Do people really think PIP claimants are fraudsters?!

[Greedybilly]

As someone with a chronic illness in the middle of claiming PIP I think it's important to point out it's very stressful to go through the process and actually get the benefit.
To those who were inferring it's an easy blag - I would say yes there will always be a few scammers who claim fraudulently ( though god knows how tbh?) the majority have to struggle for years/go through appeals/give up.
Just saying this for balance as I feel MN is turning slghtly into the Daily Fail.

Taxpayers will continue to comment about where their taxes go to. It’s important to remember without the taxpayer there is no PIP, universal credit or any other benefit.

Not at all Plastic I haven’t had any of my posts deleted unlike you who have broken Mumsnet rules. They must have considered them offensive enough to remove them. So none of what you say has any basis in truth.
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Exactly. My UC and PIP both go into the one account. Sometimes I sell some second hand things and get some money come in from that too. I recently sold a few items so treated myself to a video game I was after. Still came out the same account as my PIP. I guess that means I used PIP to buy games now.

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It's also important to remember that you can still receive PIP and/or UC and work.

Once again, I pay carers to help with daily personal care needs. These include having my hair brushed, washed and dried and my finger and toe nails trimmed, cleaned and filed. If I could not employ carers to do these things then I would have to pay a hairdresser and a nail technician to do it for me, the alternative is leaving my hair permanently unwashed and uncombed and my nails long, ragged and dirty. I assume this is not something you would find acceptable for yourself, bein a relatively basic personal care requirement, so I don't know why you begrudge a disabled person who cannot maintain their own hair and nails paying someone to do this for them. This is the problem with getting outraged and making blanket remarks about anyone using their PIP to pay for nail care.

Also that some of us pay more in tax than we get in PIP.

You laugh because you can’t argue against a basic fact. I will take the higher ground and not titter back

I didn’t argue otherwise.

I think that's the case for most people. It's the same here too, UC and DLA in the same account.

No because I am not going to engage with someone who harassing me and cannot formulate a coherent argument. All you want to do is derail threads with your meaningless school yard taunts, so knock yourself out!

I think it makes perfect sense to put to all your money into one account otherwise it would be very difficult to budget

You have been harassing people calling them names etc, it’s all there Plastic throughout this thread and that is why some of your posts have been deleted No point trying to back peddle now the thread is coming to a close

I think some people claim it fraudulently, a really small percentage of claimants. It is concerning that the U.K. seems to be getting sicker with ever increasing numbers of people entitled to claim. Invariably it becomes unaffordable. The big issue really is pensions DWP budget is 280 billion this year 50% is going to pensioners mainly in state pension but also pension credit and attendance allowance.

Comparatively the benefit bill for disabled people is small but easier to blame them than pensioners.

Yes indeed all your nonsense and hate filled posts are there for all to see.

I have said nothing of the sort and if they were they would have been deleted and as such they haven’t unlike yours.

The only reason your posts weren’t deleted is because I didn’t report them. Get a clue.

I don’t believe that for one second but I’m sure you will be scrabbling around to do it now

Exactly the same pip and wages go into same account I have no idea which specific payment is used for taxis and which is used for a takeaway at a weekend all I know is without pip i couldn't afford to get to work which means i would no longer be paying tax and NI or get to hospital appointments as like most people these days who have to see specialists they are spread out around the country and cost an absolute fortune to get to plus loss of earnings as its a full day thing. And your not entitled to non emergency ambulance transport if you are on high rate pip so would cost the tax payer more if I wasnt on pip as I spend more then my pip on transport

Most people can have an adult conversation without running to mumsnet saying she said this shes not 5 🙄

On the contrary it’s you I feel sorry for that your way of discussing a subject is to be aggressive and call people names again which I have not done to you. It really says more about you than it does
me

Not this poster.

If the comment is offensive and breaks Mumsnet rules it’s hardly running to Mumsnet for it to be removed. It may also please you to know I didn’t report this personscomment to Mumsnet but I’m sure glad someone did

How sad this thread ended in bickering.