"PIP should be paid in vouchers" I'll explain in detail why this is a bad idea, but can I ask why all the solutions to the imagined mass fraud is to hurt disabled people more in the process? I'm sure some people think they're doing the right thing, many probably understand fine well it would hurt disabled people and they have forgotten they can become disabled at any point in their lives. Instead of starting with how it would hurt us (disabled people) I'll explain how it would hurt the state. It would cost MILLIONS to set up a whole IT system, set up partnerships with business, the amount of civil servants that would need to oversee invoices would just be immense. It would cost more than it would ever be intended to save, sort of like the current assessment system that sees tax payers cash endlessly going to tribunals because they've refused a disabled person help, 2/3rds of all claimants that take their case to full tribunal win. It again costs the sta...
A blog documenting a journey into self-employment, writing my first book, plus my general life, including home educating a 15-year-old, living with a disabled cat and my own mental illness. I have a strong passion for homesteading, knitting, spiced chai and everything in between! I am a confirmed Christian and also a Friend of Julian of Norwich. I have a love of Christian Mysticism and Negative Theology. I come from a neo pagan background.