duncan-glancy-urges-msps-reject-assisted-dying-bill/
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And still waiting at Bathgate for illusionary replacement buses
Sod’s Law… on train home to start annual leave, and dumped out in Bathgate due to fire on track… joys happy holidays 😂
Agree, at a minimum both income related and non-income related disability benefits should be devolved, rather than just non-income related disability benefits as is currently the case.
From the ever helpful Scottish Parliament SPICe spice-spotlight.scot/2024/12/17/s...
SG are (rightly) spending £314m in additional spend on Adult Disability Payment (ADP) above what they receive from UK gov for equivalent spend on PIP
If PIP spending decreases that funding gap will grow and grow
(Partial) devolution of social security was always going to be messy. The current and next SG are in an unenviable position of either copy and pasting these regressive changes to PIP to ADP (undermining the point of devolution) or finding money from somewhere to fill an ever increasing funding gap.
- How will Scottish claimants eligibility for the UC health element be assessed if the PIP assessment replaces the WCA as the means of assessment. We no longer use the PIP assessment in Scotland…
- Tightening eligibility to PIP and any associated reduction in spending will result in a reduction to the block grant to the Scottish Gov
- Will the UK gov continue to view ADP as ‘equivalent’ to PIP - providing access to ‘passported’ benefits - if the SG doesn’t mirror the changes to PIP?
The UK Gov’s green paper on social security says next to nothing about the impact of the proposals on the Scottish social security system and those supported by it. But knock on impacts, particularly to Adult Disability Payment (ADP), could be significant:
PIP is going to the gateway to both PIP and LCWRA after 2028 so the four point thing is a huge everyone issue.
Benefit reforms unveiled by Liz Kendall may have 'severe' impact on Scottish budget, warns SNP
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- Tightening eligibility to PIP and any associated reduction in spending will result in a reduction to the block grant to the Scottish Gov
- Will the UK gov continue to view ADP as ‘equivalent’ to PIP - providing access to ‘passported’ benefits - if the SG doesn’t mirror the changes to PIP?
Today the UK Government Minister announced what look like massive cuts to disability benefits. The Resolution Foundation has calculated around a million (of 3.6 million total) PIP/ ADP recipients stand to lose out. Here's my first take on the announcement.
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Surprise surprise Newsnight again conflates PIP with economic inactivity and unemployment…. PIP is not an income replacement benefit
Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else).
My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Millions more Disabled people face even worse poverty if the Govt makes cuts to vital disability benefits.
New figures from @trusselluk.bsky.social highlight the situation many Disabled people are already facing. ⬇️
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It’s worse than that. Labour are actually going to make PIP harder (!) to get; freeze payment levels this year (no triple lock for disabled people) and reduce payment levels for those unfit for work. This is so callous. www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
Dear Policy Exchange,
PIP is not an out-of-work benefit. So why are you trying to score political points by insisting young people on #PIP must work, volunteer or go into training?
PIP enables disabled people to do these things. Cutting it will do the opposite.
Thanks
Dr Watts
