UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2024 and 2025

Yep. And they roll up disability and illness together, yet there can obviously be a world of difference between the challenges they face.

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1931064476897620085



Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
Physiological needs
Safety needs
Love and belonging needs
Esteem needs
and Self-actualization needs


Dr Jay Watts:

"Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is one of the most widely accepted models of what humans require to survive and thrive—starting with food, heat and safety, and building up to dignity, connection and purpose. Cut disability benefits, and you pull out the foundation."

"Basic Survival (Maslow: Physiological Needs) You cannot “incentivise” someone out of disability by taking away the money folk use to eat and heat. Poverty is indexed to worsening mental and physical health and early death. That is backed by international evidence.#TakingThePIP "

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