And a weary sigh from housing lawyers. Everyone not involved in the sector is shocked and startled when they encounter what the homelessness rules actually are, but assume it is a one off bad decision and then nothing changes.

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Seriously, for a moment, we put someone in Number 10 who epitomised lawlessness and disregard for the rules. We took the piss out of the rule of law, out of international law, out of the whole concept of respect.

We keep hitting records in homelessness with every new release. We can't continue. Behind each number is someone without the foundation & safety of a home. All political parties need to address this without fail, with more social housing & specialist support like Housing First

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Ministers keep claiming they want a 'grown up' conversation about disability benefits while at the same time repeatedly and deliberately conflating PIP with not working when they know it's paid regardless of employment status.

Imagine how embarrassing this take would be if the other creator of Seinfeld had made one of the funniest shows of all-time that had no worry about offending people and ended this literal month.

Anyone who works on benefits issues can tell you it’s not easy to get PIP. Maybe the government’s response to an increase in the numbers of people receiving a disability benefit could be concern as to why we’re getting sicker as a nation, rather than demonising benefit claimants

PIP shouldn’t even be in the same conversation as sickness and work. PIP is personal independence payment. It has nothing to do with whether you are working or not working, off sick or not. It has nothing to do with work. It is like Rishi Sunak doesn’t even know this.

The work & pensions minister says the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is 'thousands of pounds a month'

If you qualify for the higher weekly rate & get the mobility part you get £184.30 per week, which works out at £798.63/month. So you don't get thousands of pounds a month

People don't choose to be on disability benefits. It's their last resort.

Stop blaming people with mental health problems. If the Secretary of State wants a grown-up conversation about this, then he should meet with us.

We've sent an invite. 1/3

… and the 2016 review of pip descriptors
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80ca37…

… and the 2017 'Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment’ (to which government made a detailed response)
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a82aaf0…

... and the 2021 green paper which will 'consider whether we should make more fundamental changes... how the benefits system could be designed differently to help more people work and live independently and explore new approaches to providing support'
gov.uk/government/con…

'This is a benefit that has not been reviewed for over a decade'

... except the 2023 white paper which will 'Transform the entire Personal Independence Payment (PIP) service’
gov.uk/government/pub…

I’m URGING the media to actually hire disabled writers and journalists to analyse and scrutinise the gov benefits announcements instead of just publishing verbatim. I’m available and I know other incredible journos such as Hollie-Anne Brooks 🎀✨🩼🌈⚽️ and Laura Elliott are too

Lou Calvey Wilson Solicitors Thank you Lou. There is info on our website and an email address a team of us are checking regularly:

[email protected]

wilsonllp.co.uk/news/represent…

PIP was introduced in 2014.

The Government said it was redesigning the PIP process to move away from a 'one size fits all' approach..

.. in 2015.

Perhaps Mel Stride should spend less time tweeting and more on understanding why things went wrong.