Cut benefits before increasing council tax

The starting price of Band H in ours is less than the average house price of the area controlled by our local council and you would struggle massively to find a property valued at below Band G

Mine is Band B, but if it was to be revalued and recalculated now, it would be Band G. A massive jump.
Would be £1,842.58 to £3,948.40, and that is how it is now. Not with the proposed increase for the upper bands.

And I'm really sorry I reread that and it sounds patronising. You don't want empathy, I think I mean care and humanity and an appreciation of others

We live in a council tax band f house, a council tax hike will possibly tip us over the edge to be honest and I am really worried about this budget. We would likely be classed as rich folk (assets) and have made some poor decisions which are now likely to force our hand.

But this is all horrible. Your daughter sounds absolutely beautiful and our taxes absolutely should be supporting her. I am horrified by the lack of empathy on here and how callous people can be. I would hate people to think that all of those who are perceived as rich don't have care or empathy for their fellow humans.

Our local council tax

Very well said!
Want to swap with us OP? Or stick with your house In London and not have a disability/life limiting disease??

Would you be happy if someone was questioning your child's quality of life?

Agree!

The OP is sitting in a house worth over 500K that she chose to buy because she wanted to be in that area. Presumably she feels the high mortgage costs each month are worth it.

Many on here would love to live in a specific area no doubt - but, you know what, they can't afford to. So, they live somewhere they can afford.

I believe a usual prescrption dished out on this platform is "just get a better paid job". Perhaps the OP could try that.

WTF?

@Helpingout2000 and @Papyrophile - she’s the happiest person I’ve ever met.
do with that what you will.
and your oh so radical thoughts about whether she’d be alive or not 50 years ago? So what? You may not be alive if NHS care wasn’t available- were you born on the NHS?
Does your child/ren use it?
Do you avail of state schools?

No.. well you PERFECT little rich folks, yes?

We have reached peak empathy? You might think that’s supremely clever. It isn’t. And one day I’m sure you’ll want empathy for you or yours.

Don’t make me laugh too much now .. are you on the comedy circuits because you both should be.
Neither she nor I need or want empathy - from “people” like you or otherwise.
But I promise you I will be laughing a LOT if Labour or Reform fucks over people like you - and your children or partners or parents or when you develop a life-limiting condition you can’t just “work” your way out of. I’ll be laughing a lot when you can’t afford to live because someone has taken away the NHS or you are bullied out of employment and have no recourse because employers don’t have to refer to the Human Rights Act when it’s gone because everyone needs resilience and to work more. I’ll chuckle when there’s no State Pension for people you care about.
See it’s all just a big joke and how BOLD we can be online, eh?

Fucking hell, so should this girl be left on a hill to fend for herself and just die?

I have seen a comment on here that the only disabled people that should be allowed cars on the Motability scheme are those that need cars for work. They said "if they are not working, why do they need a car?"
But then I have seen comments that say that if someone is on PIP and works, then they must be taking the piss and don't need PIP.
It shows a total lack of understanding about how PIP/Motability, and even UC works.
But they don't care because benefits and disability is what happens to other people. Never them. Not being disabled is just a temporary thing.

And yup, I was aiming for a User(long number), but went with Front 242. On a nostalgic YouTube trip right now 😊

I tell you what, I’ll swap you my adapted, wheelchair accessible Mercedes van with its hoist, hand controls and clamps, (which I had to buy myself because Motability is so expensive I couldn’t afford to get anything suitable on the scheme) for your half million pound house in London.

Oh, and you will obviously want my disability too, as you won’t enjoy the “luxury” of my van without it.

@Overthemhills @Pasadena I don't place any limits on your daughter's life but I doubt it will stretch to 70 years. Once anything happens to you, and she has no advocate or parent, her future is very uncertain. I don't like to write this, because medical progress is so wonderful, but only 50 years ago your daughter would almost certainly not have survived the event that disabled her. It might not feel good enough to you for her, but the support available now is unlikely to get any better. I think we have reached peak empathy.

I wonder if the OP would feel the same way if their house was in a lower tax band or if they or a family member had a disability? 🧐

@UserFront242
(love your user name- is that related to Front 242 by any chance?)
Absolutely this is what a lot of social media commentators think makes them “rational” and so very astute politically and oh so very clever at understanding economics - they push the narrative that being disabled is ultimately a lifestyle choice and anyone could just push a bit and be as wealthy as US but they are lazy. And those scroungers of parents - imagine driving a car they “got for free” from the taxpayers to WORK (although entirely permitted by Motability contracts). Why are they working - they should be at the nail salon and in the pub telling all and sundry how they’ve scammed everyone. Like their neighbours does 🤣.
I’d place a lot of money on those people switching off Great Ormond Street Hospital advertisements (even though that hospital has the biggest windfall in donations) because oh cancer stricken children and severely disabled children are all a bit yucky if I have to think about it too long and anyway THEY won’t be CEOs of a tech company so who cares if they swap DLA for a new car - what’s wrong with the bus?
Why do disabled people need cars? If they can’t walk why aren’t they at home etc etc etc (and I’ve literally seen these comments).

The reason I'm on benefits has nothing to do with choice.

He's basically self employed. He doesn't really earn enough for the hours he puts in but it's flexible and means he's home with DS, can take him to appointments and to school when he can go in.

Probably not, some would be dead, more would be homeless and I'm not sure how they're counted.

It would cost the NHS and social care a lot more as well.

I couldn't agree with you more WiddlinDiddlin! So many are quick to judge those of us who need to claim health benefits, and yet they can't be bothered to actually research the truth before they jump on the bandwagon!!

Of course they never think about the pain that we live with every single day, or how much our lives are curtailed by the disabilities we suffer, no, it's all about the green eyed monster, and us having a car that's better than theirs.

They don't think about the fact that if their car breaks down, they can walk to get assistance, or to get to a toilet if they need one while they're waiting, but due to my disability, I would have to stay put, however hot or cold the weather might be, and however much pain I'm in, and that if I need a toilet while I'm waiting to be rescued, I'd just have to wet myself, and then face the indignity of seeing the look of disgust on the mechanic's face when they finally come to help. The fact that having a newer, more reliable car, might just be able to help me avoid that, never registers with people like this, and quite frankly, they should be ashamed of themselves! Fancy being jealous of someone who is disabled!! What sort of society have we turned into??