I have epilepsy and Complex PTSD and the idea of vouchers is the most ridiculous idea. Can you use vouchers for a taxi or trains, meds, therapy? I don’t like the idea of virtual money either. How about stop people on universal credit taking the absolute piss there are so many sketchy claims. What if you don’t live on your own or you live with parents? Should I use my pip to pay all service charges?
Universal credit is a system that can be manipulated by the beneficiary & definitely needs to be looked at. If someone lives with their parents, they could effectively 'sell' the utility bill discount to them.
@@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan that is so convoluted and if you’re selling your virtual money and living with an elderly parent it could well affect their benefits. I think providing funds allows for the most flexibility. Particularly for someone with multiple conditions, why are we looking to make the lives of people that need support with problems such as epilepsy, autistic spectrum disorder, complex ptsd and I’m victim of domestic violence. All this does is make an already extremely difficult living conditions and make them worse. Just to clarify I’ve worked for 24 years and I’m aged 40. I’ve worked and paid high NI and 40% tax for the last 15 years. It grinds my gears and this new government grinds my gears. This government is penalising some of our most vulnerable citizens and mean while the immigration figures are out of control. How about telling all but those claiming asylum to escape war or political asylum must return to Europe. Maybe spend some money on patrolling the channel effectively. And, that all potential asylum seekers must do so outside of British territory, so all those arriving illegally will be immediately deported.
@LeChimp-jg6fh Im in total agreement for keeping a cash-based system; my idea is an alternative to the voucher scheme, which is ridiculous. The idea of 'selling' it is literally an idea - it's all ideas; of course the government would try and stifle any way around it. Alternatively, the younger generations who are not house owners/renters can continue with their benefit (equivalent to under 16 version of PIP) I'd like to say that immigration is a very small issue in the grand scheme of things. A lot of these people are equally as vulnerable as those on PIP and certain disability benefits, so would have to be ALL treated equally. We need to start putting the 'human' back into humanity 😢
No the way forward is to understand that we are the same as everyone else but need extra help Just leave us alone & carry on paying us our PIP money stop getting in to our business People shouldn't judge they don't walk in our shoes The same way working people have money to spend on what ever they want We that are different should not be restricted to vouchers Labour party should be cast out There going to be war if this goes ahead & it won't be sweet Putting restrictions on people lives is totally wrong & degrading We allowed choices like everyone else it's our human right
people like me who pays for everything via support i dont leave the house i have no online benefit place to see what i have as i have no internet hears what my life is...direct payment to a daily support worker who only takes real money, then a daily support who will use real money to buy my daily fresh food meals cooked for me dinner and tea also is paid in real money not virtual in fact anything i get from PIP is used for my support on a daily basis my bills come from my benefit so really if changes are brought out then they must cover everyone in the changes to include myself who has agoraphobia, auditory hallucinations by sycosis which is voices telling me to kill 24/7. i also suffer from deep anxiety among other mental health issues, so do you see my needs being met with the option of virtual money idea?
im not sure if you are trying to be offensive to people with disabilities but your on benefits yet this idea of virtually money going into a persons universal online record that has no banking services attached but you want to send virtual payments to utility company's so really they never get a payment of anything from your household but in return you want to never pay tax again in return for this idea but you dont pay tax now and how do you pay for direct support for personal care and direct payments to have my shopping bought and returned with the care worker via a taxi this is among the other hundred reasons why virtual or vouchers will never work
I'm not trying to be offensive, I have disabilities myself, and I am also on PIP & other disability benefits. I do pay tax, yes. And I have paid tax for all of my life. The 'never pay tax again' was a bit tongue-in-cheek (the idea popped in my head from the film 'Armageddon') I agree that a voucher system will never work, so my idea is purely an option so that at least we have the option to reduce our utility bills, which we all have to pay.
@@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan No thank you. My PIP is there specifically to serve my disabilities. It was originally set up by Margaret Thatcher in the 80s (as DLA, Disability Living Allowance) to compensate disabled people for the lack of accessibility in society. Rather than make entrances, stairs, telephones, signs, transport, buildings, vital services and amenities accessible, disabled people were paid a sum of money to purchase our own solutions-ramps, braille typewriters, time with sign language interpreters, etc. Apologies for my straightforwardness, but having my gas bill paid won’t bridge the gap between trains & platforms or create more than one seat at either end of a train for colleagues, friends or couples to sit together just because they happen to use wheelchairs. It won’t allow us to purchase our adapted council homes so we can get on the property ladder and create intergenerational wealth. For once the problem is not wealthy people oversubscribing to PIP; no amount of disposable income brings the front door closer when the entry access buzzer to your child’s school is installed at the top of a flight of stairs. There isn’t a shortfall in PIP, only a shortfall in justice & understanding within government especially, and society as a whole.
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I don't want to buy goods in places I never go to. Again he is looking out for his friends that bribe him
Totally understand 👍
I have epilepsy and Complex PTSD and the idea of vouchers is the most ridiculous idea. Can you use vouchers for a taxi or trains, meds, therapy? I don’t like the idea of virtual money either. How about stop people on universal credit taking the absolute piss there are so many sketchy claims. What if you don’t live on your own or you live with parents? Should I use my pip to pay all service charges?
Universal credit is a system that can be manipulated by the beneficiary & definitely needs to be looked at.
If someone lives with their parents, they could effectively 'sell' the utility bill discount to them.
@@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan that is so convoluted and if you’re selling your virtual money and living with an elderly parent it could well affect their benefits. I think providing funds allows for the most flexibility. Particularly for someone with multiple conditions, why are we looking to make the lives of people that need support with problems such as epilepsy, autistic spectrum disorder, complex ptsd and I’m victim of domestic violence. All this does is make an already extremely difficult living conditions and make them worse. Just to clarify I’ve worked for 24 years and I’m aged 40. I’ve worked and paid high NI and 40% tax for the last 15 years. It grinds my gears and this new government grinds my gears. This government is penalising some of our most vulnerable citizens and mean while the immigration figures are out of control. How about telling all but those claiming asylum to escape war or political asylum must return to Europe. Maybe spend some money on patrolling the channel effectively. And, that all potential asylum seekers must do so outside of British territory, so all those arriving illegally will be immediately deported.
@LeChimp-jg6fh
Im in total agreement for keeping a cash-based system; my idea is an alternative to the voucher scheme, which is ridiculous.
The idea of 'selling' it is literally an idea - it's all ideas; of course the government would try and stifle any way around it.
Alternatively, the younger generations who are not house owners/renters can continue with their benefit (equivalent to under 16 version of PIP)
I'd like to say that immigration is a very small issue in the grand scheme of things. A lot of these people are equally as vulnerable as those on PIP and certain disability benefits, so would have to be ALL treated equally.
We need to start putting the 'human' back into humanity 😢
No the way forward is to understand that we are the same as everyone else but need extra help
Just leave us alone & carry on paying us our PIP money stop getting in to our business
People shouldn't judge they don't walk in our shoes
The same way working people have money to spend on what ever they want
We that are different should not be restricted to vouchers
Labour party should be cast out
There going to be war if this goes ahead & it won't be sweet
Putting restrictions on people lives is totally wrong & degrading
We allowed choices like everyone else it's our human right
Totally agree - cash system just seems to be the easiest for us beneficiaries.
people like me who pays for everything via support i dont leave the house i have no online benefit place to see what i have as i have no internet hears what my life is...direct payment to a daily support worker who only takes real money, then a daily support who will use real money to buy my daily fresh food meals cooked for me dinner and tea also is paid in real money not virtual in fact anything i get from PIP is used for my support on a daily basis my bills come from my benefit so really if changes are brought out then they must cover everyone in the changes to include myself who has agoraphobia, auditory hallucinations by sycosis which is voices telling me to kill 24/7. i also suffer from deep anxiety among other mental health issues, so do you see my needs being met with the option of virtual money idea?
im not sure if you are trying to be offensive to people with disabilities but your on benefits yet this idea of virtually money going into a persons universal online record that has no banking services attached but you want to send virtual payments to utility company's so really they never get a payment of anything from your household but in return you want to never pay tax again in return for this idea but you dont pay tax now and how do you pay for direct support for personal care and direct payments to have my shopping bought and returned with the care worker via a taxi this is among the other hundred reasons why virtual or vouchers will never work
I'm not trying to be offensive, I have disabilities myself, and I am also on PIP & other disability benefits.
I do pay tax, yes. And I have paid tax for all of my life. The 'never pay tax again' was a bit tongue-in-cheek (the idea popped in my head from the film 'Armageddon')
I agree that a voucher system will never work, so my idea is purely an option so that at least we have the option to reduce our utility bills, which we all have to pay.
Makes it easier not easy,so carers and cleaning ladies are going to accept vouchers,not a chance
Vouchers would be a nightmare for everyone, but with my idea, you would still use normal cash.
Easy solution rich people shouldnt need to claim pip yet they do
That would be a very easy solution, but it would then be a question of where does the threshold sit? At what point is someone classed as rich?
@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan I don't know what the threshold should be but a millionaire shouldn't get it but they do
@@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan
No thank you. My PIP is there specifically to serve my disabilities.
It was originally set up by Margaret Thatcher in the 80s (as DLA, Disability Living Allowance) to compensate disabled people for the lack of accessibility in society.
Rather than make entrances, stairs, telephones, signs, transport, buildings, vital services and amenities accessible, disabled people were paid a sum of money to purchase our own solutions-ramps, braille typewriters, time with sign language interpreters, etc.
Apologies for my straightforwardness, but having my gas bill paid won’t bridge the gap between trains & platforms or create more than one seat at either end of a train for colleagues, friends or couples to sit together just because they happen to use wheelchairs.
It won’t allow us to purchase our adapted council homes so we can get on the property ladder and create intergenerational wealth.
For once the problem is not wealthy people oversubscribing to PIP; no amount of disposable income brings the front door closer when the entry access buzzer to your child’s school is installed at the top of a flight of stairs.
There isn’t a shortfall in PIP, only a shortfall in justice & understanding within government especially, and society as a whole.
What are you on about???
The government are potentially changing PIP cash payments to voucher payments after a review due to increasing costs.
Fake news
What part do you feel is fake news?