Starmer stood for the leadership of the Labour Party on socialist principles and once elected ditched those policies. I personally don’t recognise his incarnation of the Labour Party but a continuation of the neoliberal free markets. And the removal of winter fuel allowances and the resurrection of the snooping charter bill underscores that view..
Personally I’ve been saying it for over 20 years now, there is no difference between the Labour Party and the conservatives it’s just a different flavour of how they try to screw you over. To clarify I don’t just limited to labour and Conservatives it’s all parties their all as bad as each other.
@@angturner8865 The government aren't stupid, introducing vouchers to the public would turn into multi Billion pound racket, it would be easy to sell them.
My mate is quitting as a mental health nurse. Job coaches will have to be guarded putting more stain on mental health nurses. He's quitting at the right moment IMO.
Thanks again for all the advice you give us Stu , and I really hope you are feeling better. This psychotic government ( and people more qualified than I have judged them to be so ) are causing far more problems than they are solving and I know from reading other peoples posts around the internet and my own experience that they are causing our mental and physical health to plummet. I wake up some days and come across ' the latest information ' to drip out of the DWP and have panic attacks and can't stop crying , then that leads to my M.E flaring up and I'm in physical and emotional agony before the day has even begun. My mind keeps going back to a certain German political party who said " Work Shall Set You Free " and how that same party taught school children that those who were sick and disabled were " economically inactive " and were of no worth to society. It seems like every minority under the sun experiences positive discrimination apart from the sick and disabled , anything it seems can be done to us or said about us. If only the average person knew how hard benefits were to get in the first place and secondly the constant worry you live in , scared stiff of losing your only means of survival. NOBODY CHOOSES THIS LIFE / NOBODY CHOOSES TO GET ILL / AND ILL HEALTH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE!
As a member of multiple minorities, including being disabled and chronically I'll, I can tell you I'm negatively discriminated against for ALL of them. The idea that any of us are being positively discriminated against is a lie intended to divide us, because they know minorities are stronger when we stand together. I didn't choose to belong to ANY minorities and I live in fear every day due to all of them.
Labour introduced assessments for thw disabled. Sold our gold off introduced pfi debt to the NHS. They drew up the bedroom tax which the tories introduced. They're no better!
Beard is looking well. I have just received my immigration letter I am on the highest level of ESA no work club after I spoke to citizens advice I have found out by migrating on to universal credit I will be £260 worth off each month. And then I was informed they make up the difference for 12 months then that's it. As for PIP I am only praying they do not take that money off of me otherwise I will not be able to continue looking after myself. 🙏 As always thank you Stu. I don't recall being asked by the DWP anything about how I would like my PIP payments made out to me.
They said the Transitional protection would continue until the increments equaled it all out not just for 12 months. Who told you you it’s only for 12 months??
@@dorothaj when they got in touch through the silly online portal they were asking for my sick partner to attend interviews for identity. I did the claim for both me and her. I said no to coming to an identity interview and said I could have someone come out as she was in the support group of ESA. The person online agreed and stated the claim would take longer, this was untrue, as a few days later I received a call to arrange a day and time. The person came, my partner was in bed a sleep. The woman went ahead with checking ID and left. Not a word spoken to my partner.
@@dorothaj I did think they were trying to see if my partner was as unwell as claimed. She suffers BPD, psychosis and other mental issues. She also suffers from fybro and couple of other physical issues. As for documents we verified ID online, but they still wanted my wife to ID at the DWP. I just said no send someone.
@@dorothaj I spoke to a helpline who claimed only 1 in 10 get asked to interviews. Then after I explained my situation they apologised and said I feel scared for you. This was at the beginning of the process. Now I understand why they said it. This isn’t a migration it’s a new claim for a different benefit. I started on Sept 18th and finished Oct 24th today at 1.48 pm. I hope you have better luck than we did and we are the 1 in 10.
@@littlebubbie726 thanks for your input. I also verified digitally. I was wondering if you ever hear from them before the 5 week deadline they give you. I was on JSA but progressively got unwell and had a doctor issue me fit note. I was given UC50 form. Which is stressful on its own.
Who is shocked at how bad the Labour Party are? Starmer is toast, Reeves will be out in a year along with Starmer. Kendall is like putting a fox in charge of the chikens. Never been so ashamed of Labour.
The proposed voucher scheme will not apply in Scotland as most living here who were on PiP have been moved to ADP or will be in process of moving soon 👍
Good to see you back Stu. Loved tonight's informative video and you're comments, all of which hit the button!!! I hope you're feeling a little stronger. Thanks for looking out for us all 🫶
15:18 they aren’t giving me enough to pay for heating let alone anything else so I’m wondering how they are managing to overpay people in the first place?
21:15 so one thing that’s worth noting is the letter you get is wrong in its wording, my letter said that my at the time carers allowance and income support was been MERGED into universal credit which meant I was really confused when I started looking for a link to merge my benefits as there isn’t a merge option, your actually setting up a completely new claim for UC but the letter dosnt tell you that.
When my income support and housing benefit was migrated to Universal Credit one of the questions asked was how much i had in savings, as i had £1,25 i put 0. When I was asked to check the UC journal to see when the first payment would be, the form was there, and low and behold in the section msrked savings it said £1,25
They have already been checking my account The investigation is still 9 months on. Your allowed so much but its hard to keep an eye on your accounts. They still treat me guilty before inicent.
Can I please ask how long have you been on UC before they started to review your claim/ accounts? Do they do that during migration process or later on. Ty
Although you are well intentioned, your comment about sectioned people being given job coaches in hospital is misleading, if a patient is in primary they cannot be given job advice. Primary care patients are exempt from these proceedures. Please be aware that this type of rhetoric causes unwell people to panic. Apart from that, you're doing a good job.
This was covered by the BBC. I saw this disgusting topic myself, it was said that job coaches will be visiting the "seriously" mentally ill in hospitals to aid them back into work. It was also on the BBC news app it's not just Stu who's been reporting this.
So what happens if the medical conditions that you have are deteriorating and as such you need to get a PIP review done(as they are affecting how you are able to manage with basic tasks) but you get a letter saying you're going to be migrated to Universal Credit. Seems to me in that situation you're kinda F'd as you have a very limited time to respond to the Universal Credit ppl but the waiting list for PIP reviews is mega long and UC from what you've said will only give you the amount you've been assessed for disability wise when yr UC claim goes thru. So on one hand they are trying to get ppl onto UC asap and it's a shorter process but PIP reviews take forever. My takeaway from this is if yr on PIP and things are getting worse for you when it comes to yr ability to do basic things yr screwed if you get a letter from UC 😥 Please tell me I've got this all wrong Stu! Sorry for the wall of text.
I have no faith in the DWP and Universal Credit, the appication process is not geared to people living with mental health issues. My wife and I have been trying to claim UC since April. The application has been cancelled twice, the first time was reversed on appeal (after five weeks) but was then cancelled again three weeks later. The UC helpline cannot give an estimation because it has been given to a "decision maker and could take between 12 days and 12 months". We were told to reapply whilst the appeal progresses continues. We applied for a third time and after a wait time of three weeks we got an appointment. This time I messed up and missed the appointment (I blame it on the meds but it's 100 my fault this time). We now have two weeks until our appointment to prove our identity. We already did this back in April and neither of us have changed since then. Basically we are we are stuck in administrative hell. Even with the help of a local debt advice charity we are no nearer to getting a resolution. I was hoping that a change of government would ease the process but it appears that the Labour leadership have sold their morality to appease the right wing media for a chance to get into power.
I was told that migration would be automatic. It woudl require no effort or intervention on my part. Does this mean that, if I then have to claim UC in order to be migrated, I will be subject to the 5 week wait for money (I assume Labour has done nothing about that)? Thanks
I'm on both kinds of esa, in support group with sdp and edp and on enhanced pip( both). Is there a form of esa that isn't going to go over to uc but will be deducted from award which would reduce tp b4 deductions.
With the esa migration thing, What do you mean by change in circumstances? Are they going to do a review for everybody when they change to universal credit or do you just get swaped with no review, I bloo.dy can’t stand reviews! 😢
What’s the point in your baked on captions when captions are available if required ? This is a TikTok trend. It’s not useful if you don’t need it. It distracts me and I don’t get the message. Why do I have to read your ‘er’ and ‘sort of’ - if it does not add value, eg if you can’t understand a thick accent - caption it. Otherwise It’s like having a third leg, it’s not useful. Maybe edit out your ‘errr’s and leave the captions off instead. ( why don’t you have a sub frame with someone playing Roblox as well ). I got none of your message
It makes it accessible for people who are hard or hearing, deaf and deafened. Autocaptions are inaccurate, and don't pick up essential words like "DWP." If you don't like it, watch another channel.
Seems rather @ best? Personally I'm in 'end of life care' & getting no 'care' whatsoever! 🤦♂️👎 If things go as they're planning, I'll be dead before anything good comes out of this! The country seems to have become extremely necrophilic🤦♂️👎💔 You shouldn't just have 'concerns', you should be absolutely horrified & terrified @ least!
Talking about Deaths; I'm currently in 'end of life care' & getting no care whatsoever! This is 'very concerning' @ best! I'm terrified! Bedbound! CV313EZ! HELP🙏
This is totally shocking. Absolutely no consideration for capacity. If someone is in a mental hospital they are there to recover, not to be harassed.
Starmer stood for the leadership of the Labour Party on socialist principles and once elected ditched those policies. I personally don’t recognise his incarnation of the Labour Party but a continuation of the neoliberal free markets. And the removal of winter fuel allowances and the resurrection of the snooping charter bill underscores that view..
Correct..not whatone expects from a socialist government!
Personally I’ve been saying it for over 20 years now, there is no difference between the Labour Party and the conservatives it’s just a different flavour of how they try to screw you over.
To clarify I don’t just limited to labour and Conservatives it’s all parties their all as bad as each other.
Yeah go for the most vulnerable people like always.
Low hanging fruit.
They already look at bank accounts they just making it public
Absolute Bullshit! Questioning people in Psychiatric Care! 🤦🏻♀️
I thought that too when i read it. it doesn't make any sense
labour will dismantle the welfare state
Good luck with that
Cash is more flexible than vouchers! Vouchers mean a middle man skimming money off the top.
They won't introduce pip vouchers because there would be a black market for them overnight.
@@gambrydew2059 Its the same with Food Stamps in the USA.
Bet the companieswouldbe run by their "friends " at the inflated prices too.
@@angturner8865 The government aren't stupid, introducing vouchers to the public would turn into multi Billion pound racket, it would be easy to sell them.
@@angturner8865 I thought the same, Starmer is the continuity Prime Minister for austerity kicking the poor and disabled,worse than the Tories.
My mate is quitting as a mental health nurse. Job coaches will have to be guarded putting more stain on mental health nurses. He's quitting at the right moment IMO.
you are so calming and insightful, so grateful for you, bless you x
Thanks again for all the advice you give us Stu , and I really hope you are feeling better. This psychotic government ( and people more qualified than I have judged them to be so ) are causing far more problems than they are solving and I know from reading other peoples posts around the internet and my own experience that they are causing our mental and physical health to plummet. I wake up some days and come across ' the latest information ' to drip out of the DWP and have panic attacks and can't stop crying , then that leads to my M.E flaring up and I'm in physical and emotional agony before the day has even begun. My mind keeps going back to a certain German political party who said " Work Shall Set You Free " and how that same party taught school children that those who were sick and disabled were " economically inactive " and were of no worth to society.
It seems like every minority under the sun experiences positive discrimination apart from the sick and disabled , anything it seems can be done to us or said about us. If only the average person knew how hard benefits were to get in the first place and secondly the constant worry you live in , scared stiff of losing your only means of survival. NOBODY CHOOSES THIS LIFE / NOBODY CHOOSES TO GET ILL / AND ILL HEALTH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE!
As a member of multiple minorities, including being disabled and chronically I'll, I can tell you I'm negatively discriminated against for ALL of them. The idea that any of us are being positively discriminated against is a lie intended to divide us, because they know minorities are stronger when we stand together. I didn't choose to belong to ANY minorities and I live in fear every day due to all of them.
Job coaches sent into Mental health Hospitals. Most ludicrous thing ive heard from Labour in what...... a few mins. Now it all makes sense.
Don’t think their staff would be brave enough to go on any nhs mental health ward, they can be pretty wild and scarey af
@@kazyjacko40yep as someone that has been sectioned due to bipolar I can agree and things can go south very quickly
Thank you for all your advice and help 🙏
🤣 Expletives inserted here: C***S!
Thanks Stu 👍
Labour introduced assessments for thw disabled. Sold our gold off introduced pfi debt to the NHS. They drew up the bedroom tax which the tories introduced. They're no better!
Good to have you back Stu 😊
Thank you Stu. Good info
Thank you so much for your amazing advice and help.
Thanks so much Stu. So clear and informative. Yes, worrying, but forewarned is forearmed!!! Eyes open everyone, no fear.
Beard is looking well. I have just received my immigration letter I am on the highest level of ESA no work club after I spoke to citizens advice I have found out by migrating on to universal credit I will be £260 worth off each month. And then I was informed they make up the difference for 12 months then that's it. As for PIP I am only praying they do not take that money off of me otherwise I will not be able to continue looking after myself. 🙏 As always thank you Stu. I don't recall being asked by the DWP anything about how I would like my PIP payments made out to me.
I was on the understanding that if your ESA was more than UC, you stayed at the ESA rate until UC was more
They said the Transitional protection would continue until the increments equaled it all out not just for 12 months. Who told you you it’s only for 12 months??
Just migrated, what a bloody nightmare. Never been so stressed and worn out in my life and I care for someone with BPD and associated illnesses.
Did DWP ask any questions? Did you have an interview pls? I am in a process waiting to find out if all my documents were submitted correctly.
@@dorothaj when they got in touch through the silly online portal they were asking for my sick partner to attend interviews for identity. I did the claim for both me and her. I said no to coming to an identity interview and said I could have someone come out as she was in the support group of ESA. The person online agreed and stated the claim would take longer, this was untrue, as a few days later I received a call to arrange a day and time. The person came, my partner was in bed a sleep. The woman went ahead with checking ID and left. Not a word spoken to my partner.
@@dorothaj I did think they were trying to see if my partner was as unwell as claimed. She suffers BPD, psychosis and other mental issues. She also suffers from fybro and couple of other physical issues. As for documents we verified ID online, but they still wanted my wife to ID at the DWP. I just said no send someone.
@@dorothaj I spoke to a helpline who claimed only 1 in 10 get asked to interviews. Then after I explained my situation they apologised and said I feel scared for you. This was at the beginning of the process. Now I understand why they said it. This isn’t a migration it’s a new claim for a different benefit. I started on Sept 18th and finished Oct 24th today at 1.48 pm. I hope you have better luck than we did and we are the 1 in 10.
@@littlebubbie726 thanks for your input. I also verified digitally. I was wondering if you ever hear from them before the 5 week deadline they give you. I was on JSA but progressively got unwell and had a doctor issue me fit note. I was given UC50 form. Which is stressful on its own.
My Post Office told me that Horizon's mistakes are still regularly occuring, but they are not being blamed for the discrepancies.
Who is shocked at how bad the Labour Party are? Starmer is toast, Reeves will be out in a year along with Starmer. Kendall is like putting a fox in charge of the chikens. Never been so ashamed of Labour.
The proposed voucher scheme will not apply in Scotland as most living here who were on PiP have been moved to ADP or will be in process of moving soon 👍
We should all move to Scotland.
Good to see you back Stu. Loved tonight's informative video and you're comments, all of which hit the button!!! I hope you're feeling a little stronger. Thanks for looking out for us all 🫶
15:18 they aren’t giving me enough to pay for heating let alone anything else so I’m wondering how they are managing to overpay people in the first place?
Orwells 1984 rings more and more true.
21:15 so one thing that’s worth noting is the letter you get is wrong in its wording, my letter said that my at the time carers allowance and income support was been MERGED into universal credit which meant I was really confused when I started looking for a link to merge my benefits as there isn’t a merge option, your actually setting up a completely new claim for UC but the letter dosnt tell you that.
I hope Government sees sense and do the right decision 🙏
Can i just say some of my MH meds absolutely zonk me out. How could they possibly think i was fit for work and be safe in a work place?
So instead of supporting people with mental health they’ll hurt them more, I’ve just about had enough
When my income support and housing benefit was migrated to Universal Credit one of the questions asked was how much i had in savings, as i had £1,25 i put 0. When I was asked to check the UC journal to see when the first payment would be, the form was there, and low and behold in the section msrked savings it said £1,25
That's hilarious but not funny
22 billion black hole? Most of it sitting in 4star hotels getting free everything.
yeah, of course it's the fault of migrant workers that we've had the Tories in the power for the last 14 years, absolutely wrecking the economy.
They have already been checking my account The investigation is still 9 months on. Your allowed so much but its hard to keep an eye on your accounts. They still treat me guilty before inicent.
Can I please ask how long have you been on UC before they started to review your claim/ accounts? Do they do that during migration process or later on. Ty
It’s the stress from the dwp, that’s pushing people to the edge, and now they are moving into your recovery home, nice move, idiots
Kendal lies like the rest of them
Kendall won't be nice with her benefit cuts.
She's the new Esther McVey.
Thank you Stu…xx
They are not yet going to bring in vouchers it is only in discussion
PIP vouchers will not happen in Scotland so everybody get your backside up to Scotland
Although you are well intentioned, your comment about sectioned people being given job coaches in hospital is misleading, if a patient is in primary they cannot be given job advice. Primary care patients are exempt from these proceedures. Please be aware that this type of rhetoric causes unwell people to panic. Apart from that, you're doing a good job.
This was covered by the BBC. I saw this disgusting topic myself, it was said that job coaches will be visiting the "seriously" mentally ill in hospitals to aid them back into work. It was also on the BBC news app it's not just Stu who's been reporting this.
@@Gilly.T.9020 thanks for letting me known the msm are trying to sow fear.
Fraud regarding pip was 0.1 last year
So what happens if the medical conditions that you have are deteriorating and as such you need to get a PIP review done(as they are affecting how you are able to manage with basic tasks) but you get a letter saying you're going to be migrated to Universal Credit. Seems to me in that situation you're kinda F'd as you have a very limited time to respond to the Universal Credit ppl but the waiting list for PIP reviews is mega long and UC from what you've said will only give you the amount you've been assessed for disability wise when yr UC claim goes thru. So on one hand they are trying to get ppl onto UC asap and it's a shorter process but PIP reviews take forever. My takeaway from this is if yr on PIP and things are getting worse for you when it comes to yr ability to do basic things yr screwed if you get a letter from UC 😥 Please tell me I've got this all wrong Stu! Sorry for the wall of text.
if they want to put this stupid bill through then surely they have to leave the echr first
I have no faith in the DWP and Universal Credit, the appication process is not geared to people living with mental health issues. My wife and I have been trying to claim UC since April. The application has been cancelled twice, the first time was reversed on appeal (after five weeks) but was then cancelled again three weeks later. The UC helpline cannot give an estimation because it has been given to a "decision maker and could take between 12 days and 12 months". We were told to reapply whilst the appeal progresses continues.
We applied for a third time and after a wait time of three weeks we got an appointment. This time I messed up and missed the appointment (I blame it on the meds but it's 100 my fault this time). We now have two weeks until our appointment to prove our identity. We already did this back in April and neither of us have changed since then. Basically we are we are stuck in administrative hell. Even with the help of a local debt advice charity we are no nearer to getting a resolution. I was hoping that a change of government would ease the process but it appears that the Labour leadership have sold their morality to appease the right wing media for a chance to get into power.
I was told that migration would be automatic. It woudl require no effort or intervention on my part.
Does this mean that, if I then have to claim UC in order to be migrated, I will be subject to the 5 week wait for money (I assume Labour has done nothing about that)?
Thanks
I think you get paid for the first 2 weeks after you claim then it's a 3 week wait after that.
It clearly states on the HMRC page that everyone will be moved to UC by the end of 2024
People on certain benefits will migrate over by the end of December 2024, the rest by the end of December 2025.
No businesses will take on people who have a lot of time off. They usually sack them
Which is why Comrade starmer has had employment laws changed
Thanks Stu 😊
Welcome back
Many thanks for the info and love your beard....
So, on universal credit, do we have to submit the bank statements/driving licence when requested?
Always but they know anyway what you have.
@Napoleonwilson1973 how do they know what we have? If they have the right to see our bank accounts, why ask to download my statements?
Yes, we submit 4 months worth of banks statements. Two Utility billes for id will be OK!!!!!!👍❤
You have to give your bank details when you claim for any benefit.
@@louisegreen5711 even if you or already on say UC, you still have to give the DWP 4 months worth of bank statements. ❤️
any work coach turning up at a hospital bed i may be unfortunate to find myself in will be told to do one.
They going to change the work capability assessment to make it all but impossible to claim any disability benefits.
I'm on both kinds of esa, in support group with sdp and edp and on enhanced pip( both).
Is there a form of esa that isn't going to go over to uc but will be deducted from award which would reduce tp b4 deductions.
if they moved us to vouchers its just more control over what we can or cannot eat and spend our money on
With the esa migration thing, What do you mean by change in circumstances? Are they going to do a review for everybody when they change to universal credit or do you just get swaped with no review, I bloo.dy can’t stand reviews! 😢
They have cards in the US..they are toppwd up electronally every month, I believe.
👍
What about depresion peles
What’s the point in your baked on captions when captions are available if required ? This is a TikTok trend. It’s not useful if you don’t need it. It distracts me and I don’t get the message.
Why do I have to read your ‘er’ and ‘sort of’ - if it does not add value, eg if you can’t understand a thick accent - caption it. Otherwise It’s like having a third leg, it’s not useful.
Maybe edit out your ‘errr’s and leave the captions off instead.
( why don’t you have a sub frame with someone playing Roblox as well ).
I got none of your message
It makes it accessible for people who are hard or hearing, deaf and deafened. Autocaptions are inaccurate, and don't pick up essential words like "DWP." If you don't like it, watch another channel.
Seems rather @ best?
Personally I'm in 'end of life care' & getting no 'care' whatsoever!
🤦♂️👎
If things go as they're planning, I'll be dead before anything good comes out of this!
The country seems to have become extremely necrophilic🤦♂️👎💔
You shouldn't just have 'concerns',
you should be absolutely horrified & terrified @ least!
Seems rather nefarious @ best!
Talking about Deaths; I'm currently in 'end of life care' & getting no care whatsoever!
This is 'very concerning' @ best!
I'm terrified!
Bedbound!
CV313EZ!
HELP🙏
They've recently bullied me into accepting that the next time my heart stops, they're not going to be doing anything to help!
🤦♂️👎🙏
i 6 people in my small area of 35 houses that are committing fraud
I keep reading that we have to wait till april 2025 for anything to happen is this true?
What ever labour decide what to do with pip won't be straight away, it could take up to 18-24 months to completely change pip or get rid of it.
@gambrydew2059 o ok I was thinking it changes straight away like the winter payment they took of old ppl
how can people with MH disabilities severe crippled morning, foggy etc be expected to work!!!!!
Thank you Stu.