:rofl: And the £775 isn't till 2029/30. So a really smelly bin.
Great—not even as much as the Covid uplift.
I think that's how I read it too, although they are talking about an increase in the basic rate of UC to give some compensation (a fair bet that...
PS: I was advised to head off questions about pets in advance. When I first claimed mobility allowance in 2002 I told them I had a cat; luckily...
It's the luck of the draw to some extent, and our approaches all differ anyway. I just know mine was stronger for being written in a different...
This is a post from the PEM Discussion thread—hope @MrMagoo doesn't mind me answering it here! I wonder if we sometimes understate how...
Just to let you know I'm writing a couple of thoughts about this in the benefits thread, as it risks taking this one off topic.
Me too, in bad PEM. Seems to be the same as whatever's going on with the big swollen neck glands. Sometimes I only have one sore underarm gland,...
I've got three for an eating related one, but they've re-awarded the same for an assessment done years ago. The scoring might have changed now. I...
No, me neither. As well as being against Labour's ethos, I think it leaves them open to legal challenges. Only one questionable issue has...
They can be scored 3 in some cases. I only know because one of mine is—it indicates you're considered only able do the thing with the aid of...
I guess yes and no—it depends on how you're looking at it? You could argue that someone who's unable to do one of the essential activities of...
I wouldn't worry too much yet. It's all got to be finalised and there might still be changes. Presumably it will only apply to new claims and the...
It should be on your award letter. As well as the six-page letter, they always include a single sheet that you can use as proof of entitlement....
Yep, although it only applies to daily living. For some reason they've left mobility as it is. Maybe it's part of trying to reduce the number of...
For instance, I scored 19 points for daily living across 10 different activities. On nine of the activities, I scored between 0 (no difficulty)...
That is quite a change then, because at the moment people may get an award even if they only score two in several areas—they can add up to enough...
Abrasive therapy was looked at once in ME/CFS. I think it was just one of those papers that raised it as a possibility after trying it on a few...
I think the answer has to be yes, because even if sensory stimuli and emotion had little or no effect on our cognition (which I doubt is true...
Another nice cheering Grauniad article:...
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