{"id":72175,"date":"2024-05-01t14:43:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-01t13:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/?p=72175"},"modified":"2024-08-19t10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19t09:01:04","slug":"an-open-letter-to-work-and-pensions-secretary-mel-stride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/an-open-letter-to-work-and-pensions-secretary-mel-stride\/","title":{"rendered":"an open letter to work and pensions secretary mel stride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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on monday 29th<\/sup> april, the uk government announced proposals to make major changes to the disability-benefits system, in a bid to reduce spending on personal independence payments<\/a> (pip).<\/p>

we know that many people with ph rely on pip, and they are concerned by this news. that\u2019s why we\u2019ve written to work and pensions secretary mel stride to express our disappointment – and indeed, our anger – that people in need are once again being vilified by the system set up to support them.<\/p>

you can read our letter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

the proposed changes are subject to a 12-week consultation, ending on 23rd<\/sup> july, and they include moving away from a \u2018fixed cash-benefit system\u2019 so that people would no longer receive a regular benefit payment. the payments would be replaced by one-off grants (for things such as home adaptations), vouchers, or directly-funded access to treatments.  <\/p>

it is very unlikely there will be enough time for the changes to be implemented before the general election – which is expected to take place before the end of 2024 – but it\u2019s important that we send a clear and united message to this and any future government.<\/p>

we simply cannot stand by and watch people who need support fail to receive it because of government failures.  <\/p>

our letter<\/a> has also been sent as an official response to the consultation. you can send your own response by clicking <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>

update 24th may 2024<\/h4>

our letter received this response<\/a> from mims davies mp. <\/p>

we responded with this letter<\/a> on 24th may. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

our response to proposed reforms to the disability-benefits system. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72175"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72175"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72983,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72175\/revisions\/72983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}