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Im on ESA pip why should the disabled be pushed into UC when UC doesn't work and also very discrimating 

Oh, for crying out loud! The SWP and co are desperate, aren't they? This is madness and many of us are going g to really go through the ringer. All due to craving as many of us through and making big mistakes, sometimes fatal.

I'm on cb esa in support group is migration being brought forward from 2028 no other benefits 

Hard to believe a Labour party could be worse than the tories,but they(Labour)are rapidly approaching the contemptable detest reserved for the tories.

I put in my pip review form early February. I then had four texts stating I might need to have a face to face assessment during this time. I got same as last pip except I had been diagnosed autistic 3 years ago and I’m now waiting on adhd assessment, ( just after my last pip review award form was granted was when I was diagnosed autistic). They text me to say I had to wait 2 weeks for a letter ( it was only4 days. Tbf). I Always send stuff first class recorded delivery. Even if they have a second class free mail. So about two weeks ago they sent me a letter saying I was granted the same pip enhanced. TBF I use my pip on taxis to early morning appointments or places I don’t know how to get too. And I have bought gadgets to make life easier for my back problem. And some of it goes to bills. Weirdly I got more points on things than I had the last time. I thought communicating might of got some points as I sometimes forget what I’m on about then go around in a circle till I remember what I was on about. So from February to a fortnight ago ( November ) was my wait time..  I was surprised I did get it as I thought they were hanging on to some until we were managed migrated to cause confusion re UC forms but they didn’t, they just granted it. They are still messing about with people phoning them for changes both esa and pip. Took me 5 phone calls as they were making me wait 20 plus mins, playing a tune then their phone would ring then hung up before I spoke. My neighbour was in my flat as a witness to this behaviour. And I had to keep repeating stuff. They do the phone bs right at the end ( they also try to trip people up re giving them our security info) I mean I typed in my birthday and they claimed it didn’t here it. Someone professional needs to see their phone call handling to vulnerable people to the end to show how they stress people up or cause autism melt downs. so that anyone testing it out wouldn’t have the time to waste waiting for them to answer and hanging up.

What if you are a SUPORT GROUP CLAMANT How is it delth with ?  

Do people in WRAG need a fitnote?

I have just managed to sort out my autistic adult son's migration from ESA to UC.  The process being so difficult and the questions so badly written, even I as a Barrister, found the questions to be misleading.  Also there are pages hidden behind other pages, when dealing with reasonable adjustments that they are difficult to find.

I would still get a sick note from dwp incase u go to tribunal never mind Dwp 

Is this for England first, as it was with moving HB to UC (which we in Scotland have only recently started to do)?

It seems everybody is excessively worried about the migration to UC, when in reality what to be worried about is not the migration itself but rather the motivation of the DWP for expediting the migration, which is to gather all claimants into one group and push as many claimants as possible into work and finally cut their benefits off.

Thought I would let people know. I wrote to my local MP for Nottingham and told her about the concerns being mentioned about people on ESA in the SUPPORT GROUP being asked for sick notes when applying for UC. She emailed me and said you DO NOT Need To Get fit notes for this group. So I am printing of her reply so that when I do get a migration letter and have to see someone at Job Centre I will show them this letter. 

Hello

The damn migration is all about putting all claimants into a one fold, connecting them with so-called work coaches, and pushing them into work in one way or another and possibly toughening conditions/commitments.

I'm out of my mind worrying about the whole process of applying for UC from ESA support group. Apart from my health issues my mental health problems are making it twice as hard to try and stay calm. It's all getting rushed through by DWP and mistakes are being made. He whole process is needs simplifying and the three week gap when u don't get any money. What are u suppose to live on. 

I agree with AW. Appointee does work or is even needed for some people. My son can manage his bills because they are all on Direct Debit and his needs aren't great. He can always ask me if he has a problem. Can he fill in a simple form let alone a DWP one, can he make a phone call to ask for something or explain his position , No? It is time the DWP faced reality especially for the disabled and realised one solution does not fit all.

My son who has brain damage that affects him very badly received his notification he has to claim UC today. Has to have it completed by 12th February so will be in the general mess so we are keeping our fingers crossed. He lives in the LB of Croydon London and will visit me in the Nth of England so I can complete what is necessary., No way could he manage it himself. As a member I will be glued to your site to learn all I can before we start. What a nightmare.

Thank you for your replies. I thought it was too good to be true. I am 64 in January so am desperately hoping & praying now that this cruel migration process takes them longer to implement, so as they don’t get to me before pension age. Am wishing my life away! Didn’t have this fear hanging over me before they bought this forward as by 2028 I will be on pension credit. Can only hope that it takes them as long as it did to transfer Dla to Pip. They didn’t get to me on that one until late 2019, when the target for that was everyone transferred by 2015. Deep breaths! Good luck to all at this god awful time.

I'm so stressed waiting for first statement and praying it's all correct. Initial advance given isn't a quarter of my entitlement as per all my calculations. Thank god I get dla and pip or I would be in a real dark place. They didn't make it easy for me the first few weeks of migrating but thankfully my lwrca has now been actioned. They also need to stop the 5 week wait as its just really bad for people and tips people into financial harm

This is the Labour I remember - they've always treated disabled people worse than the Tories - and that takes some doing! How they can ramp up to such massive numbers is mind boggling. We all know the DWP won't be able to cope and it'll cause harm to vulnerable people will be.