Universal Credit PIP and ESA News Cost of Living payment and Work Capability Assessment

In this video I give an update on the dates for the Cost of Living payment for people on Universal Credit and I discuss the proposed changes to make some people in the LCWRA group go through another Work Capability Assessment.
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[@RabbitingAgain]

We are very fortunate to have good people like Stu keeping us informed. A very poor social security system deliberately made punitive,confusing and distressing for disabled people and causes huge grief for unpaid carers It's simply barbaric it causes so much trauma,help like this alleviates the harm it inflicts. Many grateful thanks

[@Lighting_Desk]

I can't stand watching the news these days because of the government and the state of the world, so these videos are very useful.

[@jennybarfield2023]

Me too. It is frightening about cost of living and how people on benefits and low income are being targeted for cuts in money

[@essentialnaturalremedies]

Thank you for posting this. You are absolutley correct. It is so stressful. Being judged and instructed by people with no mental health conditions is so very stressful for people who have mental health conditions. Remaining positive is crucial but that is made hard by all the assessments, paperwork, threatening language and endless orders and instructions. It's extremely cruel on many levels.

[@ExoticDoll]

Same for domestic violence victims who are judged by coppers with no experience in DV and allow the perpetrator to walk free, which led to my PTSD.

[@LG-cz6ls]

@@ExoticDoll Far too often both issues go hand in hand.

[@aprilskies1051]

​@ExoticDoll experiencing them right now!

[@alisonmorris4444]

Thank you 💡

[@Mopantsu]

My WCA form just came in the post. I suffer from extreme anxiety and panic attacks on top of depression and other health issues like constant loud and intrusive Tinnitus, IBS, GERD, muscle pains, tension headaches, extreme fatigue, social anxiety etc. I am trying very hard to not go crazy right now. People seem to believe that if they cannot see your medical condition you are a shirker. I feel like I am being punished every day for even existing.

[@crazyguy99-ly3be]

I come from a similar place, as well as a very abusive household, which im waiting for propertypool to get me out of

[@DrWho-vc2go]

Thank you, Stu. Your Channel is a mind of information, and is a great help to a lot of people. Yes, it seems that the Government has grown tired of "carrying the Infirm/Disabled"..... "Send them to the Abattoir, for a quick and tidy dispatch!" Perhaps this should be the new slogan for the Government. They seem to forget that a majority of these people have helped to keep this country going, and put wages into "their" grubby little pockets.

[@sidsod1616]

Perhaps we should all turn up at Dover with a dinghy, the government seem to prioritise illegal migrants over their own people in need.

[@DrWho-vc2go]

@@sidsod1616 Agreed.

[@philgray3351]

@@sidsod1616yeah so true

[@martinriley106]

I had my brother who helped me go through my claim process because we have similar health conditions and he’d already gone through the process. He helped me immensely.

[@sean5990]

Its great that you had someone to help you. There are plenty of people out there that have no one. I recently discovered that there isn't a single service in my area to accompany people with assessments. Whether this is a phone call or face to face assessment. It's just sickening.

[@TheTricky2much]

I'm already stressed about these changes coming. Currently going to tribunal with pip, I have well documented mh/CPTSD issues and they are refusing to acknowledge them. Having to pay solicitors to help, as there are no services in my area, only CA and they are under pressure. They are trying to kill us off, I've been saying this for years. If it wasn't for my son, they'd have succeeded with me already. I do get that there are many playing the system, but unfortunately it tends to be the ones who don't understand the benefits system that get punished. It's a constant worry.

[@markh1940]

I went for a few years to get assessed on my disability a person on a computer said no a few times. As soon as I was assessed by a dhs doctor, I was said to have disability. These people assessing off a computer are only tick boxes and not a medical person. We should always get a professional assessment

[@Autumnlovesdragons]

They are medical professionals,they are either an occupational therapist,mental health nurse,nurse or doctor,there's a few others too but can't think who else can apply to do disability assessments

[@marktopliss2550]

I suffer with anxiety, depression found your chat relaxing/informative thank you so much 🙏👌👍🇬🇧💂👏💯

[@amaliagrassi6870]

Always delivered in sich a calming kind way. Thank you.

[@sharonrose5134]

Thanks for the information Stu. I thought the assessments were going to happen this year, so got really worried as I have just had one this year. It just seems to be one thing after another, Thanks again.

[@IamBATMAN2024]

The reassessments are when ever I think. Stu never said they weren’t until 2026

[@johnman559]

Just a straight comment from a straight bloke Stuart, I've seen you in your older videos 4 years ago and you are better looking now than then!.. you're a charming good-looking lad!

[@johncraig2684]

Scotland will have a different and much more caring and sympathetic system....so well done to the SNP for this

[@bethdickson1912]

@johncraig2684 do you have evidence or videos about Scotland please

[@johncraig2684]

The transfer of people from the UK system to the Scottish Adult disability payment is on going and will take up to 2025 to complete.

[@davidchamberlain5425]

​@@bethdickson1912I live in Scotland 👍👍👍 Much much much fairer compared to England 👍👍👍👍

[@forhadali4176]

Thank you stu for this information as it is a worrying times especially with the cost of living crisis the government's no good and for people who voted for them is in the same position as everyone else a complete broken system, everybody needs help and there's no shame in asking for it, again thank you stu for all ur videos it very helpful and assuring.

[@sidsod1616]

What about the negative effects on the mental health on those who have alredy been medically assessed and could be put through that awful assessment all over again?

[@jill677]

It's not for them at all. He's putting out the information as fear. I have read it and it would not be justifyible to put people through that again or they would have to be very careful about who they choose to assess .

[@imconfused1237]

Mental health? You wanna try holding down a job pal. That’s proper stress. You get ‘assessed’ every single day. I’m sick and tired of the loafing culture in this country.

[@sidsod1616]

@@imconfused1237 I have had 46 years full time employment mostly working six days a week whist being registered disabled. I only gave up work when diagnosed with cancer. So I think you need to wind your neck in pal.

[@garyseanor3665]

Great thank you sir lovely calming voice and accurate information .

[@thefatbaker]

Good advice Stuart, you are doing good work, keep it up.

[@PaulLinton-y9v]

The caring Conservative party.

[@annakwiatkowska8882]

Thank you for news. I just been assessed and DWP decided that I can come back to work 😢 with chronic back pain, damage sciatic nerve ang depression, anxiety I was summoned to Job Centre for weekly appointments😮 I'm devastated

[@1verysteveperry]

Have you spoken to someone at citizen advice re help with an appeal? Good luck to you. I hope you can be reinstated.

[@Beggars-Belief]

Anna don’t turn up to any appointments, phone in on day of appointment and tell them you just can’t make it that day. Flu, aches, pains what ever reason they will keep paying you, I did this and missed 27 appointments over six months, these ppl don’t care about you, just make sure they got the message if you can’t contact the person you are meant to see that day. It’s ridiculous trying to get disabled ppl to go to the job centre weekly

[@b2772]

Some of the report you get back from these assestors sometime blow your mind off.I was told from the repord I got back she mention she thinks I'm okay ,because for the 20 to 25 mins I sat although the interviews ,did see any sign of discomfort in me and I was fully engaged in the communication.I know that feeling DWP, they turned me down too. They think I can work and I have been asked to attend a meeting at the job centre. which sure aches and pains my lumbar L4-L5 nerves damage. Anxiety. Beletral knees . OA(Osteoarthritis). Capal tunnel syndrome on both hands, on NHS waiting list to be seen in regards to this. Honestly, my lower half body of every joint is wear and tear. I'm falling apart.Good I have my walking aid (2 clutches), and this has helped prevent me from falling sometime when I feel my knees give way. I am not looking forward to that meeting because I don't know how the outcome will be like.😏😏

[@b2772]

​@darrenmorgan3132 it's makes you feel so bad that someone else can judge you in regards to your health. Its effect us both mental and physical.

[@1verysteveperry]

What a good man you are. Thanks for your videos.

[@dogsallowed7]

There is one thing this country needs to do and that is vote the tories OUT

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Until a few years ago, I would have agreed, but these days I honestly don't think that Labour care about elderly/disabled people any more than the Tories do. They would rather spend money on schemes for people who are confused about their gender.

[@sidsod1616]

They say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, somehow in this case I don't think so. They are all the same .

[@boota1979]

@dogsallowed7 We had the opportunity in 2019 and blew it. JC was vehemently against assessments and was a great supporter of the ill and disabled. The people in this country by and large, are to easily swayed by lies and propaganda and they got what they voted for.

[@R8V10]

Starmer is the problem.

[@lynnedavies5884]

​@@R8V10Angela Rayner.

[@eviled2006]

Thank you for your videos....makes one feel less alone.

[@iriadelaosaiglesias1757]

I just found your channel and i suscribe straight away,,without even seeing 1 video because i thought how much needed it was ,someone explaining and informing about what the DWP should do themselves. Now im gonna see your videos. See you later. Thanks

[@HA05GER]

I was very lucky with my work capability assessment I got awarded straight away and pip on my second attempt. The person who did my pip assessment was very lovely and she was very understanding.

[@user-by1wx4kz9j]

Thank you so much Stu. What would we do without you. :) Hope your feeling a bit better now.

[@poppiefleur7425]

Yes but they lied on the work capability assessments the dwp are awful

[@aileenhindley5964]

Once again, thank you.

[@juergenweidner1]

Thank you for your help and advice. This is very much appreciated. Cheers to you

[@jacobfield4848]

Citizen's advice are a great help for disabled people. I reccommend anyone to go there and ask for help, they can respresent people in appeals.

[@samanthahardy9903]

I've been waiting for nearly a month now for a WCA after sending off the form. Keep getting calls from "Work Coaches" every week to find out if I've had the assessment yet and whether or not my health has improved since their last call. Currently awaiting for medical tests to find out why my legs don't work properly and why I keep dropping things. Until I have tests done to find out what's wrong and hopefully get treated I can't work. My mind is willing but my body isn't at the moment. The longer I wait for the WCA it's making me anxious to the point that my mental health is likely to go downhill as well. I don't think they will scrap the WCA. Currently at the moment there are 2. One for ESA and Universal Credit and the other for PIPs. They want to put it all under one, which will probably mean that those who assess PIPs will also do the assessments for Work Capability as well. Considering how difficult it is to get PIPs I think that even more people will score zero points considering their track record so far.

[@JohnHaigh09]

My legs are failing me too and balance is an issue for me. It’s like I have to concentrate on walking, especially when on a pavement, which I’ve never had to do before, I just would automatically take it for granted that I could walk wherever and however long and now I worry if I’ll even make the distance. At 34 years old this isn't normal and I researched it and the closest thing to my symptoms was ataxia where the brain struggles to send signals to the legs (nerve issues). I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and described my symptoms and she only seemed interested in if I was in any pain which I’m not but I’m still debilitated and losing control of my legs is a concern when you know what it was like before when you were healthy it’s frustrating when you can’t do those things anymore. It’s difficult for people to understand because it’s a hidden affliction and people think there’s nothing wrong. Well anyway the doctor sent me for a blood test and I’m waiting on the results of that but I’m doubtful it will show anything because from what I’ve read online I’ll need an MRI (brain scan) to diagnose it and I desperately want a diagnosis to prove to the Jobcentre and everyone else that there is really something wrong with me and I can't work, i'm not just being lazy. Ironic now that I wish I had the health to work even the most basic jobs and i'm jealous of those that can do it without a second thought. But it seems like it’s going to be a long and slow process to get a diagnosis as they seem to be trying the basic stuff first when really I need a brain scan.

[@samanthahardy9903]

@@JohnHaigh09 I had an MRI and nothing showed up. Had a nerve conduction test on my arms to find out why I keep dropping things and now awaiting tests for my legs. Had a neck X-ray to rule out a pinched pinched nerve and I have arthritis in my neck. My aunt had MS on my dad's side(multiple sclerosis) and my dad always had shaking hands ever since he was a child and the doctors didn't find out why his hands shook. His shakes grew worse as he got older. I'm 52, so aches and pains are expected but for you to have problems with your legs at the age of 34 isn't normal. Some people who have had Covid have had problems with their health which the doctors put down to "Long Covid". Back in the 1990's I had a "mystery virus" and was hospitalised with it. (High fever, short of breath, coughing and sneezing, lost my sense of taste and smell). Apparently the doctors couldn't figure out what it was. I was so unsteady on my feet for over 6 months as my legs felt like jelly. I was told that it was the risidule effects of the virus I had before. Strangely enough when I got Covid it was no worse than the flu first time around, the second time was just a sore throat, the third time was like having a cold. So it makes me wonder if the "mystery virus" I had all those years ago was Covid. I hope your doctor gets to the bottom of why your legs won't work properly the same as I hope my doctor figures out why my legs don't work. It's incredibly frustrating when simple tasks are not so simple anymore, especially when you want to work but your legs say, "Nope. We're on strike at the moment!" I have to keep a sense of humour about it otherwise it's just depressing.

[@JohnHaigh09]

@@samanthahardy9903 yeah, definitely sounds like covid, covid in the 90's who'd have thought! If MRI doesn't show anything then i'll have to push for a neurologist referral and hopefully they can get to the bottom of it, what you have too sounds like nerve issues and it just seems anything nerve related is a nightmare to get a diagnosis for. I have even described my symptoms to a friend and they just laughed and said it was all in my head, I wish it was all in my head!

[@DavidSmith-qf3sm]

A lack of B12 or even low amounts in your blood can cause people to drop things, brain fog, a lack of energy. My mum was lacking in it and had a blood test that proved it. You can get injections and my mum is so much better after her injections and now isn’t angry all the time and even has energy to do more things.

[@samanthahardy9903]

@@DavidSmith-qf3sm There are numerous things that can cause the same symptoms or similar ones. E.g. Coughing and sneezing could be an infection or an allergy reaction. The human body is complicated. My blood tests came back normal. No deficiencies.

[@lesallison9047]

Thank you Stuart, very interesting and informative. ✌💚🇬🇧

[@charliegirlize]

My son is 20 next month and he’s in full time college. His CB and CTC will stop on his birthday. He will then be entitled to zero benefits to support him. They have said he’s entitled to nothing. Subbed 👍🏻

[@lolab1643]

They expect parents to support them… or expect him to work p/t. If he goes to uni he can claim student finance and grants but all support for parents stop even if they still live at home. They’ve just stopped CTC for my daughter on her 19th , she’s at college and they ordered me to work full time (35-40hrs) and really harassed me forcing me to go into job centre once a week and prove I’m searching for work for 30 hrs a week even though I work 24 hrs a week already and also they stop the amount u can earn before deductions so they take off money from every pound u earn as well when CTC ends (they don’t tell u about that so what a shock) I ended up about £500 down on my monthly UC award altogether so be warned. You’re lucky your son is still getting it for the moment.

[@charliegirlize]

@@lolab1643 the system stinks. My son also has ADHD and ASD and symptomatic PTSD. He got PIP as a kid but now he’s an adult, they keep refusing him. Weve been waiting since the begining of September for his child benefit to be sorted. I‘m sorry to hear that you’re going through a tough time at the moment. The job center really just don’t care. People get pushed out to work and they end up being worse off! 🤦‍♀️. I‘m on ESA in the support group. I’ve osteoarthritis in both ankles, knee’s, elbows, thoracic spine, coccyx and neck, rheumatoid in my hands and wrists, peripheral neuropathy in my hands, feet, arms and legs, anxiety, depression, symptomatic PTSD, a heart condition, and anew other things. I’m only 42. I’d love to go back to work but the hospital, GP, DWP, consultants etc have said I’m unfit for work. My autoimmune diseases just make my health conditions worse as time progresses. I’ve had to start using a wheelchair to get out and about. My daughter is 23 and my carer. I’m currently waiting for steroid injections in my knee’s.

[@lolab1643]

@@charliegirlize so sorry you are going through all that. Yes you’re right the system does stink. It’s all about ticking boxes and saving money.. not actual people. Of course they don’t care.. they are just slaves to the system too..

[@kurthill7030]

Thanks very much for all the work you do to help people thanks again 👍👍

[@Clearlight201]

I especially agree with the advice near the end to consider talking support. I've had support called 'social prescribing' via my GP surgery and they were very helpful and encouraging. They referred me for counselling which I've also found extremely helpful even though my condition is a physical one. It would be a rare person who did not experience any self-doubt, or fear, anger, anxiety when faced with a WCA. No matter how difficult and painful your condition is, or even if you feel there are people worse off, to get support from another person with how you feel about your health condition in the face of a WCA is really empowering.

[@chezdreadful6412]

We explain our situation everytime even though they know on the system nothing has changed 😢

[@mathewburns4477]

I have just watched your video for the first time and thank you for the information I am 62 and suicidal

[@dibblerd986]

Thankyou Stuart, the timetable for the new set of hoops they are introducing has had me panicking. It seems they do not communicate anything until changes are close, and creates a lot of anxiety for many.

[@amaliagrassi6870]

One thing he didn't quite explain was how the reassessment process works. Does the form that has to be filled out resemble that original huge form? And is there still the WCA for reassessment? And what exactly will the new process be once the WCA are stopped? This is stuff I'd like to know.

[@StuartMcGoo]

Hi, I have covered many of these things in previous videos and yes it is the whole assessment including the form.

[@amaliagrassi6870]

@@StuartMcGoo Ooh, thank you for your response. Much appreciated. I'm curious about the new way of assessment after the WCA are stopped. I'll look through to see if there's a video from you on that then. Thanks once again. 🙂

[@DrWho-vc2go]

@@amaliagrassi6870 Either Stu, or KZbin or in fact Google itself, are your best bet. The information highway is always open, and new sources of information are constantly popping up.

[@Crosshatch1212]

​@@amaliagrassi6870youll be on digital currency soon anyway so it dnt realy make much dffrnce youll get what you need and thatll be it .

[@hazelroberts8872]

Thankyou Stu.. This topic concerns me.. I am classed LCWRA with a spinal stenosis problem + your content is really informative.. Brilliant! 😊...

[@fnm66]

Sorry to intervene was is spinal stenosis

[@hazelroberts8872]

No problem... Yes it is Spinal stenosis

[@ArcAudios77]

Thanks Stuart, was a good listen. Regards & best wishes as you move forwards.

[@susanoneandonly7970]

Hi Thank you so much for all you do to help others as always take care of you.

[@peterclarke3300]

Great and informative video Stu as always and thanks for making theses 👏👏👍👍

[@KJellyBeanut]

Will this still be a thing if a new government is voted in? I'm barely holding on as it is. Thanks for the update though!

[@StuartMcGoo]

It is unlikely that Labour, if they get in, will make any significant changes to this system under Keir Starmer. They have indicated that they support this.

[@alancovington4851]

thank you you wouldn't know how much you help

[@simonk8270]

Don't worry yet. Judging by the polls, this lot will be out be the end of next year anyway. Great job Stu.

[@mystifiedmargot1970]

As he's pointed out in a comment to someone Labour support these changes so they'll go ahead either way.

[@poppiefleur7425]

The tories are realy coming down on the disabled making them work

[@juliaevans9521]

People who are medically unfit for work are hardly likely to immediately be able to do 35+ hours per week, maybe part time may be helpful.

[@imconfused1237]

You’d be amazed at how many loafers will stage a miraculous recovery when you take the gravy train away. Too many out there want to sit on their backsides doing nothing.

[@patsanters2741]

@@imconfused1237Seems your still confused .😕

[@sueamos3860]

Thank you for this important information

[@thedukeofnuke1517]

Good Job McGoo. Looking forward to Tuesday. Have a good weekend Bro.

[@defiantsx24]

I have my work capability assessment tribunal friday. I have been diagnosed with chronic hip/nerve pain. Take lots of pain killers and had 4 injections and still in pain. Doctors keep me signed off . Psin clinic at the hospital have discharged me as they say they is nothing else they can do. Wish me luck

[@thedukeofnuke1517]

Good luck with your tribunal!

[@christinecheeseman]

Nerve pain is one of the worst pains, good luck hope your are successful

[@captango]

I feel for you, hip resurfacing back opposite. Still suffering but been discharged by specialist that did my back opp.

[@martinriley106]

I am in dispute with the DWP and my court appeal has been in process for over 2 years now for my ESA claim but it looks like the court could be looking at the previous 5 years of my claim where the DWP failed to pay my National Insurance contributions when my last ESA claim finished in 2017 when they promised to pay my N.I. Contributions in a letter they sent me in 2016/17.

[@samkennedy5554]

Thanks

[@StuartMcGoo]

Thank you for your kind contribution to the channel

[@assiatubah6720]

Thanks you for sending this massage

[@noraodywer4917]

What a good man you are thanks for videos stuart and l cannot stand watching the news these days because of the goverenment and the state of the world.

[@Mariannevieitez]

Iv had my form in for over a month now and not heard anything back yet about when the assessment will be . Iv been on lcw for years now my last assessment was during lockdown and done over the phone the lady I spoke with was lovely and I was actually shocked at how nice she was and I was fine . However this time round I’m so so anxious about it and not hearing anything back is a worry . I don’t think I even filled the form in correctly either and wish I had called someone for help as they won’t let me fill another one in and I’d be surprised if they could even read the one I sent as I wrote it out in a nervous state but anyway hopefully things go okay 😪

[@julieford6204]

Thanks for the update very good information 😊

[@megancaroline1875]

Thank you for this information. I don't watch the news as its too depressing but even this information is very daunting.. I'm on work capability and got denied pip over a year ago.. they keep telling me my assessment is due and asked for a sicknote.. then the next person said i dont need too.. now im gettifn notifications on my jounral sayong sicknote warning 1 warning 2 ect. Even though theybare saying i dont need a sicknote im getting one anyway because its a nihhtmare and making me paranoid .. Been told I should go for pip again but I just can't because of the whole process. Too much.

[@billsykes75]

Thankyou for uploading this video, Liked and Subbed…👏🏻💯🙏🏻💚

[@fionagregory9376]

A tip to save money: do not use the boiler. A shower heats itself up and you can wash dishes in cold water by hand. Try it and see. Works for me.

[@patsanters2741]

Back@fiona ^ Does Sunak and his co tory mates dry dishes in cold water ?

[@arthurbraddock5235]

Nice advice again stu .do you still get the 150 pound if u are on pip for cost of living ? ..cheers

[@gbhxu]

If you were getting PIP on 1st April this year, you should have received £150 sometime between 20th June and 4th July as a separate payment.

[@backstrap9145]

Cheers Stu

[@victoriahouse9969]

Just had my PIP stopped. Updating my list of symptoms and illness. Won't be getting anything. Just put in a MR today. But last question on form the phoneline shut down at 5pm. But got a text message saying to wait 8 weeks for a response. GP Doctor phoned me yesterday. She has had DWP request for information in her inbox for a while. DWP made a decision without her input. So I've told DWP that her input is in the post. Its going to a right mess.

[@richardajoy79]

I work part-time, am on UC and waiting for a PIP tribunal as well as the WCA... the capability assessment apparently has a backlog, so I could be waiting some time.

[@Rob-uv8bu]

I'm on pip since March .56 Dwp signed off. Was under safe guarding. The local jobcentre saved life . Lady helped me out. I want to work . Have degree in heath. Still have good days . Have bad. I'm single and worked in nhs most of life. Scared going out sometimes. Was DWP told me to claim. Had wanted to end it all.

[@josemengelez6947]

"if you can make a cup of tea you can get a job making cups of tea." job listing: tea maker needed, ideal candidate will have a degree in a STEM field and 12+ years experience. do not apply unless HGV certified.

[@mystifiedmargot1970]

Haha! 😂 exactly!

[@EIKLURAM]

I know they have a consultation that ends on October 30th 2023 to challenge the changes to the DWP WCA.I hope theres going to be enough people to convince them to not make those changes

[@Bigtimecharlie1980]

Love your bedrock print ❤

[@MaterLacrymarum]

I was in the support group, and I've been told I have to re-qualify. I completed the forms THREE MONTHS ago, and have heard nothing since. Terrible stress not knowing if I'm still going receive payments.

[@theboywithathorninhisside.4179]

Hi.. really hope you get your re-claim sorted. Been through the very same.

[@MaterLacrymarum]

@@theboywithathorninhisside.4179 I don't know what to do, to be honest. I completed the forms, sent them in, and no reply. I guess they'll eventually let me know something. did you simply get a response one day? Were there other steps? I went through using the old system (one on one interviews with medical staff) on previous occasions. I was VERY unhappy with that process.

[@Mariannevieitez]

I’m in the same boat haven’t heard a thing in months

[@MaterLacrymarum]

Hey there. I've still not heard. I could call them, but I've found the least amount of contact you have with them, the better. It's like prodding a wasps nest - if you contact them, they swarm and sting you in a hundred different ways. I haven't even heard they received my forms - which is ridiculous, because that means you have no way of knowing the status. @@Mariannevieitez

[@lynnedavies5884]

Do they still pay you while you are waiting.

[@sharonrose5134]

Hi again Stu I know you told us not to panic yet but I was talking to a woman today she is in her late 50s and got her assessment form yesterday. She is very worried as you can imagine. She is on UC and PiP. So I am wondering if this is the start of it all.

[@drtydawg73]

one thing that sends my anxiety and stress through the roof is having to fill out a form/questionnaire about my medical problems etc etc. i tried claiming pip twice as ive been signed off over 12 years now on eesa and both times they just say, nope, not enough points. whats the bloody point!! if im asked to go for another assessment ill freak, things might get messy. thanks for the video btw.

[@EIKLURAM]

I know the DWP have a consultation about the changes to the WCA that ends on October 30th 2023. So I hope that enough people will write to them before then to hopefully get them to not go ahead with this. If enough people write to them they may be convinced not to go ahead as it would no doubt lead to more deaths I mean if someone is a danger to themselves or others if made to work then it's just insanity to take them out the support group and create a hazardous situation that question needs to remain to keep people in the support group thats what they'll do give zero points for that question in the assessment form if they go ahead with these inhumane changes.

[@jaynekittycat9252]

If the Conservative's lose the next general election, how the hell can these changes be implemented if there no longer in power.

[@pedromac1620]

Cheers Stu.

[@samspade975]

Strange, when I walk around the town I’m surprised at just how many young fit men are just walking around doing nothing, universal credit seems very appealing

[@DavidEdwards-e6m]

Fact, and most working cash in hand as well

[@imconfused1237]

I see scrounging all around me. Mums popping round for a gossip whilst their 3/4/5 kids are at school, laughing at the system. The same leeches popping up on fb groups asking for cash in hand. All in their 30s, plenty able to work yet too lazy and entitled. That’s the culture which is being encouraged and it’s a mug like me paying for their “lifestyle”.

[@simonsteven1427]

Yeah if we put the same level of commitment into seeking employment, as the dwp do to those in their charge we would find ourselves being sanctioned, immediately!!😮😅

[@najmabegum5789]

Next time please explain about all the legacy benefits being transferred to universal credit. I want to know about once they warned you with letter to be ready to claim universal credit. How long gap do we get before another letter comes to apply and how it affects the pip claiments. Can they sanction disabled people on universal credit for not getting a job.

[@mystifiedmargot1970]

Excellent questions! It's all very stressful 😭

[@najmabegum5789]

@@mystifiedmargot1970 please remember that pip claiments get transitions protection when moving on to universal credit. This means DWP need to match how much u received whilst on legacy benefits. I'm not sure how long you receive this protection. Always go to CAB and tell them about the transition protection.

[@mystifiedmargot1970]

@@najmabegum5789 Thank you for your reply. 😊

[@danmacalpinbruce2555]

I got attacked and lost to walk and have infection. I got a health assement and failed it. Seems odd as my gp has put my on sick notes ill i cover. The health assement says im fine and should not use any more sick notes. Yet again very odd as im really not very well. So i asked universal credit erm can i plesse have a copy of the assement they sent you. I got it and its assma and a frw other things. Im like wow this really is odd. Why they didnt look into my injurys from my attack seems very odd to say the least. They reviewed me for something else. How could this happened why was i denied the right to hand in legal sick notes from my gp. Im starting to think they clearly dont care

[@Napoleonwilson1973]

Appeal

[@danmacalpinbruce2555]

@@Napoleonwilson1973 i did and still looked at the wrong review

[@theoneunder]

I was just reading about those two synths just before i clicked on this video. Only just noticed them too. Strange coincidence. lol

[@greentroll9326]

hopw many suicides will this cause

[@tracydw]

Hey Stu. Are you aware that the people who get their wages weekly don't get any universal credits when there are 5 paydays in one assignment period. This means we only get 8 uc payments a year compared to people who get paid every 4 weeks or every month who get 11 and 12 payments respectively. They say that on a 5 week month we have earned too much money and therefor get a nil payment. I earn exactly the same amount in one year whether I were to get paid weekly or four weekly. This in itself does not seem fair to me. On top of that the spring cost of living payment qualifying dates fell on a 5 week month so my UC was a nil award which meant no cost of living payment. They have now chosen the autumn qualifying period and guess what?? That has also fallen on a 5 week month! Coincidence?? I think not! The government are craftily saving them selves a lot of money by penalizing those of us who, by no fault of our own, get our wages weekly. Yet I don't see getting wages weekly listed as a reason to not qualify for these £300 payments. I am now convinced that the spring 2024 payment will also fall on a 5 week month. How is this fair???

[@lolab1643]

Exactly the same happened to me.. twice! I was getting paid monthly though but it’s no different. I nearly lost my home.. got into huge debt and it was so stressful. They admitted it was a ‘flaw’ in the system but refused to do anything about it. I believe people have taken UC to court over this issue.. I’m unaware of the outcome though.

[@tracydw]

@@lolab1643 I read somewhere, years ago after the first time I found myself without a payment, that 3 single mums who got paid every 4 weeks and lost out on one payment a year, took them to court and won their case against DWP. I don't know if it was true but if it was then you'd think they'd have been made to change it for everyone. The tax credit system where they based your entitlement on how much you earned in the previous year was so much better. You knew where you stood with no nasty surprises.

[@iansessford5233]

Loving the bedrock poster 👌

[@fionahawkins8607]

I’m on limited capacity for work and work related activities will this mean if I’m reaccessed that I could lose that part of my benefit as I’m only on that and universal credit as I have had two claims for pip denied already claim in not unwell enough as I have two illnesses that they list including severe asthma and three mental illnesses

[@thedukeofnuke1517]

You stand a chance of losing that component if the assessment finds you to be capable of some kind of work, no matter how ridiculous the suggestion of the role. But, you have to consider that you could also appeal the decision. The statistics on the success rates for tribunal suggest that you are likely to be successful. If you get the right advice and support, you increase your chances. Worst case scenario, contact organisations and charities to help you, like for example Citizens Advice Burau. They may have specialists available to support you in your assessment or tribunal.

[@jill677]

This is for new claimants, new system. They cannot just take away the status awarded and make an individual go through the stress of reassessment, medically and the trauma of the reasons in the findings. It would not be just and cause unnecessary suffering. Get real please.

[@thedukeofnuke1517]

@@jill677 Hi Jill, please note that fionahawkins8607 asked IF she was reassessed... so I answered in those terms. Please don't believe for a second that they wouldn't reassess. I was awarded ESA and was given a status until 2035. When UC (2016) was introduced I was suddenly required to be reassessed despite this. Strangely enough, I was found to be capable of work related activity, yet when I applied for UC because my ESA had been stopped 2 weeks prior to my receiving a letter saying so, I was given a new assessment under UC. They then found me to be not fit for work or related activity. It is a very real and present danger, and in my experience the DWP have little concern even for the law that exists, let alone how much stress they put disabled people through. There have been MANY suicides due to the DWP's actions, and even when the European union released documents that proved a direct correlation between DWP policy and deaths Esther McVey sat on it and categorically lied about the findings and statistics. When appeals at tribunal are showing a 80%+ success rate, I don't think we can be so naïve as to believe that the DWP concerns themselves with Justice.

[@gbhxu]

@@jill677 They do reassess people and you can be found "fit for work" at anytime.

[@babyluvbugholls]

This is bogus I’ve been signed of for stress caused by the work assessment capability that deems a single parents with health issues she can’t shift not a problem get bk to work with a daughter going through school start and health issues assessment’s with school and doctors i can deal with my daughter and life but being expected to look for five jobs a week in a rural area when I’m clearly not able to is a joke it makes concentrix look like a tea party 🎉 waiting till 2026 for the ditch of the assessment you have to be joking this system is destroying single parents and has been hounding me since my daughter turned three also i lost her farther at 1 1/2 to suicide shortly after covid to boot i get sicker the more they hound me because it makes me ill mentally and unable to cope!!!!! Im glad we are getting help with cost of living but the fact that a single parent with children gets less money than a drunk on AA help is pathetic and wrong and just what are your taxes paying for think about it! Were not being helped were being ground down to sick mental health and tears and not being able to even be a parent too our ghost risen children stuck in a system that corrupt! 😮😢😢😢

[@donnakeane9819]

Hi I won my court case at tribunal and then I’m still paying bk what the judge award me and back me my payment when I’ve asked debt collection DWP why do I have a 20.50 a mth being taken off my universal credit they say universal credit told them to take it I also was award £2345 and DWP said I owed then £5436 even though they took my £2345 as they said they can do that as I owe them money but no one can tell me what I’m paying bk and I believe it is my backdated money of the judge it says on my journal an over payment of benifits I have paid back any advance and that isn’t nearly £8000 I’ve never been over paid and they won’t tell me what I’m paying back

[@DiddyWheldon]

❤

[@captiv8ing1]

I'm disabled due to a car accident and I can't find work that will hire me. I am very clever and have a degree just a bit older in my early 50s. I am not getting anything.

[@boota1979]

@captiv8ing1 Oh gosh that's awful. I worked for many years in adult social care and would strongly recommend you contact your local council's adult social care function and explain your situation. They are experts and will help you in anyway they can, you only have to ask, they most certainly have staff who will help you access any benefits that are available to you and any other help and assistance you need. The very best of luck. 👍

[@captiv8ing1]

@@boota1979 thank you.

[@Faithful1]

I’ve recently been put under the “Limited capacity for work” when taking the capability for work assessment I’ve also had my PIP interview but I’ve heard it’s hard to claim PIP they turn you down more often than not and you have to appeal for it or something when they turn you down.

[@stuarthill2386]

Disco Stu, is telling you, that's a cool poster ;)

[@astromags584]

I have just had the letter of work capability reassessment, it is really stressful and I hope I have filled it in properly should have listened to this video before I did it.

[@aracellyidowu7945]

Tha k you very informative, I find that benefits forms are very confusing including criteria to claim benefits.

[@juliahurley8311]

Thankyou for sharing 😊

[@juzcol79]

my best friend has been getting benefits reduced for 3 yers now alleged overpayments two they have refused details,e vidence and financial statements saying it is from 2006, and 2008, it has meant she can not pay for basic charges and has been made homeless as a result, they did this back in 2006 and succeededin that and again in 2020 , 2021, she has been blocked from all the courts, as well , JR, tribunals etc, court of appeal... alleged fraud and social fund , they have denied her any details whatsoever. for years. any advice ??

[@papichuckle]

What happens if you've already got lcw when it gets scrapped

[@IamBATMAN2024]

They’re gonna take a bit off us every month until we’re back on normal uc. Then we have to apply for pip and if we fail.. that’s it. We can appeal though obviously.

[@IamBATMAN2024]

They won’t just strip us right from it.

[@papichuckle]

@@IamBATMAN2024 wdym lcw you don't get extra money that's lcwra

[@IamBATMAN2024]

@@papichuckle I thought you meant lcwra

[@HA05GER]

​@@papichuckleyou do if you've been on it a long while it just new claims that don't .

[@rust23432]

Question if any one can help. Can universal credit take in to account that I am on PiP when applying for any loans ?

[@IamBATMAN2024]

It wont matter. If you’re on Uc you’re on Uc

[@TA13OOlover911]

Is this in Scotland too????

[@starlaeuropa]

They set up my assessment by phone. Only thing was, my mum died unexpectedly only a couple of days before they called. I was a mess and had forgotten all about the assessment - did they offer condolences or reschedule? Of course not - the assessor ignored what I said and told me that I HAD TO go ahead anyway. I was alone, and they took advantage of my weakened state, with nobody to support me. Of course I was deemed to be 100% mentally healthy, and was in no state to appeal. Put me off ever wanting to apply for state support again....

[@StuartMcGoo]

This just beggars belief, and yet its true of so many. I'm horrified and yet unsurprised. So sorry to hear what you're going through.

[@jasonpip5417]

I am diagnosed with several issues..dwp is forcing my to work in a factory..i have serious social anxiety..( and no .im not making excuses) ive tried unaliving twice cos of it..

[@danielstannard5621]

I've just been assessed last Friday not Friday just gone but the Friday before I suffer with mental health depression anxiety I got declared unfit for work last Monday and theh said I may get more cash but went to check my uc today to see what I was getting on the 7th 1135 that has to pay my rent 795 61.00 gas and electricity 40.50 phone 26.22 broadband 25 TV 25 water 20 travel as donr get free travel for appointments I then after that have to live of just over £100 to get food and toiletries is this correct whag a joke from the 7th to the 7rh of each month how can someone like me live of this

[@HA05GER]

I suffer with severe anxiety and got pip and lcwra so hopefully you will get something shouldn't have to live on that pittance

[@danielstannard5621]

@@HA05GER so angry over £100 pounds ti live of the 7th to the 7th this is no joke

[@HA05GER]

@@danielstannard5621 yup it really does take the piss. I have four children and we had about £250-300 to live off it was hard but we did it. It will get better just try not to stress about it. I was literally bed bound due to my constant anxiety symptoms so wasn't anything I could really do about it but we managed and I'm sure you will. Good luck

[@paul_my_plumbs_uk]

My cost of living payment is already spent 😂😂😂

[@robbiel8677]

"cost of living payment" what a joke. Its fuck all really. Reminds me of a joke I heard from I think jimmy carr. "That money was the difference between living in poverty and living in poverty with a playstation."

[@danielstannard5621]

They offered me one advance a few.months ago of 16.92 since then ive been told after paying this back there r no advances for me at this time what a joke even though i payed the last one back of 16.92

[@sethbell6254]

Good man!