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346young people</a> </span> 347 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/04/07/dwp-refuses-to-release-secret-survey-information/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-04-07T11:35:11+00:00">April 7, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 348 <a href="2022/04/07/dwp-refuses-to-release-secret-survey-information/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP Refuses To Release Secret Survey Information</h1></a> 349 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 350 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 351</header><!-- .entry-header --> 352 <div class="entry-content"> 353<p>Here we go again.</p> 354<p>The amazing people over at Benefits And Work have made a simple request asking if they can see a copy of the original, unaltered survey on the unmet needs of disabled people. Itâs not a big request, itâs a simple one. </p> 355<p>Sadly their denial can only mean that the DWP are desperate to hide the survey results. This could be because it shows that the needs of disabled people are not being met. To be honest itâs no secret that disabled people are suffering immensely.</p> 356<p>Whilst gloating about their denial to release the results the DWP have also refused to say whether they will publish a separate survey that they have commissioned which focuses on claimantsâ financial situations and what support they may need. </p> 357<p>I can only surmise that the DWP know how important that this information is. Disabled claimants were struggling financially even before the current cost of living crisis began. I suspect that the survey results will be shockingly bad. </p> 358<p></p> 359<p>The cost of living crisis and the huge energy price hikes will massively increase a disabled persons outgoings, with the energy bill for a typical home set to rise £1,971 a year caused by the 54% rise in energy price cap. This already massive price increase is projected to increase even further in October, pushing thousands further into poverty.</p> 360<p></p> 361<p>Many disabled claimants donât have the option of turning their heating and appliances off. Thousands need to keep their homes warmer because of health conditions or run medical equipment which will cause their energy costs to be higher than the average household. </p> 362<p>
362To add salt into the wound council tax bills are increasing, water rates are rising and food bills are also inflating. This will leave many disabled people almost priced out of existence, with no way of being able to keep up with the ever increasing costs.</p> 363<p></p> 364<p>In an ideal world with a supportive DWP system which supported claimants they would want to release information about the inadequacy of the current social security system into the public domain. This would then help claimants and the DWP system to put pressure on politicians to increase the annual uplift and payments.They would also work alongside charities and experts to put pressure on the politicians that make the decisions. </p> 365<p>Back to reality though, we all know that the DWP will always fight in every single way to prevent the truth of their cruel system to be revealed. They donât care about claimants especially disabled claimants. Their priority will always be cutting costs and pushing harmful policies directed by the Conservative government. </p> 366<p>Theres plenty of evidence to support this, people have and will continue to take their own lives as a result of unfair DWP decisions, and now with the cost of living crisis and energy price increases this isnât going to end, and will probably worsen. </p> 367<p>More pressure is needed to beput upon the government and the DWP is desperately needed, especially as we are facing the huge cost of living crisis that many will not survive. </p> 368<p>Benefits And Work are challenging both refusals and will hopefully get the results that are needed. </p> 369<p></p> 370<p>As my friend Rick Burgess says ‘400,000 disabled people across England have been stripped of the right to free insulation, and almost 300,000 are being excluded from the warm home discount. Can you say Democide?â</p> 371<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/04/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8291" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/04/07/dwp-refuses-to-release-secret-survey-information/pexels-photo-8553654-2/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1255" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="a woman in blue denim jacket" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-blue-denim-jacket-8553654/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 372" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/04/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8291"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-blue-denim-jacket-8553654/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 373<p>A huge thank you to Benefits And work for the inspiration for this article, they do amazing work. </p> 374<p>Thanks to Rick Burgess for his quote over on Twitter.</p> 375<p>Want to join a protest? Join The Peoples Assembly over at <a href="http://https//thepeoplesassembly.org.uk">http://https//thepeoplesassembly.org.uk</a></p> 376<p>Want to chat to likeminded people for solidarity and maybe some activism? Head over to <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:manchesterdpac.com</a> Theres lots that you can do there that doesnât always mean attending a physical protest. Online support and campaigning is desperately needed. </p> 377<p></p> 378<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. An online presence is needed and getting truth out there is vitally important. </p> 379<p>I donât receive any funding for the work that I do and like many of you are Iâm struggling financially. </p> 380<p>If you can afford it and would like to donate to keep both the blog and campaign going theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 381<p>Huge thank you to everyone that reads, shares and supports both my blog and campaign. This last year has been truly awful for me and my family. My son dying really was truly awful and I wouldnât have got through this without your support, I wouldnât have got through it without you. <
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398young people</a> </span> 399 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/03/31/rise-in-energy-costs-will-cost-lives-its-time-for-action/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-03-31T08:56:46+00:00">March 31, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-03-31T11:06:47+00:00">March 31, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 400 <a href="2022/03/31/rise-in-energy-costs-will-cost-lives-its-time-for-action/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Rise In Energy Costs Will Cost Lives. Itâs Time For Action.</h1></a> 401 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 402 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 403</header><!-- .entry-header --> 404 <div class="entry-content"> 405<p><br/>No more. Iâm fucking done. The horror stories Iâve heard over the years about people desperately trying to survive under this Tory government have angered me to the point of boiling over. My inbox is full, my Twitter feed is going crazy and my phone hasnât stopped ringing. </p> 406<p>Iâve heard many accounts of how people are already struggling to cope with the massive energy price rises, how the hell are they going to cope after the 1st of April?</p> 407<p> <br/>Yesterday I heard the concerns of a young woman with a baby who is already struggling before the massive cost increase, already paying £40 for three days electric on a prepayment meter just to keep her electric on. </p> 408<p>Another person who used to have a good job at Manchester Airport reduced to borrowing a tenner from a person they never met face to face to put their electric back on so the cheap food they bought wonât spoil.</p> 409<p>A woman who thought she was £400 in credit actually owing £600.</p> 410<p>Remember that this is before the April energy cost increases. So when does it stop? </p> 411<p><br/>When will more people stand up, come with me and my mates and march upon the corridors of power and say no? </p> 412<p>Are we are NOT going to be letting the Tories bend us over and dry-fuck us into oblivion anymore?</p> 413<p><br/>You want me to be less activist? Fine. I will. When the government stops deliberately starving people of the basic necessities of life.</p> 414<p></p> 415<p>This is going to become much worse than anyone could have predicted, thousands of people will no doubt be either thinking of or taking their lives because they canât afford to live and canât find a way out of their situation. </p> 416<p>I predict that they could be thousands of deaths caused by hypothermia and related illnesses. People can no longer afford to buy and run heated blankets. Nor do they have the money to buy warmer clothes.</p> 417<p>Undoubtably there will be thousands of admissions to hospital because of malnutrition related illnesses and diseases. This is already happening, people are already dying from hunger thanks the cruel DWP regime. Already people canât afford to cook meals. This is going to become a whole lot worse than it is now.</p> 418<p></p> 419<p>Homelessness levels will increase dramatically because people are going to be forced to make the choices of heating or eating and not being able to pay their rent or mortgage as well. Itâs not a choice that should have to be made.</p> 420<p></p> 421<p>Can you imagine how heartbreaking it is to have to tell your children that they have to wear coats etc at home because itâs too expensive to heat their home? As youâre reading this a child and their parents will be cold and hungry due to no fault of their own.</p> 422<p></p> 423<p>Can you imagine being disabled or ill and being reliant upon have the heating on to help keep you alive only to find out that that you canât anymore because itâs too expensive to heat their home?</p> 424<p></p> 425<p>To put it bluntly the government doesnât care one bit, hell they arenât even hiding their disdain of working class people. They donât care if we live or die. Rishi Sunak could have done the right thing but instead he chose to force thousands into death, absolute poverty and starvation.</p> 426<p></p> 427<p>We should all be angry about this. This is the ultimate insult to the working class people of this country and we all need to challenge this in whatever way that we can.</p> 428<p>Have you noticed that Iâm angry? Everyone should be.</p> 429<p></p> 430<p>Not only will these price rises be extremely detrimental to the economy, which will most likely will take a massive dive as a result of people will no longer be able to go shopping for basics never-mind luxuries. </p> 431<p>Thousands of small businesses will be forced to shut because of the rising costs as well as some big businesses, forcing workers not already claiming Universal Credit to apply for the first time. This will undoubtably cause emotional and financial distress. </p> 432<p></p> 433<p>For a country to grow its government needs to invest in people, normal people not millionaires to grow the economy and the wellbeing of people. Instead they do the opposite, Sunak preferring to go for short term gains for his pals whilst deliberately ignoring the well-being of the public and the economy. </p> 434<p>Rishi Sunak whilst eyeing up his next job at num 10 has got to be the worst Chancellor Of The Exchequer that weâve ever had. His decisions are unbelievably cruel. <br/></p> 435<p>People will no longer be able to afford to donate to food-banks instead becoming reliant upon them themselves. This will cause the closure of the very places that keep people alive.<br/>People WILL DIE donât ever forget this.</p> 436<p>Itâs already happening. The foodbank trollies in supermarkets are seeing fewer donations.</p> 437<p>We really need to put pressure in the supermarkets to donate the food themselves and not rely upon already poor people to buy the food and then donate it. </p> 438<p></p> 439<p>We also have to remember the 186,000 people that have already died with Covid 19 mentioned on their death certificate. People are still dying and we must never forget this.</p> 440<p>Remember that all this is a political choice made by millionaires designed to inflict cruelty upon the poorest and most vulnerable </p> 441<p>Itâs time to get angry, to take action and campaign for a much fairer society. </p> 442<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/03/pexels-photo-2990644.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8273" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/03/31/rise-in-energy-costs-will-cost-lives-its-time-for-action/pexels-photo-2990644/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-2990644.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="climate sign outside blur" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Markus Spiske on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/climate-sign-outside-blur-2990644/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 443" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-2990644.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-2990644.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/03/pexels-photo-2990644.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8273"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Markus Spiske on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/climate-sign-outside-blur-2990644/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 444<p></p> 445<p>Please read, share, tweet and email this blog post. We have to raise as much awareness as possible and now is the perfect time to do it. </p> 446<p>Want to join a protest? Join one of the Peoples Assembly marches on the 2nd April. Find out more at <a href="https://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/">https://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk</a></p> 447<p>Want to chat to likeminded people and join a protest? Head over to <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:manchesterdpac.com</a> Theres lots that you can do and you will find solidarity. </p> 448<p></p> 449<p>I donât receive any funding for the work that I do, and to say that itâs a struggle is an understatement. If you can afford to and you would like to donate to my campaign and blog theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 450<p>Massive thanks to everyone that does and has supported my campaign and blog. Without you I couldnât do this. </p> 451<p>Big thanks to my friend Lucy for being the inspiration for this article and for yesterdays tweets. </p>
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476ing and possibly targeting him. Believe me this has happened in the past, I recorded it in a blog many years ago. </p> 477<p>Bill lives on his own after being his mothers sole carer. Sadly his mother died and he now lives alone. Bill doesnât have a lot, a mobile phone and a television that was gifted to him. Sadly its a smart tv so he can only access the bare minimum of channels.</p> 478<p> You might ask why this matters, after all things like this apparently arenât important. I, however believe that it is important because it gives a person some sense of normality, maybe a bit of enjoyment. When youâre excluded from what others class as normal it has a distinct affect on your mental wellbeing, thus making life that bit more difficult.</p> 479<p>Bill doesnât have access to the internet at home and relies upon his mobile phone for everything. Some say that this is a luxury but it isnât. Itâs a necessity and the DWP will sanction claimants that donât have a phone and or access to the internet. </p> 480<p>I took Bill for a cuppa, I sometimes do this because its a nice thing to do, something that so many wonât be able to do after April, it was then when he told me about his concerns. Heâs quite rightly concerned about how heâs going to be able to pay his essential bills, not anything that you could class as a luxury. Itâs the bare essentials that he needs to survive. </p> 481<p>Bill also shared his health concerns with me and how difficult its become to get an appointment with a doctor and how hard it is for him to get his repeat prescription. </p> 482<p>Whilst many doctors surgeries in the UK offer telephone consultations as well as face to face ones its become near impossible to do this because his surgery doesnât offer an online service and nor do they send his repeat description digitally over to a chemist of his choice. Instead heâs left to struggle collecting his prescription up and handing it to a chemist to be processed. </p> 483<p></p> 484<p></p> 485<p>We discussed the spring budget and how awful it is for unemployed and disabled people, also for people on a bare minimum wage. </p> 486<p></p> 487<p>The truth is that Sunak doesnât care and it this was reflected in his spring statement. </p> 488<p></p> 489<p>Whilst we are faced with an energy cost crisis which will undoubtably plunge at least 10 million people into fuel poverty, leaving them without the means to heat their homes. </p> 490<p>Sunak provided nothing to support low income households and people claiming any type of benefit or pension. </p> 491<p>On the contrary Sunak has uprated benefits and pensions only by 3.1% which was last Octoberâs inflation rate. This is not the 7% rate of inflation which will be the upcoming over the next few months. By doing this Sunak has directly made 9 million of the poorest and most vulnerable people approximately £500 poorer.</p> 492<p>Neither can we forget the £1000 a year Sunak took from Universal Credit recipients in the autumn when he withdrew the £20 a week pandemic uplift. This left thousands of people distraught and struggling. So far Sunak has taken £1700 of the UKâs most vulnerable and poorest households, whilst not forgetting that disabled people didnât even receive the £20 uplift.</p> 493<p></p> 494<p>Sunak then announced that he is raising the threshold at which National Insurance contributions begin to be paid. Remember, most benefit recipients do not pay NI as their incomes are too low. Neither do pensioners. So once again they do not benefit from this at all. </p> 495<p>Sunak also announced that heâs cutting the fuel duty whilst ignoring the fact that the poorest benefit recipients do not own a car, so they donât benefit one bit from this. Neither do they pay income tax, so will not benefit from the 1p cut in 2024. </p> 496<p>Theres also no information given as to how and will the poorest benefit from the £500m Sunak has given local councils. </p> 497<p></p> 498<p>To put it bluntly Sunakâs statement was aimed at fellow Tory MPs whose support he wants in a future leadership election if he is to take part, but this is a cruel and heartless way of doing it. Heâs basically stamping his feet upon the poorest with his only concern being himself. </p> 499<p>This is to be expected though because Sunak is a millionaire and has no understanding of what life is really like for the majority of people in the Uk, and nor does he care to learn and sympathise with them. Heâs a typical Tory, selfish and as shallow as they come, after all theyâre never going to care and they donât want to. </p> 500<p></p> 501<p>I shall be returning to the Jobcentre next week, health permitting. </p> 502<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8239" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/03/24/how-am-i-going-to-live-from-april-i-cant-afford-to-live-now/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437.jpg" data-orig-size="555,555" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437.jpg?w=555" src="2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437_w-555.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8239" srcset="2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437.jpg 555w, 2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437_w-150.jpg 150w, 2022/03/fb_img_16481323755828657135440803255437_w-300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 100v
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Back outside Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre.</h1></a> 528 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 529 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 530</header><!-- .entry-header --> 531 <div class="entry-content"> 532<p>It feels strange to be writing this blog post this week because Iâve actually been able to return to my weekly demo and advice session outside Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre. </p> 533<p>The DWP and local council might have mistakenly thought that I had stopped doing the weekly demos. I havenât and dependant on my health Iâm back. </p> 534<p>This week I decided to stand outside the old Jobcentre building that had been shut down and moved to the new swanky council building. The truth is they underestimated the demand for the Jobcentre and were forced to re open the old one as well. </p> 535<p>The old building has had a bit of a makeover, Laurence Llewellyn Bowen has nothing on this transformation. The doors have been repainted, a new carpet put down and what looks like cattle pens with numbers on installed. </p> 536<p>Obviously this transformation wasnât made to make the people that use the Jobcentre feel at ease, I can bet it has the opposite effect. </p> 537<p></p> 538<p>This week I was on my own accompanied by my daughter and two lovely men filming for french tv. Theyâre making a programme about the UKâs benefit system and have interviewed the amazing Debbie Abrahams, myself and theyâre going to interview the dark lord himself David Cameron. </p> 539<p>I was asked many times about my opinion of him, I answered that heâs got the blood of thousands of vulnerable and disabled people on his hands. Along with Ian (Iâll hide in car boots) Duncan Smith thereâs a special place in hell for them. </p> 540<p></p> 541<p>Back to the demo. I chose the old Jobcentre because itâs actually very busy full of people coming and going looking rather stressed whilst doing so.</p> 542<p></p> 543<p>It wasnât long until I had a conversation with a man who wasnât far from retirement age. He had been given an appointment to attend a ‘Working Wellâ interview despite being disabled and unable to work. </p> 544<p>The DWP with all their infinite knowledge sent him a text message without an address to go to. Basically he didnât know where his appointment was. </p> 545<p>He walked to a building down the road and was told that his appointment wasnât there and he had to go back to the Jobcentre. </p> 546<p>Back at the Jobcentre he was told that he had to get back to the other building and theyâd changed the time of his appointment without informing him. Typical DWP communication failure once again. Call me cynical but Iâm sure that they do this on purpose sometimes. </p> 547<p>To say that this gentleman was distressed was an understatement. He said ” Why canât they leave me alone? I canât work and no one will employ me”
547. </p> 548<p></p> 549<p>It wasnât long before I spoke to a young woman that is completely fed up with the DWP. Sheâs started her own photography business and sheâs doing her best to promote it and to find work </p> 550<p>The DWP wonât leave her alone though. Every two weeks she still has to attend a back to work interview and she canât cancel the appointment even if sheâs working. </p> 551<p>The DWP once again making it very hard for anyone to succeed by themselves. Her business is called WJ Photography and I think sheâs on Instagram and Ticktok. </p> 552<p></p> 553<p>As it became notably colder, probably because we had been standing there for a while we spoke to a man that looked like he was going to start crying at any time. </p> 554<p>His story his hard, but sadly not unusual.</p> 555<p>As is often the case he had been living in substandard social housing. His home was full of damp and unsuitable to live in. </p> 556<p>After a few years of struggling to get the housing association to take action they finally attempted to fix it. This left him without electricity and sleeping at his sonâs place on the floor. </p> 557<p>He explained the situation to the DWP who were totally unsympathetic telling him that he still had to look for work online for 35 hours a week. </p> 558<p>Heâs been looking for work since 2018 and canât find a job, this isnât without trying because heâs tried damned hard. </p> 559<p>I then had a conversation with a chap that I used to speak to on a regular basis outside the Jobcentre. He told me that he was stressed because his mobile phone and internet are due to be cut off because he canât afford to pay the bill. </p> 560<p>Being aware that he needs to search for work online and has to have a working phone number for the DWP to contact him on has resulted in him feeling extremely stressed.</p> 561<p> He told me that heâs found an old sim card thatâll work for the DWP to phone him on but heâs worried about his job searching. </p> 562<p>I advised him to use the internet at the library or Ikea, but life shouldnât be like this for a person whoâs 60 years of age. </p> 563<p>The universal credit system was created to punish people for being poor and for being disabled, never ever forget that. </p> 564<p>I really hope that theyâre ok , telling them that Iâd be back again next week if they want some advice or someone to talk to. After all kindness costs nothing and it makes a massive difference to a personâs day. </p> 565<p> </p> 566<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8216" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/03/17/i-cant-afford-to-eat-and-heat-back-outside-ashton-under-lyne-jobcentre/img202203171002097471672303843241359/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359.jpg" data-orig-size="2250,3000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img202203171002097471672303843241359" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359.jpg?w=768" src="2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359_w-768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8216" srcset="2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359_w-768.jpg 768w, 2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359_w-1536.jpg 1536w, 2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359_w-113.jpg 113w, 2022/03/img202203171002097471672303843241359_w-225.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"/><figcaption>Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre.</figcaption></figure> 567<p>Iâll be returning again next week and Iâll be publishing a blog post tomorrow about the new Jobcentre closures. </p> 568<p>I need your help though. I need people to share this blog post and my others as much as possible. I want to continue to report about the impact that DWP decisions have on people and how this is still happening. </p> 569<p>It would be amazing if I could be joined by some other like-minded people. Itâs a big ask I know but itâs essential that we can remind the DWP that we are still here and we are still reporting on their misdoings. </p> 570<p>If anyone could donate towards buying someone a cuppa etc Iâd be eternally grateful. Itâs winter and itâs cold here. A nice hot cuppa keeps the morale going. </p> 571<p>If anyone would like to donate towards the campaign and my blog thereâs a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 572<p>Iâm intending to continue with the weekly demos which are dependant on my health. Iâve still got long covid and a lung thatâs not functioning as it should be. Thanks covid. </p> 573<p>
573If I have to cancel a week itâll be for health reasons only. Apologies in advance. </p> 574<p></p> 575<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has and does support my blog and campaign. 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href="category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>, <a href="category/universal-credit-2/" rel="category tag">Universal credit</a>, <a href="category/womens-rights/" rel="category tag">womens rights</a>, <a href="category/workfare/" rel="category tag">Workfare</a> </span> 593 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/03/10/dwp-blocks-essential-sanctions-research/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-03-10T10:46:32+00:00">March 10, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-03-10T10:46:38+00:00">March 10, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 594 <a href="2022/03/10/dwp-blocks-essential-sanctions-research/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP Blocks Essential Sanctions Research</h1></a> 595 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 596 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 597</header><!-- .entry-header --> 598 <div class="entry-content"> 599<p><br><br>The DWP is effectively trying to block essential and possibly life-saving university research. This research undertaken by Glasgow University with itâs purpose is to find out whether there is a link between benefits sanctions, ill health and suicide.<br><br><br><br>The research involves Glasgow University linking anonymised DWP data with NHS records. This could and most likely reveal that people that have been sanctioned have been prescribed antidepressants and people that already have existing conditions have resulted in their health declining. The research will also reveal the figures for those attempting to take their own life and sadly for those that have taken their own life. <br><br><br><br>When Glasgow University informed the DWP that they were starting their research in 2019 the DWP suggested that they would support the project. However since the project began the DWP have continually placed barriers up to try and stop this research to continue. </p> 600<p>This comes as no shock to campaigners like myself. The DWP know how badly sanctioning people affects both their physical and mental health.. </p> 601<p><br>The DWP have spent years giving excuses to Glasgow University demanding that the research needed tighter security which they complied with. After these measures were put in place the DWP moved the goal post again insisting that Glasgow University must apply for permission to do the research all over again.<br><br><br><br>This has caused huge delays for the project. Professor Nick Bailey stated that the research should have been completed in 2020, but it has yet to start.<br><br><br><br>The chair of the Commons work and pensions committee, Stephen Timms told the Guardian âThis emerging pattern of obstruction suggests that a culture of secrecy is entrenched in DWP. It must wake up to the harm that it is doing and commit to a new spirit of openness.â</p> 602<p>Thereâs little doubt that the government will either delay or prevent any project that reveals the reality of how people suffer when theyâve been sanctioned. </p> 603<p>It will continue to be the case until politicians stop ignoring the immense suffering of thousands of people. Although there are some politicians that donât ignore this such as Debbie Abrahams who regularly speaks and campaigns against the cruelty of the DWP and their policies.</p> 604<p>Ignoring the suffering of thousands of people will result in thous
604ands more deaths. What is needed is for the opposition to start actively opposing the government on DWP related issues. </p> 605<p>This isnât likely to happen in the near future and MPs like Debbie Abrahams are loan voices in parliament trying extremely hard to change things. In the absence of this sadly DWP related issues and problems are going to get worse. </p> 606<p>What is needed is for the opposition instead of concentrating about the ‘world of workâ they need to also concentrate and campaign on behalf of those unable to work. </p> 607<p>Something has to happen and soon. With energy bills set to rise again in April and people already struggling I fear that thousands will die as a result of being cold and hungry. </p> 608<p>Itâs impossible to budget money when you have none in the first place </p> 609<p>The conservative government has blood on their hands and theyâll never be able to wash it away. </p> 610<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8211" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-8078408/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="help banner in a grocery cart" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408.jpeg?w=683" src="2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408_w-683.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8211" srcset="2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408_w-683.jpeg 683w, 2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408_w-100.jpeg 100w, 2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408_w-200.jpeg 200w, 2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2022/03/pexels-photo-8078408.jpeg 867w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px"/></figure> 611<p>A massive thank you to everyone that subscribes, reads and shares my articles. 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642ould be the DWP and the government. <br/><br/>According to Benefits And Work the survey is being carried out by one of the UKâs leading polling companies on behalf of the DWP under the pretence of helping the DWP to better understand peopleâs financial situation and what support they may need.<br/>The online survey asks a number of questions about claimants being in debt and kind of debts claimants have. It also questions what effect these debts have had on them and their daily lives. <br/><br/><br/><br/>This is the question that stands out from the rest. ‘What types of help or support, if any, would be most useful in helping you manage your finances?â And to the unknowing bystander it looks fairly reasonable except it isnât. <br/></p> 643<p>The list of survey answer options includes:<br/><br/>Help with working out what money they have left to spend each/day/week/month.Advice on how to manage spending so they donât run out of money<br/>Advice on how to reduce their spending<br/>Advice on how to reduce their debts<br/><br/><br/>What is missing completely are the very reasons why claimants are in debt in the first place. No mention is given as to the the real reasons why a person might find themselves forced into poverty and are then unable to live a debt free life. <br/></p> 644<p>As it stands the amount of social security payments are way below the rate of inflation and havenât been increased as such, ignoring the facts that food and energy costs have already increased. Energy costs are also set to increase again in April. This will leave claimants unable to make a choice between heating and eating because theyâll be unable to do either. at a rate</p> 645<p><br/>The 5 week waiting time for Universal Credit claims to be processed immediately throws claimants into debt. Some can argue that claimants can apply for a loan to cover this whilst ignoring the fact that it doesnât cover it and the loan has to be paid back. According to the DWP this loan has to go towards paying your rent costs which results in having no money for heating or eating. </p> 646<p>Itâs also pretty fair to say that hardly any claimants receive their full payment amounts due to the DWP and related organisations garnishing payments for debts such as social security debts, council tax and television licence debts and other related debts. Itâs extremely hard, near impossible for claimants to reduce the amount of money garnished each week or month leaving them with much reduced payments in the first place. </p> 647<p><br/>There is also no option for questioning the extremely long delays for PIP assessments and WCAs. These long waiting periods throw disabled people into a never ending circle of debt and distress. They are entitled to these payments which go towards them being able to cover the hidden costs that disabled people face every day. Instead the government would rather not help them and instead choose to make their lives as difficult as possible. <br/><br/><br/>With the absence of these answers the survey will no doubt give results saying that claimants who are in debt need to be able to manage their money more resulting them to be referred for budgeting advice. Itâs impossible to budget more when claimants arenât receiving enough social security payments to help them to survive. A caring government would rise payments in line with inflation because itâs the right thing to do. <br/><br/>As it stands this survey will allow the DWP to make the assertion some claimants are unable to eat or heat because they are failing to budget correctly, therefore fuelling the DWP and governments rhetoric that claimants are to blame for their own poverty. </p> 648<p>This is very concerning because going off the DWPs track record theyâll share this survey as quickly as possible, after all theres nothing they like more than to punish claimants for reasons that are out of their control. <br/><br/>Benefits And Work have made a Freedom of Information request to find out when and if this report is going to be published.<br/></p> 649<p></p> 650<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/03/pexels-photo-3943749.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8196" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/03/03/dwp-secret-survey-to-blame-claimants-for-living-in-poverty/pexels-photo-3943749/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-3943749.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="hand rich money gold" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by cottonbro on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/hand-rich-money-gold-3943749/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 651" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-3943749.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/pexels-photo-3943749.jpeg?w=683" src="2022/03/pexels-photo-3943749.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8196"/></a><figcaption>Photo by cottonbro on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/hand-rich-money-gold-3943749/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 652<p>Solidarity and support to Disabled People Against The Cuts. 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653work that they do to help others. </p> 654<p>For last weeks report <a href="2022/02/24/thousands-cold-and-hungry-this-winter/">Thousands Cold And Hungry This Winter.</a> Also my previous report about increased benefit sanctions <a href="2022/02/17/dwp-sanctions-set-to-rise-dramatically/">DWP Sanctions Set To Rise Dramatically.</a></p> 655<p>A huge thank you to everyone that likes, shares, supports and reads my blog. I really couldnât do this without you xxx.</p> 656<p>This Monday coming is the anniversary of my sonâs death, the night that he took his last breaths leaving a gaping hole where he once was. I miss him everyday and to be honest Iâm still wondering how Iâve coped with his loss for this past year. </p> 657<p>Iâm hoping to be able to visit his memorial (funds allowing) and to (if Iâm ready) to scatter some of his ashes at Hartshead Pike one of his favourite places. </p> 658<p>Whilst they were unable to find a cause of death we can still remember him. 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691andle wishing for money to put on the meter. </p> 692<p>Itâs very reminiscent of life in victorian England, the poor suffering more than ever whilst the government totally ignores the needs of its most vulnerable citizens. Whilst we donât have physical workhouses we have digital ones that people have to comply with at all times or risk their social security being stopped. I can bet theyâve spoken about bringing back the old workhouses though.</p> 693<p>To give some context to this over the past month its cost me £75 to keep my house warm and £70 to keep the electric on and to enable the heating to work. This is far more expensive than this time last year and I canât afford to do it anymore. As we approach April it really will be a cost too high for me. </p> 694<p>Iâm not alone though, thousands are in the same position as I am, struggling to get by, having sleepless nights worrying about how on earth theyâre going to provide warmth and electricity for their children.</p> 695<p>Make no mistake whilst we are struggling to get by the Tory government is virtually laughing at us, placing the blame for our poverty, for our disabilities and for our low wages firmly on our feet saying that itâs all our fault. </p> 696<p>The government talk about aspiration yet they give us nothing to aspire to, itâs hard to do so when youâre hungry and cold. </p> 697<p>The reality is that we have a government that was born more privileged thank you or I, they attended private schools and had the best education and healthcare than the average person will ever have. They donât know or care to know about how life is like for the working class. Theyâll never care about us or even think about us after all we are just a number to them, a commodity that can be bought and sold at their whim. When we arenât of any use to them they discard us like yesterdays newspaper making life extremely hard, subjecting the most vulnerable to countless medical assessments and compliance meetings. </p> 698<p>Life shouldnât be like this, We need to continue protesting, reminding the tory government that they have no right to be treating us like this. </p> 699<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/02/pexels-photo-8689920.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8189" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/02/24/thousands-cold-and-hungry-this-winter/pexels-photo-8689920/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8689920.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="woman with beaded necklace covering her mouth with her hand" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Mikael Blomkvist on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-beaded-necklace-covering-her-mouth-with-her-hand-8689920/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 700" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8689920.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8689920.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/02/pexels-photo-8689920.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8189"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Mikael Blomkvist on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-beaded-necklace-covering-her-mouth-with-her-hand-8689920/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 701<p>I apologise for this weeks blog, Iâm ranting I know but itâs how I feel and it needs to be said. </p> 702<p>A huge thank you to everyone that likes, shares, reads and tweets my blog. Every share makes a massive difference and it raises awareness. </p> 703<p></p> 704<p>I receive no funding for my blog and campaign. If you would like to donate and can afford to theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. Thank y
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724young people</a> </span> 725 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/02/17/dwp-sanctions-set-to-rise-dramatically/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-17T08:30:00+00:00">February 17, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-16T16:18:54+00:00">February 16, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 726 <a href="2022/02/17/dwp-sanctions-set-to-rise-dramatically/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP Sanctions Set To Rise Dramatically.</h1></a> 727 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 728 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 729</header><!-- .entry-header --> 730 <div class="entry-content"> 731<p>Universal credit claimants are going to be introduced to the DWPs new ‘Way To Workâ scheme in the very near future. The conditions for this new job searching programme will be that claimants will only be allowed to look for work in their own field of expertise cut back to one month. After one month claimants will be forced to look for any kind of job. going to have the time they can look for any Jon including work that theyâre not qualified to do. </p> 732<p>The DWPs new scheme has been introduced because the government has decided to force half a million people into work of any kind by June. Rather conveniently ignoring the fact that employers wonât just allow anyone to do any job without the relevant qualifications and work experience.</p> 733<p>The new Way To Work scheme will apply to people that are declared fit for work and are classed as ready to work. <br><br>Instead the blame will fall upon already stressed claimants who donât comply with the new Way To Work regime. If they refuse to look for work that they arenât qualified for they will face having their universal credit payments sanctioned. Claimants will be forced to adhere to the new terms and conditions upon making their first claim for universal credit.<br><br>Whilst the DWP are in the mood for harassing claimants theyâre threatening to ramp up the threat of sanctions. Unsurprisingly at the same time theyâre refusing to publish a report which they created in 2019 into the effectiveness of sanctions. <br>In true DWP fashion theyâve changed their mind about publishing the report because they regard it to be of a “sensitive nature”.<br>Regardless of wether they publish the report or not there is a hell of a lot of information out there, published by other organisations and agencies that prove that sanctioning claimants only has a detrimental effect upon claimants and their families. </p> 734<p><br><br>Sanctioning claimants ensures that a person will dive even further into poverty, their health will get worse. Many are left without the ability to buy food, heat their homes and pay their rent. Iâve been writing about this for years now, if you scroll down youâll see my posts. </p> 735<p>Given that the number of UC claimants carrying sanctions has already rose tenfold between June and November 2021, it is extremely worrying about about how many more claimants will face sanctions and how will they cope combined with the massive cost of living crisis that is already forcing people to make the choice between eating, heating or neither. </p> 736<p></p> 737<p>The truth is this. Sanctioning people and taking away a persons only means of financial support is yet another way that the government and the DWP punish people for being poor, blaming them for their own poverty and ensuring that theyâll have to agree with anything that the DWP tells them to do. </p> 738<p>Sanctions also ensure that a person that has been sanctioned wonât have the energy to fight back because theyâre either scared of what can happen or are too hungry, tired and worried to think about anything else. </p> 739<p>Sadly I suspect that the DWP could also sanction people that have failed to get employment with an employer outside of their field of expertise. Will they blame the innocent claimant for not getting the job? Judging from previous experience you can bet that they could well do this. </p> 740<p>The new ‘Way to workâ scheme wonât be welcomed by many employers either. Jobs often require qualifications and experience, sending everyone to apply for all jobs could deter employers from advertising jobs with the DWP. Itâll result in a lot of extra work trying to find suitable prospective employees through masses of applications.</p> 741<p></p> 742<p></p> 743<p>Itâs the perfect Tory recipe to shut up the voices of the working class, making them too scared to do anything to upset their overseers (DWP).
743</p> 744<p><br>This isnât surprising though, its a tried and tested tory tactic, switching the blame for any financial mess that the government has created upon those that are the poorest. They choose to take the blame away from themselves especially when theyâve been behaving shockingly. Itâs impossible to forget the newspaper headline quoting people claiming social security of being benefit scroungers and also the numerous poverty porn tv programmes on channel 5. </p> 745<p>The stigma of being poor and forced to claim social security hasnât gone away, itâs alive and kicking online in local Facebook groups and on the streets. We need to continue to call out Boris Johnson and his cronies for exactly what they are lying scum and theyâll never have the publics best interests at heart. </p> 746<p></p> 747<p></p> 748<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-october-2021-experimental/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-october-2021-experimental">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-october-2021-experimental/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-october-2021-experimental</a></p> 749<p>I know how awful it is to be targeted by the DWP and a very judgemental and unhelpful DWP advisor, I know how worrying it is to be threatened with a benefit section. Thousands of people have suffered as a result of this unnecessary sanctioning system. Sanctions donât help people to look for work and like Iâve stated above they have a very detrimental affect upon a persons wellbeing. </p> 750<p>Solidarity with everyone forced to undergo the cruel DWP regime. </p> 751<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/02/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8175" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/02/17/dwp-sanctions-set-to-rise-dramatically/pexels-photo-8553654/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1255" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="a woman in blue denim jacket" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-blue-denim-jacket-8553654/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 752" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/02/pexels-photo-8553654.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8175"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-blue-denim-jacket-8553654/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 753<p>A huge thank you to everyone that reads and shares my blog posts. It really makes a massive difference and it raises awareness which is desperately right now. </p> 754<p>A huge thank you to everyone that reads, shares and supports my blog and campaign. </p> 755<p>If you would like to get some support and solidarity I thoroughly recommend going Disabled People Against The Cuts (DPAC). They are a national voluntary run organisation. Hereâs the link to the Greater `Manchester branch <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a></p> 756<p></p> 757<p></p> 758<p></p> 759<p></p> 760<p></p> 761<p>How am I? To be honest Iâm struggling at the moment like many of you are. Being forced to sit in a cold house isnât my idea of living. I put the heating on for my daughter and thatâs it, and its not all the time. Iâm dreading the energy price increases in April. </p> 762<p>Iâm not paid by anyone to do the work that I do and I would like to be able to continue to do so. </p> 763<p>If you can afford to donate to help keep this going theres a PayPal button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 764<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has r dos support my blog and campaign, I really couldnât do it without you.</p>
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781young people</a> </span> 782 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-12T17:47:48+00:00">February 12, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 783 <a href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Iâm sorry.</h1></a> 784 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 785 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 786</header><!-- .entry-header --> 787 <div class="entry-content"> 788<p>I have to apologise for the lack of a blog post this week. I woke up on Thursday morning feeling ill. This lasted a couple of days and today I woke up with a migraine.</p> 789<p>I know that I should have published a blog this week but I wasnât physically capable of doing so and I will catch up with my blog in the next few days.</p> 790<p>As many of you will understand itâs virtually impossible to do much whilst having a migraine, theyre bloody awful. </p> 791<p>I will be publishing a blog post about the cost of living crisis etc this week. Like you Iâve been very worried about how on earth Iâll manage once April arrives. </p> 792<p>Lotâs of love and solidarity to you xx. </p> 793<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8163" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-4439423/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="word sorry beside flowers on white surface" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8163" srcset="2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423_w-1024.jpeg 1024w, 2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2022/02/pexels-photo-4439423.jpeg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></figure> 794<p></p> 795<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-8164" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-8164" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-8164" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-pinterest-8164" class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" href="2022/02/12/im-sorry-2/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pinterest"><span>Pinterest</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded" id="like-post-wrapper-75976474-8164-624eceae3ea26" data-src="https://widgets.wp.com/likes/index.html?ver=20220105#blog_id=75976474&post_id=8164&origin=thepoorsideoflife.wordpress.com&obj_id=75976474-8164-624eceae3ea26&domain=thepoorsideof.life" data-name="like-post-frame-75976474-8164-624eceae3ea26" data-title="Like or Reblog"><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3>
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811young people</a> </span> 812 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/02/03/rising-energy-prices-deliberate-conscious-cruelty-for-the-poorest/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-03T10:35:45+00:00">February 3, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-03T12:29:01+00:00">February 3, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 813 <a href="2022/02/03/rising-energy-prices-deliberate-conscious-cruelty-for-the-poorest/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Rising Energy Prices. Deliberate Conscious Cruelty For The Poorest.</h1></a> 814 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 815 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 816</header><!-- .entry-header --> 817 <div class="entry-content"> 818<p>This week has been brutal for the poorest and most vulnerable.</p> 819<p>Last night Conservative MPs voted to hand bankers a tax cut worth £1,000,000,000 each year whilst at the same time theyâre pushing ahead with their National Insurance tax hike on workers.</p> 820<p>Meanwhile the energy price cap rise has been announced today at 11am, revealing a massive bills hike for around 22million households from the start of April, with the government saying that they will offer people that pay for their energy by bills £200 towards the cost of this. This wonât cover the price increase by any means and nor have they addressed people that use pre payment meters. </p> 821<p>The predicted energy price costs are set to increase by £708 a year from £1,309 to £2.017 for those dependent upon pre-paid energy meters. For those paying by bills its set to rise by £693 a year to £1.971. </p> 822<p>The apparent cause for this according to the energy regulator Ofgem is a record increase in global gas prices. </p> 823<p>Where does this leave us? Millions of people including disabled and elderly people will be put in an unattainable situation. Can they afford to heat and eat? As from April the answer will be no to both for millions. Energy prices have already risen and already millions already canât afford to pay this.</p> 824<p>To cook food it requires the use of energy which will from April which will almost be tripled in price.. Will they be able to put their heating on for a hour in the morning and evening to warm up a little? I doubt it. </p> 825<p>For the last ten years millions of people have been reliant upon food parcels to survive. The reasons for this vary from being sanctioned by the DWP, having to wait five weeks for their first universal credit payment and not earning enough money to pay the rent, bills and suchlike. This already leaves many living in destitution. A knock off effect of these price increases will most likely result in a decrease of food donations because people will no longer be able to afford to donate. </p> 826<p>Not only will the energy price rises cause great distress I have no doubt that it will cause the death of thousands. Not being able to afford to eat any food of a decent nutritional value will cause illness combined with living in a cold house with no heating will exacerbate this. </p> 827<p>Not only is this insulting its a deliberate conscience choice. As usual the poorest are being hit the hardest, like my MP Angela Rayner said ‘Donât believe their lies about levelling up theyâre busy punching down.â They could have made the choice to make gas providers such as Shell oil pay higher taxes, nor have they offered to increase social security payments to help people pay these costs. <br></p> 828<p>This is the highest increase of energy prices that have ever been recorded. Instead of helping the poorest and most vulnerable, theyâve chosen not to. Itâs conscious, deliberate cruelty which will result in suffering and deaths. </p> 829<p></p> 830<p>Iâm furious even though I was expecting this. Like many I live in poverty dependent upon foodbanks and cheap food. Whilst I was planning my sons funeral last year Boris Johnson and co were ignoring the quarantine rules and having a jolly good time. I was trying to work out who could attend his funeral. We were abiding by the rules for the safety of others.</p> 831<p>My financial situation now leaves me unable to visit his memorial at the cemetery to pay my respects. This feels like a massive kick
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856young people</a> </span> 857 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/01/27/half-a-million-universal-credit-claimants-told-to-find-work-within-weeks-or-face-sanctions/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-01-27T10:06:35+00:00">January 27, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-01-27T17:52:02+00:00">January 27, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 858 <a href="2022/01/27/half-a-million-universal-credit-claimants-told-to-find-work-within-weeks-or-face-sanctions/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Half A Million Universal Credit Claimants Told To Find Work Within Weeks Or Face Sanctions.</h1></a> 859 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 860 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 861</header><!-- .entry-header --> 862 <div class="entry-content"> 863<p>Half a million Universal Credit claimants will soon be forced to apply for jobs from every sector or risk being sanctioned.<br/><br/>Government ministers are today announcing a new scheme to supposedly get more people into work under the pretence of helping claimants and their families. Apparently this will supposedly ‘helpâ them cope with the cost of living crisis.</p> 864<p>Government ministers are also announcing major plans today to change job searching rules to toughen up the already harsh rules about searching for work. They say it will supposedly help more people secure jobs.</p> 865<p>“Under our new plans, jobseekers will be supported to find any job in any sector within weeks not months, putting them on the path to better jobs and progression in a career.”</p> 866<p>This will be soul destroying for people having worked hard to gain their qualifications and work experience.<br/></p> 867<p><br/>It appears that whilst the government is announcing their new job searching scheme theyâve forgotten that we are still living in a pandemic which is leaving people open to infection regardless of being vaccinated which can then put their families at risk. </p> 868<p><br/>Universal Credit claimants, working and not working and disabled people are already being hit the hardest with the rising cost of energy bills and taxes that are going to be introduced in April. Indeed, energy costs have already risen leaving many with having to make the terrible choice of heating or eating or neither. </p> 869<p>It comes as no surprise that this could be the reason why the government has lowered the quarantine regulations. In their eyes everyone should be working regardless of their ability do do so.</p> 870<p></p> 871<p>The government also announced ‘Weâre using the strength of our jobs market to tackle supply challenges and get employers the people they and the economy needâ. <br/>This will be done regardless of a persons needs therefore once again putting their ‘friendsâ in business first without a thought for claimants. </p> 872<p>Ministers are also planning more intensive face-to-face meetings for claimants which will undoubtably cause distress for claimants and will also take time away from actual job searching.</p> 873<p></p> 874<p>As Iâve already said in previous blog posts, finding a job isnât as easy as the government would like you to believe.</p> 875<p> Not everyone can apply for every job for various reasons and employers often wonât employ everyone either. There are various reasons for this ranging from the ability to undertake the work and being overqualified for the job. Not everyone has access to the internet either.</p> 876<p>However as part of the DWPs new plans claimants will be told to look for and find a job within weeks not months. If they fail to find employment they will face being sanctioned. </p> 877<p>There is no way that a minimum wage or zero hour job will cover the costs of living. The price of food, energy and housing is increasing every day which leaves the poorest paying the highest cost for this. </p> 878<p>I can envision that these new rules will cause a whole new level of suffering, forcing claimants to undergo more compliance and burdening them with more pressure to find work thatâs suitable for them.</p> 879<p> Instead of challenging the minimum wage and abolishing zero hour contracts there is no way on this earth that it will benef
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Instead the government and the DWP have seen the pandemic as an excuse to punish the poorest and this is unforgivable.<br/><br/><br/></p> 880<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2022/01/pexels-photo-313690.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8128" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/01/27/half-a-million-universal-credit-claimants-told-to-find-work-within-weeks-or-face-sanctions/pexels-photo-313690/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-313690.jpeg" data-orig-size="1733,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="woman sitting in front of macbook" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by energepic.com on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-sitting-in-front-of-macbook-313690/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 881" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-313690.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-313690.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/01/pexels-photo-313690.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8128"/></a><figcaption>Photo by energepic.com on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-sitting-in-front-of-macbook-313690/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 882<p>How am I? Stressed as per usual. Financially Iâm really struggling, this blog being my main source of income. To say that Iâm struggling is an understatement. </p> 883<p>Iâm worried about the health of everyone forced to undergo this new regime and the effects of it. </p> 884<p>So many people are already stressed, forced to live on the bare minimum but the increased threat of being sanctioned for not finding work in weeks will cause an immense amount of mental distress. </p> 885<p>I will be there to help people as will many others, and I will continue to do this however hard it is for me. </p> 886<p></p> 887<p>If you would like to get some support and solidarity I canât recommend Disabled People Against the Cuts enough. If you live in the Greater Manchester area you can find them here at <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a></p> 888<p></p> 889<p>If you would like to donate to keep both my blog and campaign going there is a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. 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909Price Of Basic Food Products Rises by 340%</h1></a> 910 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 911 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 912</header><!-- .entry-header --> 913 <div class="entry-content"> 914<p>Whilst we are all aware that food prices have increased dramatically over the past few years, how much is a question that Iâve been trying to answer myself. Most people that I help, including myself are struggling to feed ourselves and families. Going without three meals a day is a reality for so many. Buying enough food to make a complete, decent nutritious meal is near impossible.</p> 915<p>To be honest Iâm pretty useless at maths so you can imagine how engrossed `I was when I saw Jack Monroes tweets concerning this. Jack has been campaigning about food poverty for years, theyâre not someone thatâs jumped upon the bandwagon, not knowing what itâs like to go without food. Jack has experienced it also and even though their situation has improved Jack continues to help and inspire others. </p> 916<p>Below are some tweets posted by Jack yesterday. Jack has been collecting food cost data for years now and the reality of exactly how much the price of food has increased is shocking.</p> 917<p>In these tweets Jack reveals the true extent of food price increases and itâs not easy reading. </p> 918<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="8095" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976.jpg" data-orig-size="1080,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976.jpg?w=135" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976.jpg?w=461" src="2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-461.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8095" width="461" height="1024" srcset="2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-461.jpg 461w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-922.jpg 922w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-68.jpg 68w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-135.jpg 135w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-00-07_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb6862890825642908976_w-768.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px"/><figcaption>Supermarket pasta price increases from 29p to 79p. Rice increases from 45p to £1.</figcaption></figure> 919<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="8096" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449.jpg" data-orig-size="1080,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449.jpg?w=135" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449.jpg?w=461" src="2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8096" width="840" height="1866" srcset="2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449_w-840-h-1866.jpg 840w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449_w-68-h-150.jpg 68w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449_w-135-h-300.jpg 135w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449_w-768-h-1707.jpg 768w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449_w-461-h-1024.jpg 461w, 2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-13-86_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb413760795112576449.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100v
919w, 840px"/><figcaption>Huge price increases for basic supermarket food products. </figcaption></figure> 920<figure class="wp-block-image"><img data-attachment-id="8097" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-22-42_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb8747096288915514181/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-22-42_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb8747096288915514181.jpg" data-orig-size="1080,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screenshot_2022-01-19-21-27-22-42_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb8747096288915514181" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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The price of living has increased dramatically however wages for many havenât increased nor has social security (benefit) payments. For example the £20 top up payments has been taken away from people receiving Universal Credit. No financial help was offered to disabled people leaving them in a worse position than most. </p> 928<p> Whilst we havenât seen a price increase for luxury meal deals and suchlike, the cost of the very basic food products that literally keep people alive have increased dramatically. This is a true example of class division and hierarchy. </p> 929<p>Meanwhile the government and their spokespeople continue to say that food prices have increased by 5% the reality is much different. </p> 930<p>The knock off affects of these price rises will once again hit the poorest the hardest. Donations to foodbanks will decrease because the people donating food will no longer be able to afford to do so. The ramifications for both families and people are huge. The government is literally pricing people out of being able to buy food. This needs to be addressed urgently but I very much doubt that it will be. </p> 931<p></p> 932<p>A huge thank you to Jack Monroe for their hard work campaigning and for supplying this data. Also thanks for giving me permission to share it. </p> 933<p></p> 934<p></p> 935<p>If yourâe interested in getting involves with campaigning or need support I canât recommend DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts0 enough. Itâs a fantastic network run by real people experiencing the same difficulties that you might be experiencing. </p> 936<p>You can find them both on Facebook and Twitter. If you live in the Greater Manchester area y
936ou can join Manchester DPAC here at <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a></p> 937<p></p> 938<p>How am I? Iâm really struggling at the moment. This week I had to buy some electric and gas leaving me with no money to buy food. I do know that so many of you are also in the same position as Iâm in. I hate being forced to live like this. </p> 939<p></p> 940<p>If you like my work and campaign and can afford to theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. Every penny makes a huge difference for both. </p> 941<p></p> 942<p>A made thank you to everyone that has supported and does support both my blog and campaign. I really couldât do this without you. </p> 943<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-8104" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-8104" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-8104" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-pinterest-8104" class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pinterest"><span>Pinterest</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded" id="like-post-wrapper-75976474-8104-624eceae776ce" data-src="https://widgets.wp.com/likes/index.html?ver=20220105#blog_id=75976474&post_id=8104&origin=thepoorsideoflife.wordpress.com&obj_id=75976474-8104-624eceae776ce&domain=thepoorsideof.life" data-name="like-post-frame-75976474-8104-624eceae776ce" data-title="Like or Reblog"><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class="likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder" style="height: 55px;"><span class="button"><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading">Loading...</span></div><span class="sd-text-color"></span><a class="sd-link-color"></a></div></div> 944 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 945 <footer class="entry-footer"> 946 <div class="entry-footer-right"> 947 <span class="comments-link"><a href="2022/01/20/price-of-basic-food-products-rises-by-340/#comments">5 Comments</a></span> 948 </div> 949 <span class="tags-links"> 950 Filed under: <a href="tag/abuse/" rel="tag">abuse</a>, <a href="tag/activism/" rel="tag">activism</a>, <a href="tag/advice/" rel="tag">advice</a>, <a href="tag/ashton-under-lyne/" rel="tag">Ashton Under lyne</a>, <a href="tag/bullying/" rel="tag">bullying</a>, <a href="tag/children/" rel="tag">children</a>, <a href="tag/conservative-party/" rel="tag">Conservative party</a>, <a href="tag/cost-of-living/" rel="tag">cost of living</a>, <a href="tag/cruelty/" rel="tag">cruelty</a>, <a href="tag/death/" rel="tag">death</a>, <a href="tag/destitution/" rel="tag">destitution</a>, <a href="tag/dwp/" rel="tag">dwp</a>, <a href="tag/food-poverty/" rel="tag">food poverty</a>, <a href="tag/food-povrrty/" rel="tag">food povrrty</a>, <a href="tag/foodbanks/" rel="tag">foodbanks</a>, <a href="tag/fuel-poverty/" rel="tag">fuel poverty</a>, <a href="tag/homeless/" rel="tag">homeless</a>, <a href="tag/homelessness/" rel="tag">homelessness</a>, <a href="tag/jeremy-corbyn-2/" rel="tag">Jeremy `corbyn</a>, <a href="tag/john-mcdonald/" rel="tag">John McDonald</a>, <a href="tag/poverty/" rel="tag">poverty</a>
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959young people</a> </span> 960 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2022/01/18/where-are-the-missing-long-covid-pip-claimants/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-01-18T18:04:20+00:00">January 18, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-01-18T18:04:24+00:00">January 18, 2022</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 961 <a href="2022/01/18/where-are-the-missing-long-covid-pip-claimants/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Where Are The Missing Long Covid PIP Claimants ?</h1></a> 962 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 963 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 964</header><!-- .entry-header --> 965 <div class="entry-content"> 966<p><br><br>As reported by Benefits And Work there are possibly thousands of missing Long Covid PIP claimants that appear to be missing from both the Office for National Statistics. They are also missing from the DWP latest published statistics.<br><br><br><br>New figures from the Office for National Statistics estimate that 506,000 people have now had Long Covid for over a year. This number is increasing every day yet theyâre missing, nowhere to be found. <br><br><br><br>247,000 Long Covid sufferers say that their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities has been âlimited a lotâ as a result of Long Covid.<br><br><br><br>Yet according to the latest DWP statistics on Stat-Xplore record there are just 480 claims regarding Long Covid where it is the the main condition for claiming PIP. This figure has risen from 143 claims three months earlier.<br><br><br>However the success rate for PIP Long Covid claims has fallen from 76%, but is still high, at almost 60%.<br><br> A quarter of those who were successful in claiming PIP received the enhanced rate of both the daily living and the mobility components.<br><br><br><br>It appears that PIP claims for Long Covid do have a better than average chance of success. Despite this hundreds of thousands of people who could be making a PIP claim appear to not be doing so.</p> 967<p><br> Long Covid is exhausting to live with and is likely to hinder any employment prospects. Living with Long Covid also increases everyday living costs. </p> 968<p>The reality of having to make a choice between eating or heating, or not being able to afford either is something that Long Covid sufferers and others have to make daily.</p> 969<p>The reason for the missing PIP claimants could be because of a distinct lack of information regarding claiming PIP for Long Covid sufferers. This is abhorrent. Everyone that is suffering from this disabling condition should be informed of their right to claim PIP to help with their everyday living costs. </p> 970<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8091" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-4113967/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967.jpeg" data-orig-size="1733,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="woman in white hijab sitting on bed" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967.jpeg?w=845" src="2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8091" srcset="2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967_w-1024.jpeg 1024w, 2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2022/01/pexels-photo-4113967.jpeg 1733w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></figure> 971<p></p> 972<p></p> 973<p>Please read, share, tweet and email this blog post. Sharing makes a huge difference in raising awareness to the public. </p> 974<p>A huge thank to Benefits And Work for providing this information. Theyâre amazing and work so hard. </p> 975<p>A huge thank you to everyone that supports my blog and campaign. I really couldnât do this without you and your support.</p> 976<p>For anyone that likes my blog and campaign and would like to donate towards keeping both going thereâs a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 977<p>Financially Iâm struggling and every penny is appreciated. Thank y
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1003its electronically which he was entitled to do and instead insisted that he had to make the claim in person.<br><br>As a result of having to leave the hospital to make his claim Mr Talbot died in hospital.<br><br><br> The Coroner said in her report that the health professionals that cared for Mr Talbot had never experienced such an ill patient being forced to make a claim in person. <br><br><br>She went on to say “I heard from all the doctors and a senior nurse in this case who have a considerable experience across a range of specialties and across several different NHS Trusts. They have never experienced nor heard of a case where a severely ill inpatient was required by the Department of Work and Pensions to leave hospital to attend its offices in person to make a claim for welfare benefits.”<br><br><br>The secretary of state for Work and Pensions has until 28 January to tell the Coroner how the DWP will make sure that nothing like this happens again.<br><br>Donât depend on this changing anything though. The DWP has a very long record of making promises that they have no intention of keeping. It isnât important to them, nor is the welfare of claimants important as well. Sadly I expect that they wonât ‘learnâ from Mr Talbots death, instead theyâll file it away to be forgotten. </p> 1004<p>For a long time now the government has regarded claimants as stock, ready to be used and neglected at their whim. Once a claimant isnât able to be of use for the DWP and government they more or less wipe their hands of them, making life extremely hard forcing them to complete impossible tasks. </p> 1005<p>This then results in deaths such as Mr Talbots and thousands more like him. </p> 1006<p>Sue Jones over on Twitter explains it perfectly. </p> 1007<figure data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":75976474,"permalink":"https:\/\/thepoorsideof.life\/2022\/01\/13\/seriously-ill-claimant-died-after-dwp-forced-them-to-leave-hospital-to-make-benefits-claim\/"}" class="wp-container-1 wp-block-gallery-624eceae99086 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"> 1008<figure class="wp-block-image"><img data-attachment-id="8068" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/01/13/seriously-ill-claimant-died-after-dwp-forced-them-to-leave-hospital-to-make-benefits-claim/screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189.jpg" data-orig-size="1080,901" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189.jpg?w=845" data-id="8068" src="2022/01/screenshot_2022-01-13-11-27-58-66_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb137323170286001189.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8068"/></figure> 1009</figure> 1010<p>Iâd like to say that this isnât true but it is. They regard people with disabilities and illnesses with such disdain and hate that many find it impossible to continue. Many refuse to make a claim for benefits because theyâre too scared of doing so. Indeed, many of the people that I help and have helped have been in this position. Judged by society for being disabled or ill and then treated with cruelty by the DWP. </p> 1011<p>There is a desperate need for change in how the DWP and society views people that claim benefits and also how they treat people with disabilities. This wonât happen whilst the Conservative government is in power, but we can continue to put pressure upon them by sharing campaigns and blogs like mine. It makes a massive difference. </p> 1012<p>My thoughts and prayers go to Mr Talbot, his family and everyone that has died as a result of cruel decisions made by the DWP and their representatives. </p> 1013<p></p> 1014<p>A huge thank you once again to Benefits And Work for sharing this and for all of their hard work. You can find them here <a href="https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/">https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk</a></p> 1015<p></p> 1016<figure data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":75976474,"permalink":"https:\/\/thepoorsideof.life\/2022\/01\/13\/seriously-ill-claimant-died-after-dwp-for
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1047young people</a> </span> 1048 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/12/30/happy-new-year/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-12-30T12:48:51+00:00">December 30, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1049 <a href="2021/12/30/happy-new-year/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Happy New Year.</h1></a> 1050 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1051 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1052</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1053 <div class="entry-content"> 1054<p>This year has certainly been a challenge for so many of us. </p> 1055<p>Food poverty has become the new norm as has fuel poverty and substandard housing. Living in poverty is kind of expected for the working class, especially by the government and suchlike. </p> 1056<p>The truth is that we shouldnât be forced to live this way, constantly scratching around to try and make a meal out of the remnants of a food parcel. Itâs not as if the government will do anything to rectify this after all the working class should know their place. </p> 1057<p>Despite this the past year has been also been a challenge for many other reasons. My son died very unexpectedly and suddenly this year leaving me to pick up the pieces whilst trying to support my daughters. Everything appeared to go wrong for me and personally I canât wait until this year is over.</p> 1058<p>When I say that loosing my son broke me itâs an understatement. Some days I wanted to stay in bed and hide from the world. </p> 1059<p>I really donât know how Iâve got through this but I did and Iâm very grateful that I did. .</p> 1060<p>Weâve lost so many people due to Covid 19 and illness this past year. Whilst you wonât hear the government talking about this we must continue to remember them. </p> 1061<p>Financially we are all feeling the pinch in one way or another. Iâve found it a massive struggle getting from day to day whilst trying to make things appear normal for my youngest daughter that still lives at home. I know that you also feel the same way, itâs tiring, exhausting sometimes. </p> 1062<p>So many of us have become ill this past year, Iâm still battling Long Covid and some days Iâm exhausted, but carry on we must because we have no choice. </p> 1063<p>Whilst I havenât got a magic wand to make everything better for you god knows I want one, what I can say is that we will continue to support each other in whatever way that we can do. Iâll be continuing to blog and campaigning </p> 1064<p>If you havenât celebrated Christmas and have no plans to celebrate the start of a new year youâre not alone. I havenât and I wonât either. Donât let anyone pressurise you into doing something that you donât want to do or arenât comfortable doing. You do you itâs so important to do this. </p> 1065<p>I would like to thank everyone that has read, shared and supported my blog and campaign this past year. I really couldnât do this without you, and I certainly wouldnât have been able to cope with the death of my son without your support. </p> 1066<p>Talking about support DPAC (Disabled People Against The Cuts) is a fantastic support and campaigning network thatâs well worth joining. Iâve been campaigning alongside them for many years now and I can attest to how amazing they are. </p> 1067<p>If you live in the Greater Manchester area you can join Manchester DPAC here <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a></p> 1068<p>If you are unemployed and would like to join a trade union head over to <a href="join.unitetheunion/">https:\\join.unitetheunion.org</a> They also do amazing work and they offer legal advice etc. There is a small cost to join but if you can I canât recommend it enough. </p> 1069<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/12/pexels-photo-4439414.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="8042" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/12/30/happy-new-year/pexels-photo-4439414/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-4439414.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="love flowers summer grass" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Vie Studio on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/love-flowers-summer-grass-4439414/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1070" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-4439414.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-4439414.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/12/pexels-photo-4439414.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8042"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Vie Studio on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/love-flowers-summer-grass-4439414/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1071<p>I donât receive any funding or payment for any of the work that I do. 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They asked if their anonymity is kept and of course Iâm respecting this.</p> 1097<p>The photos were taken as they were arriving for their shift at the food bank. It wasnât open for some time, but the queue was already massive, people arriving early to make sure that theyâd get some food. </p> 1098<p>As you can see the queue consisted of People, all differing in their needs. What canât be missed is the people using wheelchairs queueing for food parcels.on Christmas Eve. </p> 1099<p>Also in the queue are elderly people and families with children.</p> 1100<p>You donât need me to tell you that this shouldnât be happening , itâs heartbreaking. </p> 1101<p>You can always find the measure of a country by seeing how they look after the poor, young, elderly and disabled. </p> 1102<p> The conservative government is blatantly failing on this front. As a country we canât be proud of this either. </p> 1103<p>Being proud of a country is about being proud of what it actually does right, and how it treats those in need. Itâs not about waving flags and singing the national anthem. </p> 1104<p>We can however also look back on history and also be ashamed for the very same reasons. Ignoring the fact that the UK government is causing direct harm to people wonât make it go away. </p> 1105<p>Whilst the government has been focusing on ridiculous things like blue passports people are dying, thousands are becoming homeless and many are becoming ill from poverty related illnesses. </p> 1106<p>Meanwhile the public are bombarded with images of the royal family having a lovely Christmas, the people queuing at this foodbank and others wonât be able to celebrate.</p> 1107<p>Its simply not acceptable. </p> 1108<p>I messaged the volunteer that took the below images and this is what they s
1108aid</p> 1109<p> It felt like a slap in the face for them too. Itâs a reminder of their privilege. Because despite having their own difficulties they can sit in a warm house, with food, having just wrapped presents for their family.</p> 1110<p>They went on to say that it makes them angry and sad that this is happening, that they wished that they could do more to help. Thereâs more that many could do, so letâs do it. </p> 1111<p></p> 1112<p>Helping others doesnât have to cost a penny. A kind word, saying hello in the street makes the world of difference to someone that lives alone and hasnât spoken to anyone for a long time. </p> 1113<p>Being a friend costs nothing also, sharing what you no longer need doesnât either. Of course I realise that many people have nothing to give to someone else. </p> 1114<p>Letâs spend the festive period and the coming year to be kind and thoughtful towards each other. We need to do this because the government wonât ever care about you. </p> 1115<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8026" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/12/24/long-foodbank-queues-on-christmas-eve/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707.jpg" data-orig-size="720,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707.jpg?w=720" src="2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707_w-720.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8026" srcset="2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707.jpg 720w, 2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707_w-113.jpg 113w, 2021/12/img_20211224_1332114308381079140109707_w-225.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px"/><figcaption>Faces and building names covered out of respect for the people queuing.</figcaption></figure> 1116<figure class="wp-block-image"><img data-attachment-id="8027" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/12/24/long-foodbank-queues-on-christmas-eve/img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838.jpg" data-orig-size="720,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838.jpg?w=720" src="2021/12/img_20211224_1333084114373551917527838.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8027"/><figcaption>No one should be forced to literally beg for food on Christmas Eve.</figcaption></figure> 1117<p>Please read, share, tweet and email this blog post. This makes a massive difference and it raises lots of awareness. Thank you! </p> 1118<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has and is supporting my blog and campaign. I really appreciate it and I couldnât do this without your support.</p> 1119<p>If anyone would like to donate thereâs a donat button at the top and side of this blog post. </p>
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My son was tragically taken away from me mid pandemic. It hurts more than anything else that Iâve experienced.</p> 1145<p>Whilst we were abiding to the social distancing rules, the Tory government were busy partying and carrying on as if nothing had happened. </p> 1146<p>This was a case of weâll do whatever we want sod the public. They donât care about us. My son had to have a very reduced socially distanced funeral whilst they were enjoying life. </p> 1147<p>To be honest this is a perfect example of how they treat us. They never spare a thought for us so donât expect them to either.</p> 1148<p>Christmas is a tough time for so many reasons wether it be for financial reasons or bereavement. Iâm with you, I feel it.</p> 1149<p>I havenât put a Christmas tree up this year. My daughter and I decided that it doesnât feel right so we put some extra lights on his memorial table. </p> 1150<p>So much pressure is put on society to have the big tree, the decorations and lots of good food. The truth is that so many of us canât afford to buy the big tree, pay for the electric to light the Christmas lights and affording a big meal with all the trimmings is near impossible.</p> 1151<p>Poverty doesnât end at Christmas, if anything itâs amplified for reasons that Iâve already stated. </p> 1152<p>You do Christmas how you want to do it. Try and ignore the pressure to comply to what everyone expects. If you want to turn the TV off and read a book instead then do it. </p> 1153<p>If you want to spend Christmas day doing nothing then do it. Be kind to yourself.</p> 1154<p>I used to put so much pressure upon myself to get everything right for others to see. Loosing my son has made me realise that none of this really matters.</p> 1155<p>Like many of you Iâm going to find Christmas tough, but I will get through it. </p> 1156<p>So many families are going to be going without the Christmas that they were used to. The pandemic has caused thousands of people to loose their jobs and itâs also resulted in the deaths of thousands of people. </p> 1157<p>
1157Thousands of families and individuals are newly dependant upon foodbanks to keep them going. Itâs not easy asking for help and the food isnât the best. Hopefully one day it will get better.</p> 1158<p>How do you explain to your children that Father Christmas canât come this year? Itâs heartbreaking. </p> 1159<p>What we can do is be there for each other, talk to friends on social media, text or face to face (socially distanced of course). </p> 1160<p>We will get through this. Lots of love to you all. </p> 1161<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8015" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-1726779/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="selective focus photography of red berries" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779_w-683.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-8015" srcset="2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779_w-683.jpeg 683w, 2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779_w-100.jpeg 100w, 2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779_w-200.jpeg 200w, 2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/12/pexels-photo-1726779.jpeg 867w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px"/></figure> 1162<p>Please read, share and tweet my blog. This makes a massive difference and it raises so much awareness. </p> 1163<p>A huge thank you to everyone that supports and has supported my blog this year. I really couldnât do it without you. </p> 1164<p>I donât receive any payment for the work that I do and to say itâs tough is an understatement. </p> 1165<p>For anyone that would like to donate thereâs a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 1166<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-8016" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-8016" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-8016" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-pinterest-8016" class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" href="2021/12/23/poverty-doesnt-end-at-christmas/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pinterest"><span>Pinterest</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded" id="like-post-wrapper-75976474-8016-624eceaed88ea" data-src="https://widgets.wp.com/likes/index.html?ver=20220105#blog_id=75976474&post_id=8016&origin=thepoorsideoflife.wordpress.com&obj_id=75976474-8016-624eceaed88ea&domain=thepoorsideof.life" data-name="like-post-frame-75976474-8016-624eceaed88ea" data-title="Like or Reblog"><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3>
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1194ssing on benefit cheats and clamping down on them. This is because the DWP actively works with tabloid newspapers to share this narrative, which then creates a hostile environment that legitimises this narrative and creates a constant fear for vulnerable claimants. </p> 1195<p></p> 1196<p>The DWP are only authorised to conduct directed surveillance. and are entitled to surveil claimants in order to obtain information without contacting the claimant involved first. </p> 1197<p></p> 1198<p>How do they do this?</p> 1199<p>The DWP can claim papers, handwriting and departmental system prints. </p> 1200<p>Interviewing witnesses and obtaining witness statements.</p> 1201<p>Interviewing claimants under caution.</p> 1202<p>Intelligence gathering. </p> 1203<p></p> 1204<p>The DWP guidance states that they can examine mobile phones and tablets because of the amount of information thatâs stored on these devices.</p> 1205<p></p> 1206<p></p> 1207<p>DWP officers are encouraged to approach third parties to get information.</p> 1208<p> On page 316 of part of one, the guide reads: âThe Criminal Procedures and Investigation Act (CPIA) Code Of Practice (COP) makes it clear that to establish the facts about an offence you can question any person, whether suspected or not, who you think might have useful information. If a person, including a third party, has useful information you should ask for it.â</p> 1209<p>So basically a claimant is guilty before being found innocent.</p> 1210<p></p> 1211<p></p> 1212<p>The guide contains some instructions as to how DWP officers should go about approaching third parties. These instructions include that they have to be clear that they are from the DWP if they are questioned, they should also remember that the person they are investigating may be innocent. They are told to not reveal the source of the suspicion, remembering that the third party may also be involved in suspected fraud.</p> 1213<p>The guide quotes Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which is the right to respect for oneâs private and family life. It is quoted on page 316 of the report and is immediately followed by an explanation on the specific circumstances in which the DWP may legitimately interfere with it.</p> 1214<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>âIf DWP are to interfere with this Convention right it must be proven that all other avenues to obtain the evidence have been explored. However, in a case, which consists of various circumstantial evidence, it may only be possible to bolster the evidence to the criminal standard by providing evidence from third parties. Additional justification may be on the grounds that it would prevent or detect a crime”</p></blockquote> 1215<p></p> 1216<p></p> 1217<p>Physical surveillance is also used by physically watching an individual and also using CCTV footage that can be obtained by the DWP without requiring PIPA authorisation.</p> 1218<p>The surveillance team can gather photo and video evidence.</p> 1219<p></p> 1220<p>The DWP also encouraged to use open source information such as social media, internet use, internet chat rooms, forums and websites to gain information regarding benefit fraud.</p> 1221<p>DWP officers are advised to cautious about gaining information in this way. They are told that they still need to give a claimant some expectation of privacy regardless that this very act takes away a persons privacy. This in turn causes distress for the claimant that theyâre investigating. </p> 1222<p></p> 1223<p>The following advice is given: âIf officers consider that there is a need to view material over a protracted period of time to accumulate private information or monitor the individuals activities, i.e. anything thing more than twice, then they should be considering an authorisation under Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), as repeat viewing may constitute directed surveillance. There is a professional responsibility for individuals to ask themselves why they want to look at the material, and what they will do with the information. Single use open source will generally not amount to directed surveillance but expectation of privacy still needs to be considered.â [part two, page 80].</p> 1224<p></p> 1225<p>The DWP uses this information to;</p> 1226<p>Obtain information about a claimants activities</p> 1227<p>Obtain information to be used in a future interview</p> 1228<p>To observe a claimants movements or work pattern</p> 1229<p>To establish where a claimant lives</p> 1230<p>To obtain evidence for a possible court case.</p> 1231<p> </p> 1232<p>How does this affect disabled people?</p> 1233<p>The DWP assesses if someone claiming disability benefits is disabled. They often use physical surveillance to do so. They can also use a claimants social media to assess their mental capacity too. </p> 1234<p>
1234They do this without any medical qualifications and often without any knowledge of a persons disability and how it affects them.</p> 1235<p>The DWP are supposed to take psychological distress component into consideration whilst at the same time not describing how to do this, thus not taking it into consideration at all.</p> 1236<p></p> 1237<p>The DWP have always used used surveillance to check upon a persons relationship and to see who a claimant lives with to see if theyâre claiming the correct benefits. The DWP reminds their employees that living together as a married couple is not in itself an offence whilst at the same time financially punishing them for doing so. </p> 1238<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="wp-content/uploads/2021/02/living-together-offense.png" alt="" class="wp-image-38294"/></figure> 1239<p></p> 1240<p>The DWP also has the authority to contact third party organisations such as </p> 1241<ul><li>banks (including credit unions),</li><li>credit providers,</li><li>insurers,</li><li>credit reference agencies,</li><li>money transfer companies,</li><li>water and sewerage undertaker or authority,</li><li>gas and electricity providers,</li><li>telecommunications services,</li><li>educational establishment or institutions,</li><li>The Student Loans Company.</li><li>banks (including credit unions),</li><li>credit providers,</li><li>insurers,</li><li>credit reference agencies,</li><li>money transfer companies,</li><li>water and sewerage undertaker or authority,</li><li>gas and electricity providers,</li><li>telecommunications services,</li><li>educational establishment or institutions,</li><li>The Student Loans Company.</li></ul> 1242<ul><li>Airlines, which can hand over names of passengers and dates of travel (EasyJet is listed separately, as it falls under the âabroad fraud deskâ. They can hand over passenger and booking information)</li><li>Bingo clubs, which can hand over membership details</li><li>The BBC, which can hand over TV licence holder name, method of payment and date of expiry</li><li>Sky, which can hand over Sky Broadband and Sky Talk subscriber details</li><li>Estate agents, who can hand over owner details, purchaser details, price, dates, method of payment and lettings</li><li>Golf clubs, gyms, leisure facilities and sports club, which can hand over membership details and activities undertaken</li><li>Harbour masters, who can hand over details about boat-ownership, boat-movements, dates and berthing fees</li><li>Legal Aid Board, which can hand over details of Legal Aid claims.</li><li>National Health Service Counter Fraud, which can hand over GP registration and checks of medical cards</li><li>National Health Service Trusts, which can hand over next of kin details and declared addresses</li><li>National Health Service Trusts & Hospitals, which can hand over details of admission and discharge and registration documents</li><li>Universities and Colleges Admissions Services, which can hand over university details and college placements</li></ul> 1243<p>The DWP also have singled out PayPal as an organisation that is willing to provide information in response to a standard data protection letter but only if they say that the information is requested for law enforcement purposes. </p> 1244<p>The DWP also relies upon credit reference agencies for their investigations regardless of the fact that people being investigated are more likely to be in debt and have a poor credit rating. Regardless of this itâs yet another avenue for the DWP to exploit.</p> 1245<p></p> 1246<p>This is an extraordinary abuse of power given to the DWP too often target innocent people. Benefit fraud levels are 3.6% of benefit expenditure whilst many claimants are being underpaid by the DWP due to error. </p> 1247<p>Whilst claiming any type of benefit from the DWP a person also waves goodbye to the right to privacy that they should be entitled to. Iâve seen DWP officers check a claimants social media before their appointment, thus unbeknown to the claimant theyâve lost a part of their privacy. </p> 1248<p>If this was happening to a person not claiming benefits theyâd quite rightly be an uproar about it. For this to happen to a claimant itâs regarded as being ok. None of this is ok and we must continue to oppose the shocking treatment of benefit claimants. </p> 1249<p>If you have a social media account make sure that itâs set to friends only. Check any friend requests first and be wary that some so called DWP help groups are used to survey people. </p> 1250<p>Thanks given to @mrfrankzola over on Twitter for sharing this information and making me aware of this report. Also thanks given to <a href="http://eerie.org/">
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1278young people</a> </span> 1279 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/12/10/dwp-refuse-to-share-pip-esa-and-universal-credit-report/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-12-10T09:14:29+00:00">December 10, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-12-10T09:56:27+00:00">December 10, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1280 <a href="2021/12/10/dwp-refuse-to-share-pip-esa-and-universal-credit-report/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP refuse to share PIP, ESA and Universal Credit report.</h1></a> 1281 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1282 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1283</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1284 <div class="entry-content"> 1285<p><br><br><br>The DWP are rather unsurprisingly refusing Benefits and Works request to see a copy of a report undertaken that looks at 120 claimantsâ experiences of receiving PIP, ESA and Universal Credit.<br>Benefits And Work have now appealed to the Information Commissioner but this process could take many months which gives the DWP chance to find more reasons not to release the contents of the report.<br><br><br>The DWP have also declined to let the work and pensions committee see a copy of the report, even under conditions of complete confidentiality which leaves many to ask why this is happening and what are they trying to hide. <br><br><br>Benefits And Work have however viewed documents which show that either the report interviewees were knowingly misled about the research being published. It could be the case that the Secretary of state was being dishonest when she told MPs âPublication decisions are always taken upon completion of research.â<br><br><br>Rather interestingly Disability News Service have been contacted by a whistleblower that told them that they had been shown the first draft of the report and the DWP had ordered the authors to reduce the number of references to âunmet needsâ and to delete some of its analysis.<br><br><br>So even the diluted final version of the report is apparently too scandalous to see the light of day.<br><br><br><br>The government have also recently published a Green Paper in order to consult on âhow the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the futureâ.</p> 1286<p>Itâs debatable if they will actually take note of the needs of disabled people and to treat them fairly. They havenât so far and Iâm not expecting them to either. <br><br><br><br>It is also rumoured that the government might propose to reduce financial support to some disabled claimants in their forthcoming white paper. Taking this into account it makes sense for them that they donât want evidence published that shows that there is already a high level of unmet needs.<br><br>Watch this space I will report on any future updates concerning this.</p> 1287<p></p> 1288<p></p> 1289<p></p> 1290<p>From years of past experience we know that the DWP donât put the needs of disabled people first or even anywhere. Their target is to force people into work regardless of them actually being able to do so. </p> 1291<p>In the past Iâve seen disabled people forced onto Universal Credit by deception and then forced onto DWP courses with the aim of getting them ‘readyâ for work. </p> 1292<p>Remember that claimants are still forced to undertake unpaid ‘voluntaryâ work which is unfair to say the least and can cause distress too many.</p> 1293<p>We canât let the government and the DWP get away with ignoring report requests and also implementing rules that are at best cruel. </p> 1294<p>We need to remember that the government and the DWP are masters of deception and we must continue to see past their lies. Thereâs more of us than there are of them and I alongside others will continue to hold them accountable for their actions. </p> 1295<p></p> 1296<p>If you live in the Greater Manchester area and would like to get involved please join Manchester DPAC over at <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a> You will find likeminded people and you will be given opportunities to join in activities. </p> 1297<p>Unite Community is a trade union organisation specifically created for people that arenât working. Itâs well worth joining however there is a small payment to join. You can find them over at <a href="join.unitetheunion/">https:\\join.unitetheunion.org</a></p> 1298<p>A huge thank you to Benefits And Work for sharing this information and for the hard
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With the cost of gas and electric rising dramatically this year it leaves thousands unable to even make the choice between heating and eating because they can afford neither. <br><br>The reduction in Universal Credit payments and benefit levels not rising enough with inflation leaves thousands in despair, living in cold and often dark housing. Poor households being hit by a âdouble whammyâ of energy price increases and benefit cuts at the same time.</p> 1330<p>Weâve got a saying here in the north west of England, a saying that Peter Kay made famous, but itâs one that many of us say every day. ‘Turn the big light offâ and also ‘Shut the door youâre letting the cold inâ. Whilst these were said in jest, many a joke comes from the harsh reality of life. </p> 1331<p>Thousands of parents, working and not working will be worrying about how theyâll feed their children and keep them warm, when they shouldnât have to make that choice at all.</p> 1332<p></p> 1333<p></p> 1334<p>On top of this stay at home rules caused by the pandemic have cost some households at least an extra £45 per month more in increased heating and electricity bills. I say at least because this cost will now increase because of energy cost increases. <br>This means that the numbers of people, many not previously in fuel poverty are forced to make the stark choice between heating and eating.</p> 1335<p><br><br>Recently, Citizens Advice estimated that an extra 600,000 households had fallen into fuel poverty due to previous lockdowns and separate figures also show millions of people are already way behind on their fuel bills.<br><br>An additional concern is that fuel poverty can make respiratory illnesses worse meaning conditions such as Covid and long term health conditions are exacerbated by being forced to live in cold damp homes. This is a concern that disabled and ill people have had for a long time now, but the government are refusing to even address this, let alone help.<br></p> 1336<p><br>While the long term solution to ending fuel poverty is more energy efficie
1336nt buildings and programmes such as the Governmentâs Green Homes Grant will help to facilitate this, there is a real urgent need for immediate energy debt relief for millions of families immediately.</p> 1337<p></p> 1338<p>Whilst we are made aware of the amount of people that have died as a result of Covid 19, the public are rarely kept informed about the excess winter deaths in England and Wales .</p> 1339<p>Since 2000, excess winter deaths in England and Wales had remained generally at around 25,000. It is estimated that around 10% of these deaths were caused directly by fuel poverty. This is a large amount of people dying as a result of being cold which I fear will become much higher due to the recent energy price increases. </p> 1340<p></p> 1341<p></p> 1342<p>To give you an example my electric is now costing me £90 a month compared to the previous cost being approximately £50, and my gas charges have risen to at least £100 compared to approximately £60. I, like so many others try to keep costs down as much as possible.</p> 1343<p>Please read my previous blog detailing my energy saving techniques.</p> 1344<p></p> 1345<p></p> 1346<p>To add to this, most people living in fuel poverty are dependant upon pay as you go energy due to previous energy debts, or having the meters already being in their home and are unable to change them. </p> 1347<p>Paying back energy debt on pre paid meters is incredibly expensive even before the price rises. Those in this position will no longer be able to afford to heat their homes because the price is too high. Once your credit has gone, its gone leaving people forced to live in cold homes,</p> 1348<p></p> 1349<p></p> 1350<p>In an idea world, the government would have stepped in to challenge the price increases and to also help the public to cope with the cost increases.</p> 1351<p>Meanwhile the prime ministers has parties in number 10 ignoring the quarantine rules and carry on as though nothing has happened and nothing has changed. One rule for them and another for us as par the norm. </p> 1352<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/12/pexels-photo-6633297.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7957" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/12/02/fuel-poverty-a-price-too-high-for-many/pexels-photo-6633297/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-6633297.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="woman holding a blue mug with a white knitted blanket around her body" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Karolina Grabowska on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-holding-a-blue-mug-with-a-white-knitted-blanket-around-her-body-6633297/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1353" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-6633297.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/pexels-photo-6633297.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/12/pexels-photo-6633297.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7957"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Karolina Grabowska on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-holding-a-blue-mug-with-a-white-knitted-blanket-around-her-body-6633297/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1354<p>If you live in the Greater Manchester area and youâd like to get involved please join <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a> You will find likeminded people and will be given opportunities to join in activities that they are doing. </p> 1355<p>Unite Community is a trade union organisation created for those that arenât working. Itâs well worth joining however there is a small payment to join. They offer help, advice and even training. You can join them over at <a href="http://join.unitetheunion.org/">http:\\join.unitetheunion.org</a></p> 1356<p></p> 1357<p>A huge thank you to everyone that reads, likes and shares my blog posts. This not only means the word to me it also enables the truth about the reality of being poor in the UK to get out there. Every share means that awareness has been raised and people no longer feel alone. </p> 1358<p></p> 1359<p>I donât get paid for any of the work that I do and to say its a struggle is an understatement. Yet again this week has been a tough one for me but I aim to publish at least one blog post per week. </p> 1360<p>
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1379young people</a> </span> 1380 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/11/25/universal-credit-sanctions-rise-enormously-in-four-months/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-11-25T11:56:49+00:00">November 25, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-11-25T13:37:31+00:00">November 25, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1381 <a href="2021/11/25/universal-credit-sanctions-rise-enormously-in-four-months/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">UNIVERSAL CREDIT SANCTIONS RISE ENORMOUSLY IN FOUR MONTHS</h1></a> 1382 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1383 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1384</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1385 <div class="entry-content"> 1386<p class="has-medium-font-size">As many of you already know the DWP never miss an opportunity to sanction claimants, however it was much harder to do so whilst the country was in lockdown because of the pandemic. </p> 1387<p class="has-medium-font-size">The drop in Universal Credit sanctions was as a result of changes to the conditionality rules that were implemented in March 2020 because of the pandemic.</p> 1388<p></p> 1389<p></p> 1390<p class="has-medium-font-size">Normal service seems to have resumed sadly with the rate of Universal Credit sanctions rising 15 fold in four months according to Benefits And Work.</p> 1391<p class="has-medium-font-size">This all changed in April 2021 when face to face meetings returned thus causing sanctions levels to rise. This proves that the decision to sanction claimants lies firstly with Job Coaches and often is influenced by their opinion and not fact. </p> 1392<p class="has-medium-font-size">Theres no other reason for this when online claimant were seen to meet the expectations of their claimant commitments, yet now they apparently donât.</p> 1393<p></p> 1394<p></p> 1395<p class="has-medium-font-size">Benefit sanctioning is an extremely cruel way of punishing someone for apparently not reaching the DWPs expectations. Taking away a persons financial means of survival is wrong on all levels, itâs hard enough trying to survive on the meagre amount of monies given in the first place. </p> 1396<p class="has-medium-font-size"></p> 1397<p></p> 1398<p class="has-medium-font-size">Iâve blogged about benefit sanctions for many years now, and Iâve also had articles published in newspapers etc. </p> 1399<p></p> 1400<p class="has-medium-font-size">My opinion is this, and it will never change. </p> 1401<p class="has-medium-font-size">No one should be punished financially by sanctions. Sanctions do not and never have encouraged people to find work or look for work more diligently. </p> 1402<p class="has-medium-font-size">When a claimant is sanctioned they can only focus on keeping warm, being able to eat and how theyâre going to pay their rent. </p> 1403<p class="has-medium-font-size">Being sanctioned and refusing to pay ESA and PIP claimants their rightful payments directly causes mental and physical distress, often leading to long term illness and depression. </p> 1404<p class="has-medium-font-size">Whilst quite rightly we are told to leave an abusive relationship for our own safety a person canât leave the DWP and everything that comes with it. Itâs obscene that people are treated in this manner, being guilty before being found innocent. Itâs gaslighting at its worst.<br><br><br>Prior to the pandemic the highest sanctioning levels happened back in July 2019, when 22,566 claimants were hit with a reduction in their benefit.<br>I have no doubt that this figure will be surpassed if it hasnât already. </p> 1405<p class="has-medium-font-size">We must continue to hold the government and the DWP responsible for their actions.<br><br>Many thanks once again to Benefits And Work for their hard work for researching and gathering the data. They work extremely hard to help others. </p> 1406<p></p> 1407<p></p> 1408<p class="has-medium-font-size">If you want to raise awareness about these issues and more there are several ways that you can do so. </p> 1409<p class="has-medium-font-size">You can share blogs such as mine and likewise online of your preferred social media platform. You can also email blogs and articles like mine to MPs and other important people and influencers. </p> 1410<p class="has-medium-font-size">Every share, tweet, conversation etc helps to raise awareness and this is extremely important to do. </p> 1411<p class="has-medium-font-size">If you live in the Greater Manchester area and youâd like to get involved please join <a href="http://https;//manchesterdpac.com/">https;\\manchesterdpac.com</a> You will find likeminded people and will be given opportunities to join in any activities that they are doing.</p> 1412<p class="has-medium-font-size">Unite community is another trade union organisation that is well worth joining. There is a small payment to join but you can get help and advice from them also. 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Like I said earlier every share helps enormously.</p> 1418<p>Huge thank you to everyone that has and does support my blog and campaign. Without you I really couldnât do this. </p> 1419<p>How am I doing? Not good unfortunately a very good friend of mine died this week, and Iâm struggling to cope with it because Iâm still grieving for my son. </p> 1420<p>Financially Iâm also struggling. Iâm having to make the choice between heating and eating. I know that so many of you are struggling with this as well. </p> 1421<p></p> 1422<p class="has-medium-font-size">If anyone would like to donate to keep my blog and campaign going or to help me put some electric on the meter theres a PayPal donation link at the top, side and underneath this blog post. </p> 1423<p class="has-medium-font-size">I am trying to update my blog more than once a week as you might have noticed this week.</p>
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1440young people</a> </span> 1441 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/11/22/2-billion-given-for-pip-and-esa-assesments/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-11-22T16:35:18+00:00">November 22, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-11-22T17:12:26+00:00">November 22, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1442 <a href="2021/11/22/2-billion-given-for-pip-and-esa-assesments/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">£2 BILLION GIVEN TO PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR PIP AND ESA ASSESMENTS</h1></a> 1443 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1444 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1445</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1446 <div class="entry-content"> 1447<p>Well whoâd have guessed that the government would find £2 billion from their magic money pot to inflict even more cruelty to disabled and ill claimants.</p> 1448<p>Thanks to Benefits And Work who have uncovered the first details of the new assessment contracts for PIP, ESA and UC claimants.<br/><br/><br/><br/> These shiny new contracts will split the UK into five regions which will involve over £2.8 billion being given to the private sector over a period of five years. This is supposedly to allow the DWP to decide how these assessments will take place through telephone or face-to-face assessments. </p> 1449<p>I add that as usual this will be decided ignoring the actual physical and mental needs a claimant might have.<br/></p> 1450<p><br/>Under the new claimant Functional Assessment Services (FAS) system as it is titled, the UK will be divided into five regions from 1 August 2023:<br/><br/>Lot 1 â Northern England and Scotland 647,600,000<br/><br/>Lot 2 â Midlands and Wales 473,400,000<br/><br/>Lot 3 â South West England 338,000,000<br/><br/>Lot 4 â London, South East & East Anglia 396,800,000<br/><br/>Lot 5- Northern Ireland 105,100,000</p> 1451<p><br/><br/>In each region, a single company will be chosen to carry out all the PIP, ESA and UC assessments.</p> 1452<p>So basically money talks regardless of already vulnerable claimants needs. Whoever puts the best tender in wins the contract. </p> 1453<p>Call me old fashioned but the wellbeing and needs of individuals should always be put first. Instead they companies with no medical knowledge and experience to assess already vulnerable people. </p> 1454<p>They will be allowed to decide if a person disabled enough to claim their rightful payments regardless of having no medical knowledge of their needs. </p> 1455<p>Basically claimants lifeâs are once again in the hands of these so called assessors. <br/></p> 1456<p><br/>The total value of the contracts that will be given is £2 billion firstly to rise to £2.8 billion if the DWP chooses to extend the contract for an additional two years.</p> 1457<p>You can bet that theyâll choose to extend these contracts, afterall itâs beneficial for the government to extend them. </p> 1458<p>Thereâs always room for extending cruel systems such as this. What the government wonât tell you is that they want as many people as possible to be declared fit for work. It doesnât matter of theyâre fit or able enough to do so.</p> 1459<p><br/><br/>The Scottish government will be taking over PIP assessments itself in advance of August 2023. </p> 1460<p>There will be some claims that are already underway that will still be dealt with by private sector assessors.</p> 1461<p><br/><br/>The bid winners will be paid first for a ten month âimplementation phaseâ. This will ensure they will have fully trained their staff and have acquired suitable premises. It also will give them the chance to implement their IT systems before going live.</p> 1462<p><br/>As we already know the DWP never make any system uncomplicated though. To prove this the DWP will provide one IT system for PIP claimants and a separate system for ESA and UC claimants. <br/><br/>The DWP have already warned potential providers that changes might take place place throughout the life of the contract.<br/><br/>These changes may include alterations in the âchannel mixâ as the DWP call it. </p> 1463<p>An example being âchange in proportional requirements relating to virtual assessments and face to face assessments. They could for example change requirements such as 60% face-to-face to 20% assessments.</p> 1464<p><br/>
1464It is very clear that the DWP and not the assessment providers that will decide which proportion of claimants receive a telephone or face-to-face assessment.<br/></p> 1465<p><br/>This makes it clear that assessment providers will be working to meet targets for types of assessment. This will completely ignore the fact that some claimants are obliged to have an inappropriate method of assessment.</p> 1466<p>As you can see none of this will be beneficial for anyone that claims ESA,PIP and UC. </p> 1467<p>As these systems are target driven the assessors will be more concerned with meeting targets than the wellbeing of anyone being assessed. </p> 1468<p>I donât have to tell you how much distress is caused by cruel systems like this especially if theyâre target driven. Who remembers Sandraâs Stars? </p> 1469<p>We must remain vigilant because as we know from past experience the government will try to put in legislation and plans without our knowledge. </p> 1470<p>You can do this by sharing information online on your preferred social media provider, emailing mine and likewise blogs to people that might need informing</p> 1471<p> Manchester DPAC over at https:\\manchesterdpac.com<a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a> Also local branches of Unite Community over at join.unitetheunion.org<a href="http://join.unitetheunion.org/">http://join.unitetheunion.org</a>. </p> 1472<p>Every share, tweet and conversation about these issues raises awareness which is extremely important. </p> 1473<p>Massive thanks given to Benefits And Work for making me aware of this happening. They do so much hard work to raise awareness. </p> 1474<p>Also thanks to a Twitter friend for alerting me to this. 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1498young people</a> </span> 1499 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/11/18/dwp-gets-billions-to-force-legacy-benefit-claimants-to-universal-credit/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-11-18T11:31:21+00:00">November 18, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-11-22T17:10:32+00:00">November 22, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1500 <a href="2021/11/18/dwp-gets-billions-to-force-legacy-benefit-claimants-to-universal-credit/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP GETS BILLIONS TO FORCE LEGACY BENEFIT CLAIMANTS TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT</h1></a> 1501 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1502 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1503</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1504 <div class="entry-content"> 1505<p class="has-normal-font-size"><strong>DWP SET TO INTRODUCE NEW TAILORING UP APPROACH FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.</strong></p> 1506<p>The DWP arenât known for their sympathy towards disabled claimants so it comes as no surprise that theyâre now experimenting with a âTailoring Upâ approach to sanctions for disabled claimants.</p> 1507<p>Their new “Tailoring up” approach will now allow job coaches to make activities such as training or work experience either voluntary or mandatory, entirely at the discretion of the coach. </p> 1508<p>You might think that this is a good thing but sadly I fear it isnât. The DWP arenât doing any type of monitoring of this new programme therefore the risk of disabled people being discriminated against is high. </p> 1509<p>This will put disabled people in a terrible situation, leaving them at the hands of a Job Coach that might be sceptical of a persons disability such as mental health issues and other invisible and visible disabilities, </p> 1510<p>This will leave them at a very high risk of being sanctioned at the whim of a job Advisor based upon their personal opinion. After all theres no monitoring of this scheme leaving Job Coaches apparently answerable to no one. </p> 1511<p></p> 1512<p class="has-normal-font-size">Also being introduced as part of this scheme is for disabled claimants to attend meetings with job coaches will be a mandatory activity under the scheme. This is being piloted in sixteen areas but we all know what that means. </p> 1513<p>From years of experience with the DWP and theyâre so called pilot schemes I fear that this will be the start of the rollout of this new scheme. </p> 1514<p>As soon as I hear more about this I will publish it in future blog posts. </p> 1515<p></p> 1516<p>It goes without saying but it is very important that you keep a good record of all communications going to the DWP and from them. Having a good paper trail helps enormously to overturn sanction decisions, as does involving a local MP if of course they arenât a supporter of the whole sanctioning system. </p> 1517<p>Also very handy for support if anyone is sanctioned are local law Centres, online groups such as Benefits And Work, DPAC and Citizens Advice if you can access them. </p> 1518<p></p> 1519<p></p> 1520<p><strong>DWP GETS BILLIONS FOR FORCED MOVE TO UC AND ONLINE CLAIMS</strong></p> 1521<p>It also appears that theres always a big pot of money for the DWP to cause more suffering and distress.</p> 1522<p>The DWP has been given £2.6 billion between now and 2025 for âdigital activity to support the delivery of benefits and transform how customers interact with the welfare system.â</p> 1523<p>They havenât released any further details of what this transformation will be and what it will entail either. From past experience itâs likely to be spent upon moving as much as possible online, which in itself will cause many problems for claimants. </p> 1524<p></p> 1525<p>In the quest to make disabled people now claiming legacy benefits the DWP are set to recieve over half a billion pounds to âsupport the transition of legacy claimants onto UCâ which as it stands will apparently be completed by March 2025.</p> 1526<p>However DWP will be focusing trying to make disabled people to move âvoluntaryâ from legacy benefits such as ESA onto UC throughout the rest of this year and 2022. This will probably entail putting a lot of pressure onto disabled people to move their claims over, also possibly lying to disabled claimants to force them to move over to Universal Credit.</p> 1527<p>Unsurprisingly from 2023 onwards the DWP and government will be focusing on forcing the remainder of legacy benefits claimants onto UC, most likely by any means possible. </p> 1528<p></p> 1529<p>I know that this is easy for me to say but if you are told that you have to move your claim over to Universal Credit under the guise of it ‘being betterâ for you stand your ground and refuse. In absolutely no way would this be benef
1529icial for you at the moment. </p> 1530<p>No matter how much glitter Job Coaches and the DWP try to throw on the shite that is Universal Credit it will not make it shine. </p> 1531<p>The DWP are becoming more brazen with their obvious hatred of disabled and poor people. We must try to hold them accountable at every single opportunity that we are given. </p> 1532<p>You can do this by commenting and calling them out online, helping others and joining campaigns like mine and DPAC and Manchester DPAC over at <a href="page_id-7914/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com </a> Also local branches of Unite Community <a href="http://join.unitetheunion.org/">join.unitetheunion.org </a></p> 1533<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/11/pexels-photo-6551142.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7909" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/11/18/dwp-gets-billions-to-force-legacy-benefit-claimants-to-universal-credit/pexels-photo-6551142/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6551142.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="crying woman feeling tired during training in gym" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Andres Ayrton on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crying-woman-feeling-tired-during-training-in-gym-6551142/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1534" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6551142.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6551142.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/11/pexels-photo-6551142.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7909"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Andres Ayrton on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crying-woman-feeling-tired-during-training-in-gym-6551142/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1535<p>Please read, share and email my blog to help raise as much awareness as possible. 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such as having or caring for a child, or a change to a health condition - their payments may be reduced for a set period. This is known as a sanction.”<br><br>âAll Claimant Commitments are tailored to a personâs personal circumstances and local jobs market, and claimants affected by this change are being informed of the introduction of the new process. Sanctions are only applied as a last resort when a claimant is not engaging with the commitment they have made. If someone disagrees with a decision they can ask for it to be looked at again.â</p> 1572<p>This is all rather scary as the government have now passed on the onus of sanctioning decisions to the Job Coaches and not a decision maker. </p> 1573<p>Sanctions arenât always a last resort decision and Iâm speaking from years of experience helping people to appeal sanction decisions. Also since when have the DWP taken children into consideration… They havenât. </p> 1574<p>Iâm sure that many of you reading this have had so called Job Coaches that take an obvious dislike you you. Iâve also experienced this and I know exactly what itâs like. Itâs soul destroying.</p> 1575<p>Iâve experienced having a Job Coach that clearly hated me. She would find holes in everything that I did and tried to sanction me at every opportunity that came her way. </p> 1576<p>Luckily I was able to make a complaint about her which involved my local MP. </p> 1577<p>I changed Job Coaches but she would glare at me every time that I walked past her. I have mentioned this in a previous blog post. </p> 1578<p>My question is this… How many innocent people are going to be wrongfully sanctioned because of this very reason?</p> 1579<p>Itâs also worrying that there could well be even more sanction targets (offloads). Therefore the need to reach these targets will cause the suffering and distress of thousands of people.</p> 1580<p>Basically the whole sanctioning process could well be ramped up a whole lot more..</p> 1581<p></p> 1582<p>Opinion isnât fact and there are many valid reasons why a claimant has not been able to to fulfill their claimant commitment. </p> 1583<p>Illness, lack of money for essentials such as no money to top up mobile phones or to have access to the internet at home. </p> 1584<p>Access to libraries is fast becoming a rarity these days. The DWP demands that claimants have access to the internet at all times.</p> 1585<p>
1585Essentialy if an Job Coach decides in their opinion that a claimant hasnât done enough then theyâll sanction them. </p> 1586<p>Remember once again opinion isnât always fact and this is a very dangerous precept to use. </p> 1587<p>The whole sanction system should be abolished. Thereâs absolutely no reason why a person should have their very basics for survival to be snatched off them by the click of a button. Which is based upon the opinion of a Job Coach. Remember opinion isnât always fact. </p> 1588<p>Whilst we are still in the midst of a pandemic the government and the DWP have now returned to normal. Donât expect them to care because they obviously donât. </p> 1589<p>Keep a good written and digital record (if you can) of everything that youâve done to fulfill your claimant commitment. </p> 1590<p>If youâve been ill or suchlike also try to keep a record of whatever you can to prove that youâve been ill. </p> 1591<p>Itâs important that you do all this because sanctioning you will be a whole lot harder if you keep a good record of everything. </p> 1592<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7867" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/10/28/disabled-and-poorest-excluded-in-yesterdays-budget-announcements/numbers-money-calculating-calculation/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg" data-orig-size="1880,1245" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="gold colored coins near calculator" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Breakingpic on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/gold-colored-coins-near-calculator-3305/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1593" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg?w=845" src="2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7867" srcset="2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption>Photo by Breakingpic on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/gold-colored-coins-near-calculator-3305/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1594<p>If you are in the Greater Manchester area please have a look and even join in with Greater Manchester DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) activities. You can find them here at <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a></p> 1595<p></p> 1596<p></p> 1597<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog posts. It helps enormously to get the truth out there.</p> 1598<p>How am I? Iâm ok apart from catching a sickness bug yesterday hence my blog being late. My apologies.</p> 1599<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has supported my campaign and blog. I really couldnât have done it without you. </p> 1600<p>I donât receive any payment for any of the work that I do. If anyone would like to donate there is a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 1601<p></p> 1602<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7901" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-6003790/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="woman s palm with written message" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790_w-683.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7901" srcset="2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790_w-683.jpeg 683w, 2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790_w-100.jpeg 100w, 2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790_w-200.jpeg 200w, 2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/11/pexels-photo-6003790.jpeg 867w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px"/></figure>
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Gangsters in all but name.</h1></a> 1622 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1623 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1624</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1625 <div class="entry-content"> 1626<p class="has-medium-font-size">Yet again the Conservative party have showed their true colours. Anyone that previously didnât think that this dreadful excuse for a political party must surely see it now. </p> 1627<p class="has-medium-font-size">How low will Tory Ministers stoop? My guess is as low as they can and then some more. They do it because they can and will continue to do so because no one will stop them.</p> 1628<p></p> 1629<p class="has-medium-font-size"> Itâs classic Tory though and it shouldnât come as a surprise to see that theyâve ripped up the rules to protect one of their own. Itâs what they do when they get caught out and they expect every Conservative MP to do exactly as theyâre told. </p> 1630<p class="has-medium-font-size">It also comes as no shock that they expected the Independent Commissioner to follow suit but she didnât and sadly this has cost her her job. Their ‘reasoningâ being that they canât see a future for her in her position. </p> 1631<p></p> 1632<p class="has-medium-font-size">Letâs compare this to the average person trying to get by on a day to day basis, if they decided to break a rule or even a law theyâd be punished for it usually by loosing their job or in a court of law. This is what is expected when boundaries are breached.</p> 1633<p class="has-medium-font-size"> </p> 1634<p class="has-medium-font-size">Take for example a person claiming tax credits that fills in their details carefully and correctly. The tax credit system then decides how much their payments should be based on the details given to them.</p> 1635<p class="has-medium-font-size">Imagine the shock when theyâre told at a later date that theyâve been paid too much and all of the overpayment will be recouped without any evidence of supposed overpayment and at a rate that would render them unable to pay their bills or indeed anything else. <
1635/p> 1636<p></p> 1637<p class="has-medium-font-size">Letâs also talk about the way that Universal Credit claimants are treated. From the moment of applying for Universal Credit theyâre treated like criminals, without any respect and made to feel guilty for their existence. Theyâre also made to jump through seemingly impossible hoops to satisfy the DWP and when they complain theyâre treated with disdain. </p> 1638<p class="has-medium-font-size">Many are sanctioned and have to try and survive on greatly reduced payments because they apparently failed to do as they were told, even though in many cases they donât know why they were sanctioned. </p> 1639<p class="has-medium-font-size">To force a person to go without the very basics such as food, water, heating and a home should be in my eyes a criminal offence but the DWP and the Conservative party get away with doing this every single day of the year. These are good, honest people being punished because theyâre poor.</p> 1640<p class="has-medium-font-size"></p> 1641<p></p> 1642<p class="has-medium-font-size">Corruption is the lifeblood of the Conservative party, every decision that they make is backed up with a can they get away with it clause. Theyâre experts at it, giving handouts to their millionaire friends whilst the poor are hungry.</p> 1643<p></p> 1644<p class="has-medium-font-size">Not one thought about helping others is given unless they can benefit from it and donât expect them to ever care about the public and their wellbeing. Theyâll always support their own regardless of what theyâve done and to who theyâve done it. </p> 1645<p class="has-medium-font-size">They worship at the feet of money, corruption, sneeze and debauchery regardless of whatâs happening in the real world and theyâve got no intention of stopping either. Our complaints about such behaviour will go unread and ignored, itâs what they do theyâre masters of this.</p> 1646<p></p> 1647<p></p> 1648<p class="has-medium-font-size">The only way to stop them is to vote them out of office. We must do this even though itâs becoming increasingly harder to do so. Remember this at election times, remember how they ignored you and trampled over your rights and well-being. Use this anger to remove them from their comfortable positions] because itâs the only thing that can work.</p> 1649<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/11/pexels-photo-372490.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7883" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/11/04/the-conservative-party-gangsters-in-all-but-name/pexels-photo-372490/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pexels-photo-372490.jpeg" data-orig-size="864,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ancient architecture attraction big ben" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>
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1689will suffer even more in the shortest amount of time? <br/>They take away their hope, support leaving them more vulnerable to increasing poverty and illness which therefore will end their lives prematurely.</p> 1690<p></p> 1691<p>Living in poverty means living in constant arrears forced to use pre-pay meter energy meters that they cant afford to top up. Going without heating, food, the ability to cook food, showers and the ability to do their laundry and take care of their personal needs. This has a massive negative effect on their physical and mental health which then ends up costing local authorities and the government more money in the long run. </p> 1692<p></p> 1693<p></p> 1694<p>Itâs never been about the money though. This is a choice that the the government makes and will continue to make whilst theyâre in power. </p> 1695<p>The government doesnât care about a disabled person unable to find and pay their much needed carers. Often left to cope alone they canât see a way out of their situation because the government isnât going to help them. </p> 1696<p></p> 1697<p></p> 1698<p>What the government apparently fails to understand is that when poor people have more money they spend it in their local communities therefore helping the local economy. So when the government says that that they care about helping small businesses and communities theyâre actually lying. </p> 1699<p>Whilst the government gives their millionaire friends tax cuts and financial help they move their money into their tax havens instead of the economy. Theres no such thing as the trickle down effect.Itâs all about keeping the rich happy and the poor miserable and ensuring that their poverty and reliance upon the government for help continues.</p> 1700<p></p> 1701<p></p> 1702<p>It was also the governmentâs choice to scrap the Universal Credit £20 uplift. Itâs not because they couldnât afford it because they clearly can. They choose to make the poorest suffer. </p> 1703<p></p> 1704<p>By excluding those on legacy benefits from any extra help could be another attempt by the Government to try and force legacy benefit claimants to switch over to claim Universal Credit by making it more attractive despite the fact that it will make them much worse off financially.. <br/></p> 1705<p></p> 1706<p>Working people that claim Universal Credit are the only ones that will benefit slightly. They now have to give 8% less of their hourly wage back to the system leaving them still loosing 55% of their hourly wage. Most are on minimum wage jobs, often working zero hour contracts. </p> 1707<p></p> 1708<p>The only people that will greatly benefit from this yearâs budget announcements will be the better off and of course the governmentâs friends, the millionaires. Theyâll always come before the health of disabled people and the working class. </p> 1709<p>We know our place and the government will continue to remind us of this. But donât expect me to doff my cap to them because I wonât. </p> 1710<p></p> 1711<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7867" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/10/28/disabled-and-poorest-excluded-in-yesterdays-budget-announcements/numbers-money-calculating-calculation/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg" data-orig-size="1880,1245" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="gold colored coins near calculator" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Breakingpic on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/gold-colored-coins-near-calculator-3305/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1712" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg?w=845" src="2021/10/numbers-money-calculating-calculation.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7867"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Breakingpic on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/gold-colored-coins-near-calculator-3305/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1713<p>Please join my friends over at Manchester DPAC <a href="manchesterdpac/">https:\\manchesterdpac.com</a> they do amazing work. Also check out the national DPACs page over on Facebook</p> 1714<p></p> 1715<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. Every share helps massively. </p> 1716<p></p> 1717<p>I donât receive any payments for any of the work that I do. If youâd like to donate towards the upkeep of the blog and campaign theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 1718<p></p> 1719<p>A huge thank you to everyone that shares and helps to keep my blog going, I canât thank you enough. </p>
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tag-poverty tag-sanctions"> 1731 <header class="entry-header"> 1732 <div class="entry-header-row"> 1733 <div class="entry-header-column"> 1734 <div class="entry-meta"> 1735 <span class="cat-links"> 1736 <a href="tag/ashton-under-lyne/" rel="category tag">Ashton Under lyne</a>, <a href="category/baby/" rel="category tag">baby</a>, <a href="category/black-isle-media/" rel="category tag">Black Isle Media</a>, <a href="category/boris-johnson/" rel="category tag">Boris Johnson</a>, <a href="category/brighthouse/" rel="category tag">Brighthouse</a>, <a href="category/confidence/" rel="category tag">confidence</a>, <a href="category/cookery/" rel="category tag">Cookery</a>, <a href="category/coronavirus/" rel="category tag">coronavirus</a>, <a href="category/covid-19/" rel="category tag">covid 19</a>, <a href="category/ashton-under-lyne/damien-green/" rel="category tag">Damien Green</a>, <a href="category/decision-maker/" rel="category tag">Decision maker</a>, <a href="category/dla/" 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The combination of the cruel DWP system, zero hour contract work, low hourly pay and the pandemic have all ensured that being poor is now more expensive now than it has been in recent times. </p> 1744<p class="has-medium-font-size">Of course it has always been the case but the amount of hatred beaten upon anyone thatâs poor and disabled is now worse than I ever remember it. </p> 1745<p class="has-medium-font-size">Iâve mentioned this many times throughout my blog posts over the years that Iâve been blogging and writing but at this moment in time Iâve never known such a hostile environment for anyone thatâs poor and disabled. </p> 1746<p></p> 1747<p></p> 1748<p class="has-medium-font-size">Cruelty towards the poor has always existed and laws have been created to ‘dealâ with poor people go right back to medieval times and perhaps earlier. This does not excuse the modern day cruelty metered upon the poorest and most vulnerable at the very time when they need help.</p> 1749<p class="has-medium-font-size">The DWP (Department Of Work And Pensions) and the government are our modern day overlords that are hell bent on causing pain and suffering to those that are in need of their help.</p> 1750<p></p> 1751<p></p> 1752<p class="has-medium-font-size">To understand this we need to look at the DWPâs cruel system guised as Universal Credit, titled as such to give the illusion of help and support. Instead of monetary credit and help claimants are met with cruelty and a total lack of care given by the `DWP, the organisation that is supposed to be helping them. </p> 1753<p class="has-medium-font-size">
1753When universal Credit was created the publicity surrounding it said that it was created to help those most in need and that claimants would be much better off financially if they applied for it, The truth is that it most people that have and do receive Universal Credit are much worse off financially than they were previously. </p> 1754<p class="has-medium-font-size">The cruelty doesnât end there though. The government systematically put in place various punishments that ensure that claimants donât receive enough money to live off. Sanctions given reducing a persons payments for so called ‘failingâ to comply, when quite often a person has complied but the cruel DWP system is never satisfied with anything that a claimant does. </p> 1755<p class="has-medium-font-size">Sanctions as well as monies garnished from Universal Credit payments for debts such a Council Tax and fines are the cause for many to have to use food banks in order to survive. Itâs very difficult if near impossible to get the DWP to reduce a sanction and for courts and local authorities to reduce the monies paid back per week. This is a circle of poverty thatâs never-ending. Itâs torturous and cruel. Not one thought is given by local authorities and the DWP about how theyâll survive. They also donât care as long as they get their money.</p> 1756<p></p> 1757<p></p> 1758<p class="has-medium-font-size">Being poor is expensive because although our incomes are much reduced we are still expected to pay the same bills that those better off financially pay. Itâs extremely unfair but I canât see this changing for the better in the future, I do expect it to worsen leaving more people living in extreme poverty.</p> 1759<p></p> 1760<p class="has-medium-font-size">Just recently it was announced that gas prices are increasing to such a high degree that we wonât be able to heat our homes no matter how small they can be. Eating is also a luxury these days for thousands. With retail prices increasing having a good substantial meal each day is more or less impossible. I often reminisce about the good old days then I was able to do so, it feels like a lifetime ago. </p> 1761<p class="has-medium-font-size">On top of this rents are increasing for thousands and thousands are being made homeless on a daily basis and organisations that help homeless people are overwhelmed and canât keep up with the demand for their services. </p> 1762<p class="has-medium-font-size">Can you imagine how devastating it is to loose your home only to find yourself having to live on the streets relying upon begging and organisations feeding homeless people in city centres?</p> 1763<p></p> 1764<p></p> 1765<p class="has-medium-font-size">Itâs very easy for those better off to say go to a food bank for help when many do limit their food parcels to three. When youâve had your allotted amount youâre on your own again to try and work out how to survive. There are food banks that do help people long term and a huge thank you to them for doing so. They need support more than theyâve ever needed it before. This isnât the answer to the problem though, its a sticking plaster on an open wound that shows no sign of healing. </p> 1766<p class="has-medium-font-size">Many forget how humiliating it is to be forced to ask for help, it makes people believe that theyâve failed everyone, both themselves and their families. To do this is to admit that they have nothing and feelings worthless is something that no one should be forced to feel.</p> 1767<p></p> 1768<p class="has-medium-font-size">Writing from experience of being poor and living in poverty £10 may as well be a million pounds. Having a decent set amount of money to spend on food, energy bills and personal care is a dream that many including myself have.</p> 1769<p class="has-medium-font-size"> Maybe one day itâll be achievable but realistically the government arenât going to change into a caring machine any time soon if ever. With the opposition government not opposing enough except for the usual few whom Iâm thankful for it leaves the government to do exactly what they want whenever they want. </p> 1770<p></p> 1771<p class="has-medium-font-size">Remember this… If someone tells you that they havenât got a penny to their name they probably havenât. They probably havenât had cash to hold for a long time. Itâs not a sentence thatâs thrown around flippantly its the truth, its reality for thousands of people every single day of every single week of the year. </p> 1772<p class="has-medium-font-size">Can you imagine living like this? Itâs a living hell. </p> 1773<p></p> 1774<p class="has-medium-font-size">Iâve not met a single person in all of the years that Iâve been helping and blogging that doesnât want to better their situation. The government makes this near impossible. The government is responsible for our suffering and donât ever forget this. </p> 1775<p></p> 1776<p></p> 1777<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/10/pexels-photo-8078379.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7827" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/10/21/its-expensive-being-poor/pexels-photo-8078379/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/pexels-photo-8078379.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="city person street banner" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by MART PRODUCTION on <a href="
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1817According to her figures this totals 189,000 young people that receive benefit focused upon a diagnosis of depression and that these young people may also claim other benefits as well.</p> 1818<p>Thus implying that young people shouldnât be claiming PIP at all. </p> 1819<p></p> 1820<p><em> </em>Coffey also complained about the amount of people claiming ESA should have only 25% of claimants should be in the support group rather than ‘about 80%â of those claiming ESA at the present time.</p> 1821<p>She also complained about ESA, saying that the original expectation was that only 25% and not the 80% that are in the support group now. </p> 1822<p></p> 1823<p> Coffey stated rather predictably that she wanted to change the focus to ‘what people can do rather than the benefit system being currently driven by what you cannot doâ</p> 1824<p></p> 1825<p>So in essence Coffey is saying that she wants to get people with disabilities, especially those in the support group back to work without declaring any support that might be given to claimants forced to do so.</p> 1826<p> Coffey says this regardless of their disabilities and their ability to work.</p> 1827<p></p> 1828<p>This is despicable and based upon her opinion and not the actual truth which is evidenced in the claim applications given by people claiming ESA. </p> 1829<p>ESA and PIP are not benefits that are easy to claim. Most claimants are refused upon their first application and they have to appeal and often take it to tribunal to eventually succeed and receive their rightful payments. </p> 1830<p></p> 1831<p>Coffey also takes into no consideration about how disabling and serious illness such as depression are. Anyone suffering from depression has to fight hard to try and find some support for their condition. NHS funding has been cut leaving previous lifeline services taken away leaving support hard to find. </p> 1832<p>Letâs also not forget how serious an illness depression can be. It canât be cured by forcing an already vulnerable person into work thus triggering them to an even deeper state of depression or worse. </p> 1833<p></p> 1834<p>Needless to say, Coffey has a swinging brick instead of a heart and she doesnât care about anyone living with illness and disability. Her aim is to try and stop vulnerable people from receiving the financial support that they need to live, without a care about how theyâll be able to cope.</p> 1835<p>To add salt to the wound so to speak, Coffey has also refused to rule out merging PIP with UC, saying that ‘everything is on the tableâ. Meaning that if they can find a way of persecuting vulnerable people whilst doing this then itâll happen. How dare disabled and ill people have any quality of life at all. </p> 1836<p>So, before the DWP has finished transferring DLA claimants to PIP or moving ESA claimants to UC, theyâve already started to plot another major benefits shake-up which is going to harm the well being of thousands of vulnerable people therefore putting them at risk and causing them great distress. </p> 1837<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7343" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/06/17/100-terminally-ill-claimants-a-month-die-fighting-for-benefits/pexels-photo-5700205/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="crop pitiful black woman embracing knees on bed" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Alex Green on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-pitiful-black-woman-embracing-knees-on-bed-5700205/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1838" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-845.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7343" srcset="2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-845.jpeg 845w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-1690.jpeg 1690w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205_w-1024.jpeg 1024
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1869young people</a> </span> 1870 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/10/07/universal-credit-uplift-taken-away-leaving-thousands-hungry-and-cold/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-10-07T11:23:00+00:00">October 7, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-10-07T11:55:57+00:00">October 7, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1871 <a href="2021/10/07/universal-credit-uplift-taken-away-leaving-thousands-hungry-and-cold/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Universal Credit uplift ends leaving thousands hungry and cold.</h1></a> 1872 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 1873 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 1874</header><!-- .entry-header --> 1875 <div class="entry-content"> 1876<p>Well it came as no surprise to see that the government ignored the petitions signed by the public, demonstrations from DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) and pressure from MPs to end the £20 Universal Credit that was introduced during the pandemic. </p> 1877<p>I and many others expected this to happen because the Tory party is an evil, cruel machine that wonât stop until the poor and disabled are gone and destroyed. They want the working class totally compliant to their needs and not their own, this has been proven in the policies and decisions that they make.</p> 1878<p></p> 1879<p></p> 1880<p></p> 1881<p>Universal Credit wasnât constructed to help people, instead it does the opposite. If youâre unemployed the payments given arenât enough to live on let alone survive. If youâre working you can never satisfy the system and are put under immense pressure to find more working hours. </p> 1882<p></p> 1883<p>
1883As well as the reduction of monies given to claimants money for debts is also garnished and taken away before their payments are received. This leaves the claimant with virtually nothing to live on after paying their rents which are constantly increasing.</p> 1884<p>Some people. say that you can get these payments reduced, when in reality itâs either impossible to or at best extremely difficult to do so. The debt repayment amounts are usually implemented without consulting the claimant and they arenât taking their income, or lack of it into consideration.</p> 1885<p>DWP and council tax debts amongst others have been the cause of people taking their own lives and attempting to do so. Having no money to provide for yourself and family members makes you feel worthless and its very understandable that people canât see the point of being alive anymore.</p> 1886<p></p> 1887<p></p> 1888<p>Feeling like a failure to yourself and your family if you have one is soul destroying, it leaves you questioning what have I done wrong to deserve this? In reality theyâve done nothing wrong at all. The fault lies totally at the governments feet and their cruel and heartless polices. </p> 1889<p></p> 1890<p></p> 1891<p>Once you step back itâs easy to see why the government does this. They do it because they see disabled and poor people as surplus to requirements. If they canât make a profit out of you then theyâll persecute the hell out of you. They do this until a persons on their deathbed and beyond and no apologies are given for doing this. </p> 1892<p></p> 1893<p></p> 1894<p>Then the pandemic arrived and at first the government tried to ignore it, they tried to downplay it until they could no longer do so. When they did start to address it the measures that they took were far from adequate and damn right dangerous. Basically they didnât care if the working class died because they are surplus to requirements anyway.</p> 1895<p></p> 1896<p></p> 1897<p>After much pressure being put on them by the opposition, campaigners like myself and even Tory Mpâs they reluctantly introduced the £20 uplift Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit claimants which was virtually their admission that the monies being given werenât adequate.</p> 1898<p>For some the £20 uplift might appear to be nothing, some still think that everyone has this amount of money to hand when in reality they donât. </p> 1899<p></p> 1900<p></p> 1901<p>When you have nothing, no money at all £20 makes a massive difference, it made the difference between eating and not eating, heating and not heating and it greatly improved the quality of life of thousands of people. </p> 1902<p>The uplift has proven too greatly improve a persons and their families life, it was an extra buffer that they could rely on and it made a big improvement in their lives. It also improved the economy because people had a little bit more money to spend.</p> 1903<p></p> 1904<p></p> 1905<p>As soon as the first date was given we campaigned hard to prevent it from happening and it worked. The government withdrew their plans and moved the date until October and this is where we are now. </p> 1906<p></p> 1907<p>Iâve had many phone calls and emails from people asking me what will they do next, is there any more funding that they can access and sadly the answer was no, no there isnât. Itâs gone and theres nothing that can be done about it. </p> 1908<p></p> 1909<p>The governments decision to end the uplift has caused and will cause great distress and illness for many. Trying to feed yourself and your family will be back to near impossible forcing them to go back to food banks for help.</p> 1910<p>Foodbanks rely upon donations of food though, and many of the people that donate food are poor themselves so I expect food donations will decrease making it very hard for the to continue with their work. </p> 1911<p></p> 1912<p></p> 1913<p>The governments answer to this is to find more work and to ask your boss for a pay increase and more working hours. This is extremely hard to get though because There might not be any extra hours available and jobs can be hard to get.</p> 1914<p>Theresa Coffey also announced that sheâs going to target disabled people who think that they canât work because in her warped world they can. To say this is cruel beyond belief is an understatement. They know that they canât work, they know that its impossible for them to work and itâs extremely hard to find an employer that is willing to make their business premises disabled friendly and be understanding of a persons disability.</p> 1915<p></p> 1916<p></p> 1917<p>Whilst Coffey was singing about having the time of her life on Karaoke at the Tory party Conference, thousands of people were and still are in distress and falling deeper into poverty because of the decisions that sheâs made and is making.</p> 1918<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 1919<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe class="youtube-player" width="845" height="476" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rqkxpBCqrwI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span> 1920</div></figure> 1921<p> </p> 1922<p>Iâve never had any illusion that the Tory party would care for the working class. I grew up under the shadow of Thatcher and I lived in poverty then, having holes in my shoes was a regular occurrence. I knew that theyâre cruel and have swinging bricks where their hearts should be. </p> 1923<p>This Tory government has taken cruelty to a whole different level though, theyâre monsters and we must keep campaigning against their evil plans. There are more of us than them and we will never forget their cruelty.</p> 1924<p></p> 1925<p> </p> 1926<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/10/pexels-photo-1161268.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7768" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/10/07/universal-credit-uplift-taken-away-leaving-thousands-hungry-and-cold/pexels-photo-1161268/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/pexels-photo-1161268.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="grayscale photography of woman touching her eyes" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photography-of-woman-touching-her-eyes-1161268/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1927" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/pexels-photo-1161268.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/pexels-photo-1161268.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/10/pexels-photo-1161268.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7768"/>
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Keeping your home warm is always a challenge when youâve got a low income, indeed many are forced to rely upon pay as you go meters to provide their energy. </p> 1963<p>Keeping a home warm enough to live in is a basic human right and it shouldnât be regarded as a luxury but sadly this is soon to be the case for even more people that could barely afford to keep warm already. </p> 1964<p>On the 1st October British Gas are increasing their prices dramatically.. Heres one example of how much more its going to cost </p> 1965<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 1966<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">
1966New price rise from British Gas my duel fuel as gone up £255,no need to change it says has Iâm on their cheapest deal.</p>— Mark lamarð¨ð¥ (@Marklamar20) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marklamar20/status/1440977063452753926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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1966</div> 1967</div></figure> 1968<p>To put it bluntly no matter how much we scrimp, how much food we wonât be able to buy anymore this will be too high a cost to meet by many of us myself included,. At the same time the government are refusing to permanently increase the £20 uplift payments and nor have they got any intention of extending it to people claiming legacy payments, many of them already vulnerable and living in poverty. </p> 1969<p>To say Iâm furious is an understatement. As I type this smaller energy companies are being forced to close because they too canât afford the British Gas price increases. Itâs obscene. Meanwhile the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that the government will not be bailing out energy companies. The very same energy companies that people on lower incomes rely on. </p> 1970<p>Itâs no surprise to hear this though but its still awful to hear.</p> 1971<p>This winter is going to be horrific for many of us as the means to keep warm are being taken away from thousands of people with no opposition from within the government. </p> 1972<p>I was a child during Thatchers awful government, I had holes in my shoes, often lived in a cold home and had no luxuries at all. Itâs shocking to see how much worse the present governments rule is. Thousands of people have died as a result of the decisions they make towards the poorest and most vulnerable. </p> 1973<p>How many will survive this winter? I really dread to think. </p> 1974<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/09/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7728" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/09/23/20-universal-credit-uplift-to-be-taken-away-british-gas-prices-dramatically-rise/pexels-photo-139050-5/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 1975" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/09/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7728"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 1976<p>How am I? </p> 1977<p>Still recovering but feeling a lot better. Still coughing but Iâve been told that it might take a while to go, but Iâm alive and very grateful for this. Not exactly living but existing like so many other people. </p> 1978<p>Iâm very concerned that Iâm going to catch Covid 19 again because its running riot in my daughters school now their mask wearing policies and hand sanitising policies have changed. Children are being constantly sent home from school because theyâve got symptoms and it wonât be long until the whole school is shut as a result. I will write a further blog post about this. </p> 1979<p>Iâm still struggling, a short walk is flooring me but the good news so far is that Iâm managing to keep my sats at 94%. Not brilliant but much better than it was. </p> 1980<p>I shall also keep you informed about this. </p> 1981<p>Please take care, keep safe and please wear a mask and sanitise your hands. Itâs important to stay healthy even when the government doesnât give a shit. </p> 1982<p></p> 1983<p></p> 1984<p></p> 1985<p>Please read, share and tweet my blog posts. Itâs important to get the truth out there and to as many people as possible.</p> 1986<p>I donât receive any funding for any of the work that I do and to say its a struggle is an understatement. Every penny makes a massive difference. For anyone that would like to donate theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 1987<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has and does support my campaign and blog. I really couldnât do this without you. Thank y
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They will not be silenced and will be heard. </p> 2012<p>Join these days of action to see how you can become involved in a full array of resistance demos taking place over the next few weeks including The World Transformed, Peoples Assembly,Manchester DPAC and the Campaign Against Empty Homes.</p> 2013<p>They will also hear from experts by Experience Commission on Social Security and the New Economics Foundations Living Income Coalition about building towards a better social security system.</p> 2014<p>The full details are here <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/friday-24-september-stopandscrapuniversalcredit-online-rally/" target="_blank">https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/friday-24-september-stopandscrapuniversalcredit-online-rally/</a> Speakers include Paula Peters (DPAC and Unite Community, La Toya Grant (commission on Social Security, Ellen Clifford (Author of The War on Disabled People) with solidarity messages from Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Marsha De Cordova and Ken Loach.</p> 2015<p></p> 2016<p></p> 2017<p>Following this the next days of action are as follows; </p> 2018<p>Saturday 25th September is going to be a national day of local actions please see their Facebook pages for further details.</p> 2019<p> Continuing on Monday 27th September <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdpac.uk.net%2F2021%2F09%2Flocal-actions-cancelthecut-20more4all%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3mg7sJV_SV-uy2fo36rnP7wS7zTQNYQvHOqSn5wUOMpYMBVZbR0skvalQ&
2019h=AT0JmlxJ9NaWUJsXKjZZp_VstpFLC3A8jNYSL2_edwJDSLX5J6QXaPX8LXUHyfR6BVKS7Ii80a9UEGSAKIJP9sRBr7hbJy7VtgP9H8kmXpX3IrDxcBVyIksYannEf6hKw_2lWhsumiQ" target="_blank">https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/local-actions-cancelthecut-20more4all/</a> </p> 2020<p></p> 2021<p>Tuesday 28th September at 9.00am there will be an online Twitter storm for everyone to join in online.</p> 2022<p> Audio riot protest will be taking place at 11.30 am meeting first at Kings Cross Station London and will be live-streamed for everyone to join in. Hashtags to be used are #AudioRiot #20More4All #CancelTheCut</p> 2023<p> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/28th-september-westminster-join-the-dpac-audioriot-protest-for-20moreforall-on-the-streets-and-online-plus-local-actions-on-25th-september/" target="_blank">https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/28th-september-westminster-join-the-dpac-audioriot-protest-for-20moreforall-on-the-streets-and-online-plus-local-actions-on-25th-september/</a> </p> 2024<p></p> 2025<p></p> 2026<p>Thursday 30th September day before the £20 Universal Credit cut will be implemented DPAC are going to be protesting opposite Number 10 Downing Street London at 5.30 pm</p> 2027<p> Details here <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/cancelthecut-stopandscrpuniversalcredit-protest-30-september/" target="_blank">https://dpac.uk.net/2021/09/cancelthecut-stopandscrpuniversalcredit-protest-30-september/</a> </p> 2028<p>Hashtags to use are #AudioRiot #20More4All #CancelTheCut</p> 2029<p></p> 2030<p>Itâs hugely important that as many of us attend these days of action as possible in any way that we can albeit online or in person. DPAC are long time friends and supporters of myself, my campaign and this blog. They want change, and they need to be heard by everyone. </p> 2031<p>DPAC have an amazing track record of holding effective online and physical demonstrations, they arenât scared of making a noise and being heard.</p> 2032<p>Please support them if you can. </p> 2033<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7714" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n.jpg" data-orig-size="1296,379" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n.jpg?w=845" src="2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7714" srcset="2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/09/242388510_6862474730444868_368226554233070361_n.jpg 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a></figure> 2034<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7715" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n.jpg" data-orig-size="1296,363" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n.jpg?w=845" src="2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7715" srcset="2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/09/242401124_6862474653778209_1189989905085903695_n.jpg 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a></figure> 2035<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7717" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n.jpg" data-orig-size="1296,305" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n.jpg?w=845" src="2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7717" srcset="2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/09/242397933_6862474620444879_5268287592148836078_n.jpg 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a><figcaption>Photo credited to Vince Laws and I have full permission to share.</figcaption></figure> 2036<p>Please note, a normal blog post will be following this important post. 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2070Good news I suppose but not the news that any parent wants. </p> 2071<p></p> 2072<p>I really didnât know what to expect when I received my first copy of his postmortem via email, but I did know that reading it would be extremely hard for me. My little boy (even though he was almost 6ft tall) has gone. I had proof in the black and white print I was reading on my laptop. </p> 2073<p></p> 2074<p>I suppose that itâs easier to hold onto him before the postmortem results even though weâd already given him a lovely funeral and memorial thanks to everyone that helped me with this. Itâs a totally different ball game when youâre faced with it in black and white.</p> 2075<p></p> 2076<p>So back to the Postmortem… The coroner couldnât find a cause of death and this will be the report given at the inquest. I had been warned that this would probably happen. Privately she said that even though theres no obvious cause of death it could have been one extra painkiller that took him away. </p> 2077<p>I do know however that he fell asleep happily listening to his music after talking to his sister and myself and he wouldnât have felt any discomfort etc. </p> 2078<p></p> 2079<p></p> 2080<p>The hardest thing to deal with physically was going to his flat and sorting things out. I did this with my oldest daughter and we were very distressed because once again it was a reality check. </p> 2081<p>We could see exactly what his last movements were. He washed his pots, got changed and went to bed. Everything was left as it was. In a corner we spotted Josephs Easter chocolates for all of us that we no longer would be getting. </p> 2082<p>Back home I made a wooden chest for Josephs clothes and belongings and I locked them all away safely. Iâm hoping that he approves. </p> 2083<p></p> 2084<p>Joseph had many struggles during his short life, the most notable ones being his primary and secondary schools refusing to re
2084cognise that he was autistic and he had to learn differently to others. I know that many parents of children with additional needs are still fighting this battle.</p> 2085<p>The sad reality is that years after my son left school, thousands of parents are still forced to fight to have their children educational needs met… From autism, dyslexia and many other additional needs that they might have. </p> 2086<p>Parents shouldnât be forced to have to fight for a decent education but still they have to. </p> 2087<p>Joseph didnât give up though and despite the odds he did extremely well for himself and I was very proud of him. He was a very special person that is missed by so many. </p> 2088<p></p> 2089<p> Never give up fighting for your children, they deserve to be treated well and have their needs met. I did my best but absolutely no one would listen to me.</p> 2090<p></p> 2091<p></p> 2092<p>Iâm sorry that this weeks blog is different than usual. Iâll be back to normal next week. Thanks for reading and sharing my blog posts it means the world to me.</p> 2093<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/08/forget-me-not-hoverfly-fly-flower-60579.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7526" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/08/18/my-son-died-how-am-i/forget-me-not-hoverfly-fly-flower-60579/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/forget-me-not-hoverfly-fly-flower-60579.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1184" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="yellow bee on white flower on selective focus photography" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>
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2117young people</a> </span> 2118 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/08/12/organisations-report-a-massive-increase-of-domestic-abuse-during-pandemic/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-08-12T10:24:01+00:00">August 12, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-08-18T14:05:23+00:00">August 18, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2119 <a href="2021/08/12/organisations-report-a-massive-increase-of-domestic-abuse-during-pandemic/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Organisations report a massive increase of domestic abuse during pandemic.</h1></a> 2120 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2121 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2122</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2123 <div class="entry-content"> 2124<p> Charities such as Womenâs Aid highlighted their concerns about the increasing risk of domestic violence due to isolation when the first lockdown was announced in March 2020</p> 2125<p></p> 2126<p><strong> </strong>Refuge, a charity that helps people suffering from domestic abuse recorded an average of 13,162 calls and messages to its National Domestic Abuse helpline every month between April 2020 and February 2021.</p> 2127<p>This figure is a 60% increase on the average number of monthly contacts at the start of 2020, they report..</p> 2128<p>Between January and March 2020just before the first lockdown in the UK, the charity recorded an average of 8,176 calls and messages per month.</p> 2129<p>Between April 2020 and February 2021, it logged a total of more than 131,000 such contacts.</p> 2130<p></p> 2131<p></p> 2132<p>Refuge also reported that 72% of these were from women who said they were experiencing violence and abuse, and nearly a fifth said their abuser had threatened to kill them.</p> 2133<p>They also say that many calls were from women who were being terrorised in their own homes, and who were afraid to seek treatment for their injuries in case they overburdened hospital staff.</p> 2134<p>Many women were also making plans to flee their homes, while others had no home to go to, leaving them at a high risk of becoming homeless.</p> 2135<p></p> 2136<p>Lisa King Refuges director of communications and external relations, said “home is not a safe place” for women and children experiencing domestic abuse. </p> 2137<p>She also went onto say “Lockdown measures, where women have been isolated and confined with their perpetrators, have compounded their exposure to violence and abuse.”</p> 2138<p>Refuge report that the largest number of calls and contacts had come from women in their 30s.</p> 2139<p></p> 2140<p>Many 16- to 25-year-old women as well as their concerned family members, friends and neighbours, reached out via the helplineâs Live Chat facility to report worries of domestic abuse taking place. The live chat facility enables people to communicate with helpline advisors online and, crucially, in anonymity.</p> 2141<p></p> 2142<p>It was reported that in 2020, Refuge made almost 4,500 referrals to refuges across the country, enabling women to flee abusive partners.</p> 2143<p>When the first lockdown was lifted last year, refuge also reported there was an increase in women seeking emergency accommodation. Refuge have shared their concerns that this could be repeated during the latest lockdown easing. </p> 2144<p></p> 2145<p></p> 2146<p>Respect, a charity that runs an advice line for male victims of domestic abuse, have also reported a 70% increase in calls, emails and webchats in 2020 compared to 2019. And during the latest lockdown, appeals for help continued to increase.</p> 2147<p>The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the period from March to June 2020 there was a 7% rise in domestic abuse offences recorded by the police in England and Wales.</p> 2148<p>Police figures report that in the four weeks to the middle of January, covering the first two weeks of the last lockdown, there was a 4% fall in recorded incidents of domestic abuse. </p> 2149<p>But the National Police Chiefsâ Council said not all such incidents would result in a crime being recorded and hidden abuse was not captured in this data. </p> 2150<p>Charities have always stressed that many victims do not report to the police so the figures are likely to be much higher than reported.</p> 2151<p>The Home Office said the government had given more than £27m to domestic abuse organisations to help them deal with the effects of the pandemic.<
2151/p> 2152<p>A spokesperson added: “Our landmark Domestic Abuse Bill will bolster the response to domestic abuse on every level, strengthening protections for victims whilst also ensuring perpetrators feel the full force of the law.”</p> 2153<p></p> 2154<p></p> 2155<h2>The Domestic Abuse Act</h2> 2156<p>In February 2021, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, told the Home Affairs Committee that the âtailâ of the pandemicâs impact on domestic abuse would extend âwell beyondâ the easing of lockdown, and that survivors depended on these services. </p> 2157<p>The Commissioner welcomed the Governmentâs emergency funding throughout the pandemic but said this was nowhere near âthe kind of sustainable foundationâ needed.</p> 2158<p>The Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which came into force on 29 April 2021, aims to make changes to better protect victims of domestic violence. </p> 2159<p>.Organisations such as refuge and Womenâs Aid have also welcomed the Act, but they stress that itâs effectiveness relies upon the correct implementation and adequate funding to ensure that it succeeds and meets the needs of people suffering from domestic violence.</p> 2160<p></p> 2161<p></p> 2162<p>On 11 April 2020, the Home Secretary announced £2 million to immediately bolster domestic abuse helplines and online support. By July 2020, £1.2m of this funding had been allocated to service providers.</p> 2163<p>A further funding announcement followed On the2 May 2020 the government announced that it had pledged £76 million emergency funding to support vulnerable people.. £25 million of this was allocated to domestic abuse services including £10 million to fund safe accommodation for victims of domestic violence.</p> 2164<p>The Government also launched a public awareness campaign aiming to reassure survivors of domestic abuse that police and specialist services remained open.</p> 2165<p>On 18 November 2020, midway through the second English lockdown, the Ministry of Justice provided £10.1 million to boost funding for victims of rape and domestic violence with a further £683,000 from the Home Office for domestic abuse organisations.</p> 2166<p>In January 2021, shortly after England entered its third lockdown, the Government announced that it had partnered with pharmacies across the country to launch the ‘Ask for ANIâ â<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ask-for-ani-and-safe-spaces-schemes-pharmacy-materials">Ask for ANI</a> (Action Needed Immediately) to help survivors.</p> 2167<p> Pharmacies participating are supposed to display material to let survivors know that trained staff are available to offer a safe and private space, with the option to call the police or other support services if needed.</p> 2168<p></p> 2169<p>Whilst the government has given extra funding to domestic violence organisations and charities it still doesnât cover the amount of funding that has been taken away from these organisations throughout the years since the Tory Party were first elected. </p> 2170<p>The safety of everyone that is a victim of domestic violence, including children and men should be a priority for any elected government. For that to happen we need to continue to campaign with and on behalf of these organisations to try to get the government to accept that theyâre failing victims of violence and abuse. </p> 2171<p>Personally I believe that the funding given should be increased and extended to exceed the full funding that they were previously given. If not the government will continue to fail those most in need of help and support.</p> 2172<p> </p> 2173<p></p> 2174<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/08/pexels-photo-4379912.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7508" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/08/12/organisations-report-a-massive-increase-of-domestic-abuse-during-pandemic/pexels-photo-4379912/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/pexels-photo-4379912.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="man and woman holding hands" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Karolina Grabowska on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-and-woman-holding-hands-4379912/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2175" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/pexels-photo-4379912.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/pexels-photo-4379912.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/08/pexels-photo-4379912.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7508"/>
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2202young people</a> </span> 2203 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/08/04/cancel-the-20-universal-credit-uplift-cut/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-08-04T11:29:49+00:00">August 4, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-08-04T12:15:09+00:00">August 4, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2204 <a href="2021/08/04/cancel-the-20-universal-credit-uplift-cut/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Cancel The £20 Universal Credit Uplift Cut.</h1></a> 2205 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2206 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2207</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2208 <div class="entry-content"> 2209<p>Iâve spoken to many people and helped hundreds of people over the years since Universal Credit was first implemented in my local town, which incidentally was one of the three ‘trialâ areas for Universal Credit introducing it to an unbeknown community.</p> 2210<p></p> 2211<p>Out of all the people that Iâve spoken to throughout the years, not one of them has told me that their payments provided them with a large enough income for them to survive, indeed the opposite applies. </p> 2212<p>Everyone that Iâve helped or spoken to were and still are living in poverty, unable to provide the very basics for themselves and their families. </p> 2213<p></p> 2214<p></p> 2215<p>Then the pandemic hit us, killing thousands and resulting in survivors battling with Long Covid. The government decided that theyâd throw a lifeline to Universal Credit claimants which was an extra £20 a week uplift to help them through the pandemic.</p> 2216<p>The uplift was and is providing Universal Credit claimants the means to actually survive, to buy some food or to pay a bill that they were an unable to do before. </p> 2217<p>Whilst £20 isnât a lot to some people, indeed it isnât a lot of money at all, it has enabled people to survive. </p> 2218<p></p> 2219<p>This lifeline will be taken away in October if the government donât respond to calls from campaigners, politicians, and even some Tory party politicians. </p> 2220<p></p> 2221<p></p> 2222<p>Universal Credit was created under the guise of making claiming a benefit easier, to help more financially and to make it easier to find work whilst claiming Universal Credit. </p> 2223<p>It wasnât long before myself and others saw the reality of claiming Universal Credit, the poverty that it forces upon people and the punishing regime that they are forced to comply to.</p> 2224<p></p> 2225<p></p> 2226<p>The truth is the system was designed to be unfair and designed to be cruel. I have no doubt that it was introduced to force people to comply otherwise loose everything. Iâve been documenting this for years, Iâve seen the terror in a persons eyes when theyâve just been told that theyâve been sanctioned and didnât know why. </p> 2227<p>With Universal Credit came cruelty like Iâve never seen before. Claimants being gaslighted by so called work coaches, being spoken to as if theyâre the worst thing in the world and that nothing that they do is ever good enough. </p> 2228<p>Iâve seen people loose their homes and families because they can no longer afford the rent or provide for their children. Iâve helped hundreds of people throughout the years dependant upon food parcels to survive, all of which is documented in this blog. </p> 2229<p></p> 2230<p></p> 2231<p>I cannot see any justification in removing the £20 uplift, we are still living during a pandemic, still becoming ill with Covid 19 and people are still dying from it. The £20 uplift is literally the choice between living or dying. Only a sadistic government would do so. </p> 2232<p>To put it bluntly Universal Credit doesnât provide enough to live on, itâs highly prejudiced against claimants and it certainly doesnât help anyone to find employment. What is needed is a system that actually helps people instead of making them much worse off. </p> 2233<p>We can only pray for the government to give in to demands to cancel the cut and to continue giving the uplift or making it permanent. </p> 2234<p></p> 2235<figure class="wp-container-4 wp-block-gallery-624eceb044242 wp-block-gallery columns-1
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2258young people</a> </span> 2259 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/07/29/dwp-backs-down-over-high-pressure-pre-tribunal-tactics/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-07-29T11:07:50+00:00">July 29, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2260 <a href="2021/07/29/dwp-backs-down-over-high-pressure-pre-tribunal-tactics/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">DWP BACKS DOWN OVER HIGH-PRESSURE PRE-TRIBUNAL TACTICS</h1></a> 2261 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2262 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2263</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2264 <div class="entry-content"> 2265<p><br>The DWP has recently backed down on their high pressure pre-tribunal tactics the day before they faced a judicial review initiated by a disabled woman. Her case concerned the way the tactics that the DWP has been using putting extreme pressure upon PIP claimants via telephone into accepting a lower PIP payment offer rather than attending a tribunal to hopefully receive higher PIP payments. </p> 2266<p>The claimant known as ‘Kâ had been approached by the DWP who made a low offer and told the claimant, known as âKâ that they had just one hour to make up their mind. During this conversation the DWP also warned K that tribunals ‘are not very nice to go toâ and if K took it to tribunal they could lose her whole award. </p> 2267<p>The DWP are well known for their bullying tactics, particularly towards disabled and vulnerable people. K explained that they felt extremely pressured to make a quick decision and wasnât given the time to make a decision or to seek advice upon this from others. </p> 2268<p>Needless to say the DWP should not be putting pressure upon people like this, using fear as a tactic to manipulate disabled people into accepting a lesser payment that they are entitled to. </p> 2269<p></p> 2270<p></p> 2271<p>Unsurprisingly the DWP refused to accept it was doing anything wrong for a year until the day before the hearing, when it suddenly agreed to make a number of changes. </p> 2272<p>These changes being;</p> 2273<p>Advising staff its essential that they inform claimants that even if they accept a revised offer they still have the right to appeal against it.</p> 2274<p>Telling DWP staff that they must ensure that benefit claimants do not feel ‘pressuredâ into making a decision.</p> 2275<p>Introducing mandatory training to all staff involved in âlapsingâ appeals by the end of October to ensure they understand the updated guidance.</p> 2276<p>The DWP unsurprisingly, refused to agree to end the practice of making pre-tribunal offers to claimants .</p> 2277<p>We shall see if the DWP continue to use their intimidatory tactics, or if they agree to the actions agreed upon in the court case.</p> 2278<p></p> 2279<p></p> 2280<p>As you all know the DWP like nothing better than to target the most vulnerable and disabled people, knowing that they might find it hard to appeal decisions made towards them by the DWP, and personally I do think that some DWP workers do get a kick out of doing this. </p> 2281<p>Itâs never ok to treat people like this. No one should have to fight for the very means to survive especially in times like these when everyone is struggling even more because of the pandemic.</p> 2282<p>Can you imagine how awful it is to receive a letter from the DWP that you are no longer entitled to the very monies that have kept you going? Your very means of survival taken away at the push of a button and an uncaring letter sent to you? </p> 2283<p>This is the reality of life for thousands of people every day, it sends people into mental and physical distress. Itâs a never ending circle of abuse metered upon them by the DWP initiated by the government. </p> 2284<p></p> 2285<p></p> 2286<p>No one should ever be forced to go through this cruelty and we must continue to fight to end this. You can do this by sharing my blog posts and other campaign groups posts. Write to your MP to share your disgust, share posts on Twitter and Facebook. Join a campaign group, share your worries and concerns. </p> 2287<p>Your voice matters so letâs make sure that you are heard! </p> 2288<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="2021/07/pexels-photo-5668882.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7469" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/29/dwp-backs-down-over-high-pressure-pre-tribunal-tactics/pexels-photo-5668882/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-5668882.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="symbols of justice and law on table of judge" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Sora Shimazaki on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/symbols-of-justice-and-law-on-table-of-judge-5668882/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2289" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-5668882.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-5668882.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/07/pexels-photo-5668882.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7469"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Sora Shimazaki on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/symbols-of-justice-and-law-on-table-of-judge-5668882/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2290<p>This week is a very difficult week for me. As you know my son recently died and it is our joint birthday this weekend on the 1st of August. </p> 2291<p>The pain of loosing a child, even though they were an adult is unlike any other pain that I have ever felt before. A part pf me wants to run away for the day, hide and speak to no one. Another part of me says sensibly that I canât do that because his sisters will probably want to do something. </p> 2292<p>To put it bluntly Iâm a mess but Iâll be ok, thatâs what I keep telling myself. It feels like two minutes ago when Joseph entered this world at 7.40am . </p> 2293<p>Joseph was autistic, dyslexic and he also had a few other conditions, but he was an extremely brave, high functioning individual. He loved living on his own in his flat, and he was the local odd job man, always helping others. </p> 2294<p>Joseph did also have to fight the DWP every time his PIP and ESA was up for renewal. He attended tribunals and was helped by local organisations and myself. I know that he found this extremely hard to cope with but he did and Iâm so proud of him. </p> 2295<p>This blog post is written in remembrance of Joseph, and all the good that he did in this world. He would have been very happy about this decision. </p> 2296<p></p> 2297<p></p> 2298<p>Please read, share, tweet, email and talk about this blog post and the issues surrounding it. This makes a lot of difference and it helps lots. </p> 2299<p></p> 2300<p>Please support my blog and campaign and blog. I donât receive and funding for what I do and I am still helping families locally with food etc. I really couldnât continue without your support. </p> 2301<p>For anyone that would like to donate towards my campaign and blog theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 2302<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has previously supported my campaign and blog. </p> 2303<p></p> 2304<p>Personally Iâm trying to make my front garden into a memorial garden for my son and any advice etc is more than welcome! </p> 2305<p></p> 2306<p></p> 2307<p>Many thanks to Benefits and Work for being the inspiration for this post. </p>
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2324young people</a> </span> 2325 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-07-22T12:00:53+00:00">July 22, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-07-22T13:29:54+00:00">July 22, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2326 <a href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">School Uniform a cost too high report finds.</h1></a> 2327 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2328 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2329</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2330 <div class="entry-content"> 2331<p>A new report recently conducted by Covid Realities at The University of York has revealed that parents and carers are struggling to cope with the costs of school uniforms. The report finds that parents are having to take out crisis loans and other loans in order to pay for their childrenâs uniform. Other parents are forced to make decisions like having to make the choice to go without healthy food in order to pay for their childrenâs school uniforms. </p> 2332<p>In the report it gives examples of how a families father was placed on furlough from his job at the beginning of the pandemic which dramatically cut the familyâs income enough so that they qualified for universal credit. Reporting that trying to make ends meet became âa constant battle day by day,â.</p> 2333<p></p> 2334<p></p> 2335<p>The report also states that this family had previously relied on second-hand uniform fairs at their sonâs school to buy items for £1 each, but with those fairs were cancelled in lockdown so they were forced to ask family for âa couple of pounds eachâ so she could buy uniforms. </p> 2336<p>âHe wasnât going to get uniform otherwise, The kidsâ clothing is essential. But when it comes to school uniform, itâs such a high cost for so little time.</p> 2337<p>âYou get a whole list of what they need for PE, which theyâre doing once a week. And theyâll grow out of those clothes in three months.â</p> 2338<p></p> 2339<p></p> 2340<p>The report published by Covid Realities quotes that the practice of schools requiring badged uniform from approved suppliers has drastically increased school uniform costs for families. Uniform costs had been driven higher for those in poverty, especially when charity shops were closed during lockdown. </p> 2341<p></p> 2342<p>This isnât the only increase in living costs during the pandemic though, families have faced soaring electricity and gas bills due to families isolating at home. The report reveals that a family of five were forced to go two weeks without heating in the middle of winter just to ensure they could still afford hot water for washing.</p> 2343<p></p> 2344<p></p> 2345<p>At the time of the report an extension was given for the £20 uplift payments for Universal Credit payments saying that facing the cut was âa hell of a big worry, stating âI didnât know how much more I could take.âWe were already not covering the essentials. Taking that £20 away, it was going to be just another thing that we needed in order to live but couldnât have.</p> 2346<p>âTheyâre just delaying the inevitable,â she said of the extension until September. âYouâre going to cut it right before winter, when there are extra costs? Leading up to Christmas? The financial problems are going to last a lot longer than the pandemic.â</p> 2347<p>Now facing the cut their fears are likely to become a reality. </p> 2348<p></p> 2349<p></p> 2350<p>The researchers at Covid Realities and The University Of York are asking that the Government increases monies for families with children plus national guidance on school uniform cost to lessen the financial impact on struggling parents. </p> 2351<p>A bill which could address this is currently being debated in Parliament.</p> 2352<p>âUniform costs often cluster at the start of an academic year, and so for families on a low-income it can be a source of acute anxiety and worry,â said Dr Geoff Page, a research fellow on the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities programme. âUniform can be hard to accommodate in precariously balanced budgets, where almost every penny is meticulously accounted for. </p> 2353<p>âOur participants described a sense of the unmanageable â of living with unmanageable expenses, with school uniform representing another turn of the financial screw.</p> 2354<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7459" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,807" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519.jpg?w=845" src="2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7459" srcset="2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/07/img_20210722_1428494891859377910218519.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></figure> 2355<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7408" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/01/2000-pip-fewer-claimants-a-month-refused-pip-awards/pexels-photo-139050-3/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2356" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7408" srcset="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-1024.jpeg 1024
2356w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2357<p></p> 2358<p>As the schools break up for the summer holidays, the financial worry of having to pay for childrenâs school uniform, as well as for food and wellbeing increases. I also feel this stress and to be honest I donât know how Iâm going to manage it.</p> 2359<p> Many families are as the report states having to make the decision wether to feed their children a decent meal or pay for a piece of their expensive uniform.</p> 2360<p>The pandemic and the way that the government has handled it has had a detrimental effect upon families and children, causing them to live on a much lower income but still forced to provide the same things. </p> 2361<p>Itâs not always possible to find school uniforms in charity shops or at school swap or donation sites. Each and every child needing school uniform are different sizes which is virtually impossible to replicate in donations and charity shops. </p> 2362<p>As the report states there needs for it to continue to be debated and acted upon in parliament, otherwise our children and their parents will continue to be let down and made to feel like theyâre not good parents. </p> 2363<p></p> 2364<p></p> 2365<p></p> 2366<p>Please read, share and tweet my blog. Itâs important to get the truth out there. </p> 2367<p></p> 2368<p></p> 2369<p>A huge thank you to everyone that reads and supports my blog and campaign. I have plans to continue to hand food parcels and help for people in the community and outside Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre. </p> 2370<p>I donât receive any payment for this blog and anything that I do.</p> 2371<p>If anyone would like to donate theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 2372<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-7451" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-7451" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-7451" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-pinterest-7451" class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" href="2021/07/22/school-uniform-a-cost-too-high-report-finds/" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pinterest"><span>Pinterest</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded" id="like-post-wrapper-75976474-7451-624eceb06e824" data-src="https://widgets.wp.com/likes/index.html?ver=20220105#blog_id=75976474&post_id=7451&origin=thepoorsideoflife.wordpress.com&obj_id=75976474-7451-624eceb06e824&domain=thepoorsideof.life" data-name="like-post-frame-75976474-7451-624eceb06e824" data-title="Like or Reblog"><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3>
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2394 <div class="entry-content"> 2395<p>Iâve been campaigning against the cruel system which is Universal Credit since itâs conception. I have with friends held weekly demonstrations against the cruelty of said system and have been told countless accounts of how Universal Credit has affected people, how
2395it has caused many people to end their lifeâs, split families up and has Rendered people ill, depressed, stressed, hungry and feeling that they can never satisfy the demands of the system which was created in order to ‘helpâ people.</p> 2396<p></p> 2397<p></p> 2398<p>The truth is that Universal Credit doesnât help many, it leaves people in a much worse financially than they were before. It wears people down until they canât cope any more.</p> 2399<p>It doesnât discriminate though, it treats everyone in the same manner, making some people feel like a criminal for asking for help because they need it and deserve to be helped.</p> 2400<p>if you look through this blog you will read many stories of how this system has treated people, how its worn people down and has for some been a massive contributor into people taking their own life.</p> 2401<p> </p> 2402<p></p> 2403<p>Weâve handed out hundreds of food parcels, literally fed people that havenât eaten for days. Indeed, I wrote in an earlier blog post I documented that I gave a woman and her children some tinned food and goodies, and how they walked across the road and ate the food out of the tins because they were hungry and hadnât eaten a real meal for a long time.</p> 2404<p></p> 2405<p></p> 2406<p>Iâve spoken to people that had been discriminated against by the DWP because of the way they looked. If you scroll down my blog posts you will read that a man was discriminated against because he wasnât wearing a suit and tie and proper shoes for his appointment at the Jobcentre. </p> 2407<p>This was blatant discrimination because they knew how poor he was, how heâd had no money for over a month and only possessed one pair of canvas shoes and a thin summer jacket. </p> 2408<p>The demands that the DWP make to people can be completely ridiculous like this, if he hadât spoken to us he would never have found out that he didnât have to do this. </p> 2409<p></p> 2410<p></p> 2411<p>I also helped a woman with a young baby who was told by her advisor that she couldnât come to the Jobcentre with her baby. This is completely unfair and also untrue. Children are allowed to attend appointments but the DWP like to make the rules up as they please.</p> 2412<p></p> 2413<p></p> 2414<p>Iâve spoken and helped people that were very close to taking their own life because they couldnât cope with the DWP bullying anymore. Iâve also helped people that became homeless when Universal Credit was first introduced into my town and two other local authorities. Iâll also never forget being told by a police officer that a man that I had helped but was later let down by the system, that he had taken his own life because he couldnât see any future for himself. </p> 2415<p> I really could talk forever about this, please scroll through my blogs and my media posts to see more. Itâs cruelty certainly ignited a fire inside of me to make me determined to fight these and other injustices throughout the DWP and other systems.</p> 2416<p></p> 2417<p> </p> 2418<p>Universal Credit was introduced under the guise of supposedly making it easier to claim and that people would be better off financially. It wasnât long before it was shown to do anything but this. It can virtually destroy people.</p> 2419<p></p> 2420<p>Years ago I made a promise, prompted by my friend Michael to document everything that I see, hear and experience in this blog. I really didnât expect it to be read by anyone at all but it was because it wasnât being spoken about back then. </p> 2421<p></p> 2422<p>Although I canât be there today to take part in the day of action because I developed Potts Syndrome which comes and goes, but today itâs here after having Covid and Long Covid I am there in spirit. Covid nearly broke me but it didnât and Iâm very grateful to have survived it. </p> 2423<p>I stand in solidarity with everyone thatâs campaigning against Universal Credit whilst also demanding that the government introduces the £20 uplift to disabled people as well. Disabled people have been hit the hardest by the pandemic, many havenât been able to leave their homes because of quarantine restrictions and also the lack of carers being able to help at home. Itâs absolutely shocking that the government treats them in this way. </p> 2424<p>The DWP systems arenât good enough. They donât help people, instead they punish people because of their own existence. I fear that this will c
2424ontinue to worsen because they hate poor and disabled people, and they donât care if we suffer either. </p> 2425<p></p> 2426<p></p> 2427<p>I also experienced the death of my son which was totally unexpected and through no fault of his own. He went to bed and didnât wake up. Joseph was disabled and he had to fight for every penny that he got from the DWP. Iâve lost count of the amount of appeals that he had to make to get his rightful payments.</p> 2428<p></p> 2429<p>When I first learnt that my son had died I didnât know how I would continue, grief can take you to some very dark places. Despite this I think that Iâm learning how to cope with it, knowing that itâs ok to have an off day or to feel sad sometimes. My daughters and everyone that reads my blog and supports both the campaign and blog have really helped me. Itâs ok to cry and there shouldnât be any shame surrounding this. </p> 2430<p>My son shared the same birthday as me which is coming up very soon, so I know thatâs going to be a tough day for us all. </p> 2431<p></p> 2432<p>I want to do more though. I donât think that Iâm doing enough to raise awareness and to help people. Despite this I do know that I do need to keep this blog going because despite everything I still need to get the truth out there. If anyone would like to donate towards the upkeep of this blog and my campaign theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 2433<p></p> 2434<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7435" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/14/its-not-good-enough/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg" data-orig-size="751,742" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg?w=751" src="2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827_w-751.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7435" srcset="2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827.jpg 751w, 2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/07/fb_img_16262594609766922190458377658827_w-300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px"/></a></figure> 2435<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7038" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/03/08/happy-international-womens-day/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg" data-orig-size="400,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg?w=400" src="2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877_w-400.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7038" srcset="2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877.jpg 400w, 2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/03/fb_img_16146297838786344237727505493877_w-300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100v
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2454young people</a> </span> 2455 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/07/08/government-refuses-to-extend-universal-credit-uplift/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-07-08T12:16:44+00:00">July 8, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2456 <a href="2021/07/08/government-refuses-to-extend-universal-credit-uplift/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Government refuses to extend Universal Credit uplift.</h1></a> 2457 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2458 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2459</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2460 <div class="entry-content"> 2461<p>This week Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey announced that the government has no plans to continue the £20 Universal Credit uplift, confirming that payments will be ending in late September. </p> 2462<p>Coffey also announced that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be contacting claimants so they are aware that their payments will change in late September whilst at the same time and they will be directed to budgeting advice. </p> 2463<p><a href="https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/pcs/click?xai=AKAOjsvmBcD3Hx7KqXM8X2ftPlwoc9zeVNfkFHZExi0KkFrx2B5TKZr7GlY48bOu4R9chpG0A3xY4foE2xjRvDdpbTKSmGIdu5mZCFaQJ3letdpUjH3FA6UZIrZYaJhukeL8ecE5IOfQpG7CGmtdUxGwJXBIvrEWr5JFIXnXSyIMCYcVxmKZn_vicajEKUieTbEZuddKybjjADAagSxhR7iztDaQVOYYGDzuAvv0AuLfrUaCADdhpk51ge3AlD_Nf11zMn18vYV6Vy1q3XZwS-ZVgU3sjTouJWNztZOySpQMeO_Sdxp1bTHxotiL9Uybm4RAykm1PJLh8P2rwzOS1lzwduEueBE&sai=AMfl-YTiPsRP6cU2-dcV_dmT87hlAULsxcOYqLygvh0MRaw1b8IkWGwmM4_dfV2eEvksw-WXxWqG-ath4sDoeClO62fWKCDcBWEPQwd1N_3OgTa_ViAqmHt1rTVAmD7u0pY&sig=Cg0ArKJSzBwTipkf2t_2EAE&fbs_aeid=%5Bgw_fbsaeid%5D&urlfix=1&adurl=https://www.enfield.gov.uk/recycling"></a></p> 2464<p>The £20 a week uplift was increased for six months in March after charities and organisations had warned the government that it and would damage the mental health and physical health of those living in poverty.</p> 2465<p>The governmentâs answer to this is to announce that theyâve doubled the amount of work coaches and organisations that they work with, meanwhile totally ignoring the fact that the well being of thousands of people depends upon the £20 uplift.</p> 2466<p>Their plans obviously donât include how to feed themselves and their families when their vital £20 is taken away from them. it might not be a lot of money to some, but it has enabled people to buy some food, get some glass and electric and to top up a mobile phone or internet if they have access to these.</p> 2467<p>Having a good internet connection is requested by the DWP and failure to have this can, and has ended with claimants being sanctioned. </p> 2468<p></p> 2469<p></p> 2470<p>The announcement to end the uplift payments was made after ignoring the advice of six former Conservative work and pension secretaries whom have requested that the Chancellor to make the £20 uplift permanent. They warned that if they failed to extend the uplift it would cause immense damage to living standards, health and the opportunity to improve their lives. </p> 2471<p>Indeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson whilst talking to the Commons Liaison Committee had requested to reconsider any plans to end the uplift and also said that higher skilled jobs are the best way forward.</p> 2472<p></p> 2473<p></p> 2474<p>Therese Coffey then announced that a collective decision was made to âshift the focus strongly into getting people into workâ as the economy opens up. She also announced that this will ‘helpâ when the country reaches step four of the Covid 19 road map and ‘more opportunitiesâ will be created for claimants.</p> 2475<p>Conservative MP Nigel Mills is quoted as saying âIt sounds like this is a âdates not dataâ decision, that weâve just chosen to end this at the end of September and not going to review that based on any data at all.ââWeâll just kind of assume it will all be OKâ â that seems to be a pretty fair summary of what youâre saying: âWe havenât got any data yet that you donât need this uplift, but weâre going to take it away regardless because thatâs what we planned in the Budgetâ.â</p> 2476<p></p> 2477<p></p> 2478<p>Needless to say this is a terrible decision made by the government, fronted by Therese Coffey Work and Pensions Secretary. This decision has been made whilst ignoring the evidence given to her by charities, organisations and felt conservative Mpâs. </p> 2479<p>Not only will the refusal to extend the £20 uplift cause immense suffering and stress, they still fail to recognise that disabled people are struggling to get by and havenât been included in any £20 uplift plans. </p> 2480<p>Along with the governments blatant discrimination against disabled people, the government is also still ploughing ahead to end lockdown and mask wearing whilst covid 19 cases and deaths are increasing. </p> 2481<p>Many disabled people have been housebound unable to go out for fear of infection and in many cases a lack of help. Iâm very concerned that demands will be made of them to travel to assessments and DWP appointments when its obviously not safe to do so. </p> 2482<p>The government have blood on their hands for more than one reason. </p> 2483<p></p> 2484<p>Personally Iâm going to continue to wear a mask and social distance for many reasons, one being that Iâm still battling with Long Covid and other health conditions. Catching covid again, even though Iâm fully vaccinated isnât something that I want to go through again. </p> 2485<p>Iâm also extremely worried about my children and grandchildren catching this new variant of Covid 19 also. </p> 2486<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/07/pexels-photo-4167541.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7422" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/08/government-refuses-to-extend-universal-credit-uplift/pexels-photo-4167541/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-4167541.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="photo of person wearing protective wear while holding globe" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Anna Shvets on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-wearing-protective-wear-while-holding-globe-4167541/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2487" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-4167541.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-4167541.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/07/pexels-photo-4167541.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7422"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Anna Shvets on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-wearing-protective-wear-while-holding-globe-4167541/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2488<p>How am I? Today is another migraine day for me, yippee. I hope that it passes asap. </p> 2489<p>I really hope that you are all ok. Lots of love to you all. </p> 2490<p></p> 2491<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. Every share etc makes a massive difference in the truth getting out there.</p> 2492<p></p> 2493<p>A huge thanks to everyone that has and does support my blog, it means the world to me. </p> 2494<p>If anyone would like to donate to keep my blog and campaign going theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 2495<p>Thank you and keep safe. </p>
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2512young people</a> </span> 2513 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/07/01/2000-pip-fewer-claimants-a-month-refused-pip-awards/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-07-01T14:43:18+00:00">July 1, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-07-01T16:30:28+00:00">July 1, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2514 <a href="2021/07/01/2000-pip-fewer-claimants-a-month-refused-pip-awards/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">2,000 more PIP claimants a month refused PIP awards.</h1></a> 2515 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2516 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2517</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2518 <div class="entry-content"> 2519<p>Itâs been debated by many including myself about the fairness concerning PIP telephone assessments. Itâs extremely triggering and stressful to attend these ‘medical assessmentsâ in the first place but at least you could see the assessors in person which can make appeals easier. </p> 2520<p>It also is extremely difficult to attend a telephone ‘assessmentâ for those that have phone anxiety and limited, if any access to a telephone to conduct a telephone assessment. </p> 2521<p>The government are still ignoring the fact that not everyone has a telephone and not everyone can use a telephone hence my worry that telephone assessments could be harder than face-to-face assessments.</p> 2522<p></p> 2523<p></p> 2524<p>As reported by Benefits And Work the latest quarterly PIP statistics suggest that almost 2,000 fewer new claimants a month are getting an award since assessments switched from face-to-face assessments to telephone assessments.</p> 2525<p>These statistics also report that record numbers of people are now applying for PIP, but less applicants in proportion than ever receives their PIP payment.</p> 2526<p></p> 2527<p></p> 2528<p>The figures show that the overall average success rate for new PIP claims since PIP was introduced is 55%.But this has averaged over the last six months that the the success rate for new claims is just 48.5% since telep
2528hone assessments have been introduced.</p> 2529<p>Compare this to the same six months in 2019-20, before telephone assessments started, the success rate was 52%.</p> 2530<p></p> 2531<p>This decrease may seem small to many but in reality it means that 5,950 disabled claimants who would have previously been awarded their PIP payments were refused when the telephone assessments were introduced in the last quarter. </p> 2532<p>Whilst it canât be be conclusively proved that it is the telephone assessments that has caused this, indeed PIP award rates have been falling for a long while, I can say that having a telephone assessment is going to reduce claims being successful.</p> 2533<p>I can also say that the government never misses a chance to deny a person their rightful payments to enable them to survive.I can bet that the same Tory MPâs implementing these policies and decisions never miss a chance to claim a so called expense when they get the chance to do so. Whilst they see that itâs ok for them to claim for just about anything that they can do, they see a disabled persons quality of life as an expense too much for them to pay. </p> 2534<p>The cruelty that the government dishes out to the poorest and most vulnerable appears to be never-ending. My fear is that the same government is going to refuse people with Covid 19 and Long Covid their rightful disability payments. Myself and others will be watching this situation and reporting on it. </p> 2535<p>For anyone that is or has made a claim for PIP and has been refused, it is essential that you appeal against a refusal. I know that its a horrible, arduous process to undertake but its worth doing. </p> 2536<p></p> 2537<p>You can find Benefits And Work over at <a href="http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk</a></p> 2538<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7408" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/07/01/2000-pip-fewer-claimants-a-month-refused-pip-awards/pexels-photo-139050-3/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-139050.jpeg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2539" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7408" srcset="2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-1024.jpeg 1024w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/07/pexels-photo-139050.jpeg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Anthony on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-pounds-banknote-with-five-coins-139050/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2540<p>UPDATE find my new podcast over on Spotify ð <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RgibJjz5KPzEGkyArIrN1" rel="nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/show/0RgibJjz5KPzEGkyArIrN1</a></p> 2541<p>I still intend to start my podcasts asap. I totally lack confidence in this area though. I will start it asap though. </p> 2542<p></p> 2543<p>As for me itâs been a tough week. I received a phone call today telling me that my sonâs memorial has been put in place and is now ready to view. Honestly having a child die, no matter what age is a pain unlike any other. He was my only son and he was dedicated to helping his family. </p> 2544<p>I have to keep reminding myself that itâs ok to grieve even when I feel that I shouldnât. My son enjoyed the summer weather but not the hay fever that c
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2567young people</a> </span> 2568 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/06/24/pip-mobility-awards-appear-manipulated/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-06-24T09:23:59+00:00">June 24, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2569 <a href="2021/06/24/pip-mobility-awards-appear-manipulated/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">PIP Mobility Awards Appear Manipulated.</h1></a> 2570 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2571 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2572</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2573 <div class="entry-content"> 2574<p>Thousands of claimants claiming PIP for mental health conditions are missing out on PIP payments because their reports appear to be manipulated.</p> 2575<p></p> 2576<p>Research conducted by Benefits And Work has shown that although the award rates rose for a year theyâve now dropped down to their previous levels which have started to rise again.</p> 2577<p></p> 2578<p>This is appalling because award rates should not have been shown to fall, they should have continued to rise and staying at a higher level. </p> 2579<p></p> 2580<p>
2580Benefits And Work have also looked at the award rates for all conditions that the DWP consider would be affected by mental health and surprise, surprise theyâre the same. </p> 2581<p></p> 2582<p>According to the DWPâs own estimates regarding mental health conditions approximately 6% of the entire PIP caseload should have moved from no award of the mobility component to enhanced.</p> 2583<p>Indeed a further 6% should have been moved from no award to a standard award.</p> 2584<p>Also 2% of awards should have moved from standard mobility to enhanced mobility.</p> 2585<p></p> 2586<p></p> 2587<p>The increased award rates regarding mental health should have been immediate and also should have been sustained once it was implemented. This would have resulted hundreds of thousands of additional essential mobility awards in place by 2023.</p> 2588<p></p> 2589<p>As usual the DWP are reluctant to comment upon this despite Benefits And Work submitting Freedom Of Information requests and the DWP giving them the runaround.</p> 2590<p></p> 2591<p>Sadly the DWP will do anything to prevent people from receiving their essential payments. I have absolutely no doubt that they do this because they know that vulnerable people are less likely to fight back.</p> 2592<p>I fully expect the government and the DWP sleep soundly at night because they believe that theyâre doing the right thing by denying vulnerable people with the means to live a decent life even though its cruel and inhumane.</p> 2593<p>Thousands of people have lost their lives whilst fighting cruel decisions made by the DWP regarding their payments, I reported upon this last week. </p> 2594<p>Everyone deserves to live a good life and they should be given the support that they need to have a good quality of life. I will continue to fight for this alongside DPAC and other organisations.</p> 2595<p>PIP is Personal Independence Payments.</p> 2596<p>DWP is the Department Of Work And Pensions.</p> 2597<p>Source Benefits And Work, check them out theyâre amazing. </p> 2598<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/06/pexels-photo-6383183.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7390" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/06/24/pip-mobility-awards-appear-manipulated/pexels-photo-6383183/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-6383183.jpeg" data-orig-size="867,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="lady crying with hand on mouth in room" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Liza Summer on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/lady-crying-with-hand-on-mouth-in-room-6383183/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2599" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-6383183.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-6383183.jpeg?w=683" src="2021/06/pexels-photo-6383183.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7390"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Liza Summer on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/lady-crying-with-hand-on-mouth-in-room-6383183/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2600<p>As for myself, its been a tough week for many reasons, one being that Iâve undertaken the task of sorting out old photos of my son when he was little. Its so sad looking at the photos knowing that when I took them I thought that he would outlive me. </p> 2601<p>I hope that you are all ok and surviving the best that you can do. itâs such a tough time for so many of us for many differing reasons. </p> 2602<p>Lots of love and hugs to you all, I couldnât do this without you. </p> 2603<p></p> 2604<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. Each share raises awareness and helps others to cope in such hard times.</p> 2605<p></p> 2606<p>Once again a huge thank you so much for everyone that supports my blog and campaign, I really couldnât do this without you. <
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2625young people</a> </span> 2626 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/06/17/100-terminally-ill-claimants-a-month-die-fighting-for-benefits/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-06-17T09:52:25+00:00">June 17, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-06-17T09:57:18+00:00">June 17, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2627 <a href="2021/06/17/100-terminally-ill-claimants-a-month-die-fighting-for-benefits/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">100 Terminally Ill Claimants A Month Die Fighting For Benefits.</h1></a> 2628 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2629 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2630</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2631 <div class="entry-content"> 2632<p><br>It has been revealed by Benefit And Works that more than 100 people a month are dying whilst fighting for an award of PIP even though they have less than six months to live.</p> 2633<p></p> 2634<p>A recent report by the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Marie Curie has sadly revealed that in the 18 months between April 2018 and October 2019 1,860 people died within six months of being refused benefits.</p> 2635<p>One person who is terminally ill reported that her benefits had reduced after being forced to move from DLA to PIP.</p> 2636<p>She told the Guardian: <em>âThe assessor didnât recognise that I was terminally ill. He didnât want to see the doctorâs letters, the consultantâs letter or the letter from the hospice. He didnât want to know. I have Crohnâs disease, osteoporosis, brittle bone disease and intestinal failure.</em></p> 2637<p><em>âI have been receiving end-of-life support from a hospice but had to cancel my other care after the review as I couldnât afford to pay for it. I was forced to appeal and only then did I receive a higher rate.â</em></p> 2638<p></p> 2639<p>It is also reported that a consultant neurologist was questioned no fewer than three times by Capita about their assessment that a claimant with motor neurone disease was terminally ill.</p> 2640<p>This has caused huge distress to those concerned at a time when they shouldnât be forced to worry about the DWP and their financial situation.</p> 2641<p> This has also delayed any access to much-needed benefits, but not only are they harassing claimants they see fit to also harass consultants thus taking time away from dealing with parents. </p> 2642<p>Meanwhile the DWP is still delaying any reforms of the rules for terminally ill people for benefits.</p> 2643<p></p> 2644<p>Can you imagine how stressful it is for terminally ill people having to fight for their payments and care knowing that they might not ever receive their rightful payments? People are literally dying whilst doing exactly this and still the government blatantly fails to support them.</p> 2645<p>We must also never forget that everyday terminally ill people are forced to end essential care that they need because of the above reason. </p> 2646<p>Everyone deserves proper care and dignity but still the government continues to persecute them, but letâs be honest they donât care and never will because they regard disabled and ill people as deserving of nothing. </p> 2647<p>We all need to continue this conversation and highlight the seriousness of this. No one deserves to die with this stress and worry. Its inhumane and horrific that this is indeed happening at all.</p> 2648<p>The DWP needs to stop delaying their delaying tactics and start to actually start making the essential changes to the terminal illness rules but we all know that this isnât going to happen is it.</p> 2649<p></p> 2650<p>Once again huge thanks to Benefit And Works for their hard work revealing this report and making thousands of people aware of the DWP cruelty that appears to be never-ending. They work extremely hard to get the truth out there.</p> 2651<p>At times like this youâd expect any organisation to be sympathetic and caring but as has been proved time and time again the DWP fails to show even an ounce of care and compassion.</p> 2652<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7343" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/06/17/100-terminally-ill-claimants-a-month-die-fighting-for-benefits/pexels-photo-5700205/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="crop pitiful black woman embracing knees on bed" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Alex Green on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-pitiful-black-woman-embracing-knees-on-bed-5700205/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2653" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/06/pexels-photo-5700205.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7343"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Alex Green on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-pitiful-black-woman-embracing-knees-on-bed-5700205/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2654<p>As for me, Iâve had a tough week, bereavement isnât easy especially when you loose a child. My apologies for being quiet this week. Iâve struggled but Iâm still here trying to raise awareness.</p> 2655<p></p> 2656<p>A huge thanks to everyone that reads, shares and supports my blog. It really has made a huge difference in my life and I cannot thank you all enough. </p> 2657<p>As usual please read, share and tweet my blog, it makes a huge difference and really raises awareness. </p> 2658<p></p> 2659<p>I receive no funding for the work that I do, theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog post for anyone that would like to donate or even buy me a coffee. Thank y
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2678young people</a> </span> 2679 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/06/10/disabled-people-excluded-and-marginalised-during-pandemic-new-report-finds/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-06-10T08:52:52+00:00">June 10, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-06-10T16:48:27+00:00">June 10, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2680 <a href="2021/06/10/disabled-people-excluded-and-marginalised-during-pandemic-new-report-finds/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Disabled people excluded and marginalised during pandemic new report finds.</h1></a> 2681 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2682 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2683</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2684 <div class="entry-content"> 2685<p>Research led by Inclusion London reveals that the COVID-19 crisis has impacted thousands of disabled people.</p> 2686<p>As reported by Disability News Service who have seen a draft version of an interim report based on the research titled Abandoned, Forgotten and Ignored. </p> 2687<p>The report conducted by Inclusion London is based upon more than 300 online survey responses from across England including a small number of people living in Scotland and Wales.</p> 2688<p>The report concludes that âDespite the governmentâs rhetoric about protecting and supporting Disabled people, the reality is that they have been treated less fairly and discriminated against across all areas of their lives.â</p> 2689<p></p> 2690<p>The report also warns that many disabled people most affected by the pandemic will not have had access to its online survey resulting in the findings of the report likely to represent only âthe tip of the icebergâ due to lack of access to the internet for many disabled people. </p> 2691<p></p> 2692<p>Inclusion London have reported that disabled people have been suffering from increasing levels official isolation, mental distress, lack of decent if any care and support during the pandemic, also finding that there has been difficulty for many to access food and also difficulties accessing healthcare such as prescriptions and suchlike.</p> 2693<p></p> 2694<p>The report discloses that the actions of central government, local authorities and service-providers have continued to fail exclude and marginalise disabled people which in turn has resulted in discrimination.</p> 2695<p></p> 2696<p>It also finds that disabled people in high-risk groups have been unable to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE), and have also had had their vital care packages cut and important social care assessments delayed. </p> 2697<p>Indeed it reports that a quarter of the people that have responded that receive direct payments for their care were left unaided to cope with staff issues and sourcing their own PPE.</p> 2698<p></p> 2699<p>One disabled person responding said of their experience âMy care agency are not getting adequate PPE, and they are so short-staffed at present that Iâve been lucky to get a shower once a month (and cannot have a strip wash at all due to them sending male care workers to me eight times out of 10 instead of female), and am not getting one in three of my daily care calls.â</p> 2700<p></p> 2701<p>More than three-fifths of people that responded to the survey said they had struggled to access food, medicine, and other necessities.</p> 2702<p>Respondents described how supermarkets had refused to make reasonable adjustments for them when they tried to shop in-store and how they were unable to order home deliveries.</p> 2703<p> Many have not received the support they vitally need to prepare meals for themselves also, this resulting in being forced to spend more money on food by having to shop in more expensive stores or having to order their meals online.</p> 2704<p></p> 2705<p>More than a third of those surveyed spoke of increasing levels of mental distress during the pandemic.</p> 2706<p>One respondent saying that they had been inside their home for three-and-a-half weeks without going out resulting in them feeling that they were losing their mind, going on to say that have a pre-existing mental health condition, and it is causing a big relapse.âI feel trapped and controlled and claustrophobic.<
2706/p> 2707<p>This had left them too scared to leave the house because if they get sick that they knew that, as someone with pre-existing conditions the doctors will leave them to die in favour of someone who has a better chance of surviving.</p> 2708<p></p> 2709<p>Several people that responded to the survey also said they had been asked to agree to having ‘do not attempt resuscitationâ orders placed in their medical records. Others told they would not be admitted to hospital if they fell ill or would be denied life-saving emergency treatment.</p> 2710<p></p> 2711<p>One person responding said: âI canât access the government scheme for support because apparently Iâm not disabled enough.âHowever Iâm disabled enough to get suggested to sign DNR [Do Not Resuscitate], and inferred Iâd be left to die if hospitalised.â</p> 2712<p></p> 2713<p>Inclusion London concluded the report by warning that there will be a much higher demand for advice and support from disabled people after the lockdown is lifted. This leaves many organisations needing to increase their funding to provide these essential services.</p> 2714<p>Its a terrible indictment upon the government that disabled people have had to resort to legal action because of the discrimination that they have faced from the government.</p> 2715<p>This report has reinforced the view that the government and society looks upon disabled people as a burden on the state and are second class citizens.</p> 2716<p>It is very disturbing however not surprising that disabled people have been treated in this manner throughout the pandemic. The government clearly regards them as unimportant and not deserving of any quality of life, which to be honest is very clear to see. We cannot allow this inhumane treatment of the most vulnerable in society to continue.</p> 2717<p></p> 2718<p></p> 2719<p></p> 2720<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7335" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/06/10/disabled-people-excluded-and-marginalised-during-pandemic-new-report-finds/pexels-photo-8276883/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883.jpeg" data-orig-size="975,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="man in red crew neck t shirt" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Kindel Media on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-red-crew-neck-t-shirt-8276883/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2721" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883.jpeg?w=225" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883.jpeg?w=768" src="2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883_w-768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7335" srcset="2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883_w-113.jpeg 113w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883_w-225.jpeg 225w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-8276883.jpeg 975w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Kindel Media on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-red-crew-neck-t-shirt-8276883/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2722<p></p> 2723<p>For sources of information and support during the coronavirus crisis, visit the DNS advice and information page18 June 2020 over at <a href="http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com</a></p> 2724<p>Sources <a href="http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com</a> </p> 2725<p>Inclusion London <a href="https://inclusionlondon.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://inclusionlondon.org.uk</a></p> 2726<p></p> 2727<p></p> 2728<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. Every share really makes a difference to get the truth out there, which is extremely important at the moment. </p> 2729<p>I receive no payment for any of the work that I do, Iâm trying to improve my content and to increase the amount of blogs that I publish each week. </p> 2730<p>Along with the death of my son Iâm finding things really difficult at the moment. </p> 2731<p>For anyone that would like to donate to keep both my blog and campaign going theres a donate button at the top and side of this blog. </p> 2732<p></p> 2733<p>A huge thank you to everyone that does and has supported my blog and campaign, it really does mean the world to me and it keeps me going. </p>
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2750young people</a> </span> 2751 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/06/07/face-to-face-assessments-to-return-for-pip-and-wca-claimants/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-06-07T10:45:45+00:00">June 7, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-06-07T11:06:14+00:00">June 7, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2752 <a href="2021/06/07/face-to-face-assessments-to-return-for-pip-and-wca-claimants/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Face to face assessments to return for PIP and WCA claimants.</h1></a> 2753 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2754 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2755</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2756 <div class="entry-content"> 2757<p>Last month the DWP minister Justin Tomlinson informed the Commons Work and Pensions committee in parliament that face to face ‘interviewsâ are set to return although he stated that some telephone and video assessments will still continue. </p> 2758<p>There has been no concern from Tomlinson about the safety of vulnerable claimants and the fact that there is still a pandemic and most people forced to attend these ‘assessmentsâ are indeed vulnerable and are still having to shield.</p> 2759<p></p> 2760<p>Tomlinson however claimed rather confusingly that they had ‘Lost all of their health professionalsâ because they apparently have gone to work for the test and trace system instead. </p> 2761<p></p> 2762<p> It isnât clear yet how the system is going to return to normality when, as he said the health professionals that were employed have now left. Maybe Tomlinson will pay them even more money to do this, therefore tempting them away from their current employment. Who knows, I expect we will find out sooner rather than later. </p> 2763<p></p> 2764<p>It does however take a particularly cruel mindset to conduct these ‘assessmentsâ and to declare vulnerable people fit for work when they clearly arenât.</p> 2765<p></p> 2766<p>Tomlinson went on to say that the work capability assessments (WCA) will begin shortly and PIP (Personal Independent Payment) ‘assessmentsâ will follow a few weeks later although they will keep video and telephone assessments. Tomlinson wasnât clear in what capacity this will be, clarity isnât his or the Tory partyâs strong point. </p> 2767<p></p> 2768<p>As I write this I expect many people will have had their much dreaded letter from the DWP regarding their assessment, thus causing distress and panic for already vulnerable people. </p> 2769<p>Whilst the Covid 19 vaccination programme is going well there are people that are unable to have the vaccinations for health reasons. The Covid 19 strain from India has now started to take a hold in the UK, putting thousands at risk.</p> 2770<p>I urge Tomlinson and the government to rethink their assessment strategy and to put the health and well-being of disabled and vulnerable people first. </p> 2771<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/06/pexels-photo-568027.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7321" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/06/07/face-to-face-assessments-to-return-for-pip-and-wca-claimants/pexels-photo-568027/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-568027.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1255" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="grayscale photography of crying woman" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo by Kat Jayne on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photography-of-crying-woman-568027/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></p> 2772" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-568027.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/pexels-photo-568027.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/06/pexels-photo-568027_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7321" srcset="2021/06/pexels-photo-568027_w-1024.jpeg 1024
2772w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-568027_w-150.jpeg 150w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-568027_w-300.jpeg 300w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-568027_w-768.jpeg 768w, 2021/06/pexels-photo-568027.jpeg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Kat Jayne on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photography-of-crying-woman-568027/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a></figcaption></figure> 2773<p></p> 2774<p>Once again thanks to Benefits and Work for their hard work in researching this and publishing this information. You can find them over at <a href="http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk</a></p> 2775<p>WCA is the Work Capability Assessment and PIP is Personal Independence Payments. </p> 2776<p></p> 2777<p>I donât receive any funding for the work that I do and for my campaign. </p> 2778<p>Please help me to continue to do this, thereâs a donate button at the top and side of this blog.</p> 2779<p>A huge thank you to everyone that reads, shares and tweets my blog. 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2798young people</a> </span> 2799 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/06/03/pip-awards-fall-to-all-time-low/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-06-03T12:16:33+00:00">June 3, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-06-07T10:40:15+00:00">June 7, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2800 <a href="2021/06/03/pip-awards-fall-to-all-time-low/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">PIP AWARDS FALL TO ALL TIME LOW.</h1></a> 2801 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2802 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2803</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2804 <div class="entry-content"> 2805<p>It appears that the DWP are back to their old tricks again. The pandemic isnât even over yet they continue with their obvious discrimination against disabled people. </p> 2806<p>Theres nothing that the government and the DWP appear to enjoy more than target vulnerable people with impossible targets to meet and to basically make their lives ask difficult as possible. </p> 2807<p> </p> 2808<p>You might remember that a recent court hearing that the DWP had been wrongly using the law in relation to PIP mobility based on mental health grounds. (Personal Independence Payments)</p> 2809<p>The DWP although not admitting any wrongdoing, they did say that this would result in an increase of approximately 14% of the PIP mobility component. You can bet that they didnât like that. </p> 2810<p></p> 2811<p></p> 2812<p>Meanwhile the brilliant team over at Benefits And Work have looked at the figures for claimants that claim PIP for anxiety and depression, this being listed as being the most likely to be affected by the court ruling.</p> 2813<p>They discovered that immediately after the DWP started implementing the new ruling, the award rates for mobility for depression and anxiety rose quite dramatically rising from 14% to up to 25% .</p> 2814<p>As if by some cruel feat of magic, the PIP award rates started to fall again, resulting in an all time low which is now far greater than before the court ruling.</p> 2815<p>Once again the DWP had most likely thought that they could ignore the ruling, thinking that no one would notice their deception. After all itâs easy to target the most vulnerable and the people that will find it extremely hard to fight back.</p> 2816<p></p> 2817<p>Itâs very easy for the DWP to do this though, indeed itâs taken them just over a year to achieve this gross injustice. </p> 2818<p>They know that they can ignore court rulings because theyâre accountable to no one. Knowing that this will result in the suffering of so many people they continue not caring and denying people their rightful payment awards. </p> 2819<p> </p> 2820<p>Whilst the pandemic had opened up lots more access to online meetings and events, those without the internet cannot access help this way. Can you imagine being awarded such a meagre amount of money that leaves you unable to leave your home? Unable to pay or find internet access? </p> 2821<p>Itâs cruelty beyond belief, and I donât for one minute doubt that the DWP know exactly what theyâre doing. </p> 2822<p>At a time when society should be helping each other the DWP decided to make disabled peoples lives even harder, which is no surprise and they will continue until theyâre physically out of government.</p> 2823<p></p> 2824<p>What can we do to help each other? We can give help, advice and solidarity to anyone that we know that needs it. This makes a world of difference. I will continue to campaign against the ugly DWP machine and the government for as long as I am able to. </p> 2825<p>A huge thank you to Benefits And Work for all the hard work that they do. If you havenât checked them out yet `I urge you to because theyâre amazing! </p> 2826<p><a href="https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/about-us" rel="nofollow">https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/about-us</a></p> 2827<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/03/pexels-photo-139050-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7071" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/03/19/high-court-rules-that-taking-high-amounts-of-payments-from-a-persons-universal-credit-is-unlawful/pexels-photo-139050-2/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/
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2855young people</a> </span> 2856 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/05/27/let-the-bodies-pile-high-says-johnson/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-05-27T10:24:33+00:00">May 27, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2857 <a href="2021/05/27/let-the-bodies-pile-high-says-johnson/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Let the bodies pile high says Johnson</h1></a> 2858 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2859 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2860</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2861 <div class="entry-content"> 2862<p>Yesterday was quite a busy day for Dominic Cummings the former chief aide whilst he gave evidence in a seven hour hearing regarding the governments handling of the Covid 19 pandemic. </p> 2863<p>Cummings particulally took aim at Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock, depicting the chaos and failing of the governmentâs handling of the Covid 19 crisis, saying that the failure, incompetence at the top of government stating that Covid 19 had killed thousands that didnât need to die.</p> 2864<p></p> 2865<p>Whilst many people had already realised that Prime Minister Johnson anti lockdown, ignored scientists advice and failed to introduce lockdowns in adequate time. This is the same prime minister that openly said that he didnât care about people dying, saying ‘Let the bodies pile highâ.</p> 2866<p>For myself and others it comes as no shock. Johnson and his ilk have no sympathy or care for working class people, even less sympathy is given to disabled and elderly people, you can see this in their policies and their attitude.</p> 2867<p>What people need to realise is that Johnson and co come from and live in a totally different world than most people. They come from a place of great privilege and they like to flaunt this whenever possible. </p> 2868<p>Their handling of the pandemic is a good example of this. for example whilst thousands of people were dying, Carrie Symonds, Johnsons girlfriend was shown to be more concerned about her dog than the pandemic and the death toll. Symonds also saw this as a perfect opportunity to try and find her friends jobs within the government. </p> 2869<p></p> 2870<p>Johnson knew exactly what he was doing though, he was warned by officials that a lockdown was needed but failed to act, taking him a further ten days to agree to a lockdown. </p> 2871<p>There was no plan for the government to use in the event of a pandemic, despite many in government believing that there was. This has undoubtedly has resulted in thousands of deaths. Ironically a plan had been created by the Labour Party which would have undoubtably helped thousands of people and would have prevented thousands of deaths.</p> 2872<p></p> 2873<p>Johnson also described Covid 19 as ‘the swine fluâ and stated that he was going to get Chris Whitty to inject him with Covid 19 live on television to prove that its nothing to be scared of.</p> 2874<p>Mark Sedwill the then Cabinet Secretary suggested that people should have Covid 19 parties like chicken pox parties, believing that herd immunity would then be reached by September. Meanwhile the government were drawing on a whiteboard asking who they canât save with no regard for their safety nor regard for them at all. </p> 2875<p></p> 2876<p>Its very clear that the government doesnât care and never will care. We only have to look at the way that the government treats disabled and working class people. Their policies have resulted in the deaths thousands before the pandemic and not one care has been given about this either.</p> 2877<p>It is completely normal for the government to treat people like this, we mean nothing to them. If they canât make any use of us financially through exploitation such as their Workfare schemes, they punish people by making it extremely hard to claim benefits such as Universal Credit, ESA and PIP. </p> 2878<p>Such cruelty will continue for as long as theyâre able to do so, with no effective opposition at the moment I can see such cruelty continuing for a long time to come. </p> 2879<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6993" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/02/16/new-report-shows-health-inequalities-and-mortality-rates-are-increasing-for-the-poorest/pexels-photo-4818718/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718.jpg" data-orig-size="1880,1251" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-4818718" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718.jpg?w=845" src="2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-845.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6993" srcset="2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-845.jpg 845w, 2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-1690.jpg 1690w, 2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/02/pexels-photo-4818718_w-1024.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 845px) 100v
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2908young people</a> </span> 2909 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/05/20/lets-talk-about-covid-deaths/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-05-20T13:04:18+00:00">May 20, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-05-20T13:28:25+00:00">May 20, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2910 <a href="2021/05/20/lets-talk-about-covid-deaths/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Letâs talk about Covid deaths.</h1></a> 2911 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2912 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2913</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2914 <div class="entry-content"> 2915<p>Dear readers, subscribers and friends, I hope that you are as well as can be. This week has been difficult for me because itâs the first time that Iâve been able to sit down and grieve for my son. </p> 2916<p>Everyone grieves in their own way and the time it takes for a person to grieve is totally individual. I truly donât think that Iâll ever get over it and Iâll just learn to live with it. </p> 2917<p>Itâs heartbreaking to know that thousands of people are mourning the loss of a loved one to Covid 19. No one as far as Iâve seen has spoken about their suffering and loss. I cannot comprehend their grief and pain.</p> 2918<p>The government has done a good job of hiding the true reality of the pandemic, the deaths, suffering, long covid sufferers and those already isolated because of illness and disability. </p> 2919<p>Itâs very easy for the Prime Minister to open the borders, allow travel to countries overseas and to open up shops and businesses, he doesnât have to cope with becoming ill and having no support, to be isolated in his home due to disability and illness. As most of you already know that he doesnât care, he doesnât care about our welfare and he certainly doesnât want to improve our quality of life. </p> 2920<p>I donât underestimate the joy felt by many when they realised that they could come out of lockdown but I do realise that the Indian strain of covid 19 will soon be in most of our communities because Johnson once again hasnât put much, if any thought into ending the lockdown. </p> 2921<p>Like many of you reading this Iâm fully vaccinated, and many will be awaiting either their first or second vaccination, but Iâm a tad worried about the Indian strain coming our way because we just donât know if the vaccination works with this strain of COVID 19.</p> 2922<p>What I can say is proceed with caution, wear a mask, wash your hands and remain cautious. Itâs a terrible indictment of our government that Johnson thinks that its ok to say ‘Let the bodies pile upâ and still be allowed to continue as Prime Minister. I remember the days when the opposition used to oppose such wrongdoings but now thereâs hardly any from Sir Kier Starmer. </p> 2923<p>I really hope that we start to have some decent opposition soon because thousands of people need this now. </p> 2924<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7289" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/pexels-photo-4386466-2/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/pexels-photo-4386466.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="medical stethoscope and mask composed with red foiled chocolate hearts" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/pexels-photo-4386466.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/pexels-photo-4386466.jpeg?w=845" src="2021/05/pexels-photo-4386466_w-1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-7289" srcset="2021/05/pexels-photo-4386466_w-1024.jpeg 1024
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2948young people</a> </span> 2949 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/05/15/funerals-a-cost-too-high-for-many/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-05-15T10:10:07+00:00">May 15, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2950 <a href="2021/05/15/funerals-a-cost-too-high-for-many/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Funerals a cost too high for many.</h1></a> 2951 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2952 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2953</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2954 <div class="entry-content"> 2955<p>Hi everyone as you may already know I recently had the terrible news that my son had died. Itâs every parents nightmare because no parent expects to outlive their children.</p> 2956<p>My sons death was totally unexpected, he was a caring young man, loved by many. He didnât take drugs or drank excessively either. </p> 2957<p>When I first heard the news as well as grieving, I was also extremely worried about how I could afford to pay for a decent funeral for him. I felt that this was important because he was only 26 years old and his sisters and family will be around for a long time to mourn his death. </p> 2958<p>Before my sons death I already knew that the funeral grant offered by the DWP wasnât enough to give anyone a really decent funeral, it just pays for the very basics and anyway not everyone is entitled to it as I found out. </p> 2959<p>Call me old fashioned but I believe that everyone deserves a decent funeral. Funerals are expensive to start off with, and I can imagine how heartbreaking it must be to not be able to have a decent funeral for their loved ones. </p> 2960<p>It was pointed out to me that I could have had a direct cremation for my son because they cost less. Sadly because of my own beliefs I couldnât do this for my son. Every deceased person deserves to have a proper funeral service if they wanted this. Personally I believe that itâs important for the deceased persons soul to have a proper funeral, to give them peace as well as the family closure.</p> 2961<p>The government however donât regard this as being important. Iâm positive that there are many deceased people left in storage and cremated because their families canât afford a funeral. No one should be left like this. Iâm surprised that the government havenât reintroduced mass graves or likewise for the poor to be buried or cremated and their ashes scattered. </p> 2962<p>Yet still most politicians talk about this subject, whilst theyâll have no problem paying for a funeral the majority of us canât and nor can we afford to pay for a prepaid funeral either. Itâs a sad indictment of how little the Tory party regard life and death. They donât care and neither will they ever care. </p> 2963<p>The welfare state was created to care for us from the cradle to the grave but the government has taken so much away from it that it hardly supports us anymore. </p> 2964<p>I could only afford a decent funeral for my son because of the kindness of friends and followers on here, Twitter and Facebook. I really canât thank you enough and I couldnât have done it without your support and kindness and both myself and my family canât thank you enough for your kindness.</p> 2965<p>I will continue to speak out about this, because I do believe that its important and I make no apology for doing so.</p> 2966<p></p> 2967<p></p> 2968<p></p> 2969<p>Please read, share, tweet and email my blog. </p> 2970<p>If anyone would like to donate to either the upkeep of my blog or campaign thereâs a donate button at the top and side of this blog post. </p> 2971<p>A huge thank you to everyone that has and does support my blog and campaign. 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2988young people</a> </span> 2989 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/05/03/im-still-here/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-05-03T17:05:39+00:00">May 3, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 2990 <a href="2021/05/03/im-still-here/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Iâm still here.</h1></a> 2991 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 2992 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 2993</header><!-- .entry-header --> 2994 <div class="entry-content"> 2995<p>Dear friends, subscribers and everyone that reads my blog. </p> 2996<p>As you know my son died unexpectedly and Iâve been away arranging his funeral and everything that goes with that. His sisters are distraught and its horrible to see them crying and grieving. </p> 2997<p>Sadly a cause of death hasnât been asertained as there were no obvious causes, he didnât take drugs or drink heavily and he didnât take his own life, he fell asleep and didnât wake up.</p> 2998<p>Because there isnât an obvious cause of death there will be an inquest in October but Iâve been warned that I may never find out way. So many young adults die like this but itâs hardly spoken about. </p> 2999<p>As for me Iâm trying to cope with my grief and the loss of my only son. 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3020young people</a> </span> 3021 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/04/08/ive-had-enough-my-long-covid-nightmare-continues/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-04-08T09:20:12+00:00">April 8, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 3022 <a href="2021/04/08/ive-had-enough-my-long-covid-nightmare-continues/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Iâve had enough. My long Covid nightmare continues.</h1></a> 3023 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 3024 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 3025</header><!-- .entry-header --> 3026 <div class="entry-content"> 3027<p>Dear readers and subscribers, you I get have realised that Ive been pretty much out of action this past week. I apologise for this, I feel awful about it and I hope that it doesnât happen again.</p> 3028<p>Ive been struggling to get through this last rebound due to needing more meds and waiting for them to be processed.</p> 3029<p>Iâll be honest with you, Iâm feeling pretty low at the moment. This past year has been a complete nightmare and so far it doesnât appear to be easing. </p> 3030<p>My health is pretty rubbish at the moment, it takes me much longer to do tasks that I didnât used to think about. My daughters more than fed up with me being ill and I do feel like I am to blame for this. Being a single parent is tough when youâre ill. </p> 3031<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7131" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/04/08/ive-had-enough-my-long-covid-nightmare-continues/pexels-photo-3992933-2/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933.jpg" data-orig-size="1880,1058" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-3992933" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933.jpg?w=845" src="2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933_w-1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7131" srcset="2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933_w-1024.jpg 1024w, 2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933_w-150.jpg 150w, 2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933_w-300.jpg 300w, 2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933_w-768.jpg 768w, 2021/04/pexels-photo-3992933.jpg 1880w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/></figure> 3032<p>Yesterday I learnt that the support that I was getting will be ending next week. This was very difficult for me to process because Iâm still needing help. </p> 3033<p>Ive noticed that many essential support networks and general support services locally are ending next week because apparently everythingâs going back to normal.</p> 3034<p>Itâs rather foolish to believe that because this latest lockdown is ending that Covid 19 has ended as well. So many people are still ill with it and are suffering from long covid. </p> 3035<p>Itâs very neglectful of any support network to believe that this latest lockdown ending is the last lockdown that we are going to have. </p> 3036<p></p> 3037<p></p> 3038<p>Already the numbers of children that are infected with covid 19 are rising along with the schools re opening. Combine this with the majority of the population have only had one vaccination leaving others still waiting for their vaccination dates it arrive. </p> 3039<p>Not long ago Boris Johnson declared that we would âhave to get used to people dyingâ. I for one can never get used to that. He should never have uttered those words. </p> 3040<p>To be honest the only things that have been keeping me going recently are this blog and your support. I need your support more than I ever have before. </p> 3041<p>I want to be better, maybe these latest meds will work. I donât want to be in the position that Iâm in now. Itâs pretty dire tbh and I expect that thousands of other people are feeling the same as I am now. </p> 3042<p>If any organisations are reading this blog post, please reconsider stopping support just because the latest lockdown is ending. So may of us are, not by choice dependent upon this help. </p> 3043<p>I feel that Ive been totally honest with you, I needed to get this worry off my chest so to speak and I want people to realise how tough it is for long covid survivors. </p> 3044<p>One day, hopefully soon this nightmare will be over and Iâll be back to my normal self. Itâs been so long since Iâve been there. </p> 3045<p></p> 3046<p>Please read, share and tweet my blog. I really want to get the reality of our situations out there for everyone to read. </p> 3047<p></p> 3048<p>For anyone that would like to donate to keep both my blog, myself and the campaign going theres a donate button at the top and bottom of this blog post. </p> 3049<p>I really need your support and I thank everyone that does and has supported my blog and campaign.</p> 3050<p>Thank you. </p>
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3067young people</a> </span> 3068 <span class="posted-on"><a href="2021/03/25/im-struggling-2/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-03-25T10:30:43+00:00">March 25, 2021</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 3069 <a href="2021/03/25/im-struggling-2/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Iâm struggling……</h1></a> 3070 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 3071 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 3072</header><!-- .entry-header --> 3073 <div class="entry-content"> 3074<p>Dear readers and subscribers, you may have noticed that Iâve been quiet this week. My aim is to produce at least three blog posts a week. I want to provide more newsworthy content as well as my weekly blog which is personal to me. </p> 3075<p>I have failed to do this because once again Iâve rebounded. Iâve got yet another chest infection that has hit me extremely hard, not only physically but mentally. </p> 3076<p>I really thought that Iâd beaten my long covid symptoms, and for the most part I have. What I didnât count on was that I could get another chest infection which has made me feel so ill. </p> 3077<p></p> 3078<p>I felt the symptoms up to about 14 days ago, I get pains in my right lung which are hard to describe. I stupidly ignored these symptoms because I didnât want to be ill again, I didnât want to have to say that Iâm ill again because Iâm sure that everyone is fed up of me saying this. </p> 3079<p>I carried on as usual until last Sunday when my body told me that I couldnât continue like I was doing. My sats dropped to a low level and just doing the most basic chores made me breathless and tired.</p> 3080<p>I admitted defeat and spoke to my doctor. They diagnosed another chest infection and advised me that I should really go to the hospital. Easier said than done though when youâre a single parent and your child is totally dependent upon you. </p> 3081<p>I explained my situation and I was prescribed anti antibiotics and more inhalers. My consultant has been notified and Iâm waiting for an appointment to see him.</p> 3082<p></p> 3083<p>Thereâs no doubting that I was extremely foolish to ignore my symptoms, donât ever do this. For anyone in a similar situation to me, please act upon your symptoms and get help. I canât believe that I was so stupid.</p> 3084<p>I think the main reason as to why I ignored my new symptoms is because I had such a long run of better health. I wasnât struggling as much and I was seriously considering the fact that I would be well very soon.</p> 3085<p>I wanted to hold onto that hope, to become normal once again, to be included in future plans and to have ambitions of achieving my goals.</p> 3086<p></p> 3087<p>My goals arenât particularly hard to achieve for an able bodied person. I love walking, I used to walk miles everyday and I so wanted to walk to Hartshead Pike once again with my daughter. Maybe one day Iâll achieve this.</p> 3088<p>Luckily I think that my antibiotics have started to work and my sats are much better than they were. Not perfect, far from it but acceptable for both myself and my doctor and consultant.</p> 3089<p></p> 3090<p>I know that the Covid 19 virus has damaged my lungs, especially my right lung and I have to accept that Iâm more vulnerable to getting chest infections, but itâs impossible for me to live in a covid free environment. My daughter returned to school and with that came the spread of viruses brought home through no fault of her own. </p> 3091<p>So yes Iâm struggling, yes Iâm fed up of complaining about my health but this week has certainly been a big challenge for me. I want to do more, to eat more healthily and to have a better lifestyle but itâs impossible when Iâm dependent upon such a low income.</p> 3092<p>Iâm not only worried about my physical health Iâm worried about how on earth can I juggle things around to provide everything that I need to get healthy again. Itâs bloody impossible but Iâll try my best to do this. </p> 3093<p>For now my goals are low. I would first like to once again achieve my goal of more blog content because I love to write and I love to hear from all of you, because you are important. </p> 3094<p>As for my health, Iâm back to taking it a day at a time, hopefully achieving small goals along the way. Iâm grateful to be alive, to have survived Covid19, and to still be here talking to all of you.</p> 3095<p>Please keep safe, wear a mask and donât for one minute think that this virus has gone away. It hasnât and we still need to be careful. </p> 3096<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7077" data-permalink="https://thepoorsideof.life/2021/03/25/im-struggling-2/pexels-photo-4197562-2/" data-orig-file="https://thepoorsideoflife.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/
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