To ask you to sign this petition to tax wealth rather than attacking the most vulnerable members of society?

[QuestionableMouse]

https://www.change.org/p/tax-wealth-don-t-cut-disability-support

I've signed it.

If the cuts do ahead thousands of people are going to be badly affected (me included due to long COVID which has left me chroniclly unwell)

The benefits bill must must come down. That means less people on those benefits. Maybe means testing will need to be considered. Or a complete overhaul on what disability means.

All jobs that disabled people can definitely do. Thanks so much for your thoughtful suggestions.

@QuestionableMouse I would stop engaging if I were you, these posters are not commenting in good faith. The proposed disability cuts and subsequent discussions have really opened my eyes to what people really think of the disabled.

That is totally untrue. Most people have every sympathy and wish to support disabled people. But not the system that is in place now. A complete rethink is needed.

Suggesting that someone who is too ill to work should consider a job litter-picking or in refuse collection because they're worried about making ends meet is not engaging in good faith. Being too ill to work is an awful place to be. I'm not in that place any more but I was a few years ago, I wouldn't wish it on anyone though I do wish some posters could gain even a little insight as it might activate their under-exercised empathy muscles.

Too ill to work? What exactly does that even mean. Nothing much these days.

Anyone who claims to not understand is being disingenuous.

Anyway, I'm off to London for a big interview so I'm now disengaging. A couple of years ago I was too ill to work (you know, too unwell to do any kind of work for any amount of hours), now I've recovered to the extent I could even apply for this position and get an interview so I feel like I've already won whatever the outcome.

Best of luck! 💐🤞🏻🤞🏻

Yesterday was bank holiday, so I imagine with a bit of overtime £22 an hour is easily achievable. It’s only £14.60 at time and a half…

edited to say, oops, missed the PPs update confirming it was an overtime rate. 👍

I hope your interview went well! 🥳

It did, thank you! It'll be a while before I hear the outcome, which gives me lots of time to over-analyse all my answers to questions and focus on the ones where I didn't answer as well as I would have liked 😂

It is between the claimant, their GP and the DWP. Not anyone elses business.
Where are all these jobs anyway? Able bodied people are struggling to find work. The amount of people on job seeking benefits vastly outnumbers the amount of vacancies available.

I had a very severe migraine over the last 24 hours which absolutely sucked because I missed my best friends' wedding.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-consciously-cruel-uk-social-security-system-pushing-people-beyond-brink-new

I'd really like everyone to read this report.

Have those wanting to tax the rich more seen the statistics showing CGT income for the last year actually fell despite the rates being increased! That shows the impact of “rich” people leaving the UK! Less tax revenue to pay your benefits!

What an odd response to that post.

Isn’t it more likely to be a response to the question posed in the thread title, based on the content and the fact that your latest post (interesting link btw) was not quoted? That’s how I interpreted it :)

edited for clarity

It’s a response to the thread title

A bit like how income tax receipts fell when Labour increased the highest rate of income tax to 50% and increased when the Tories reduced it to 45%.

We have to stop killing the golden geese.

Exactly. And the point raised by @Badbadbunny is even more serious, because CGT receipts fell £1.5 billion as people left the country in anticipation of an increase in CGT rates. The new rates have only just come into effect, so the cost to HMRC is the current tax year will be much much higher. Except that as asset prices have fallen following the budget and, more importantly, Trumps trade war, the fall will be spun as ‘not because of higher rates, but events’ ;)

Let's not forget that Gordon Brown made "sweetheart" deals (i.e. special "off the record" informal law changes/dispensations) to encourage international firms to set up in the UK and also sports stars to come for the London Olympics. These were special rates/rules that weren't available to anyone else. That is proof enough that an unattractive tax regime keeps people and firms out of the UK. We really shouldn't have to give informal dispensations/reliefs to certain firms/people that aren't available to all, just to "incentivise" them to come to the UK!

https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/disability-cuts-north-east-worst-hit-region-in-britain/

Of course this is the case.