🧵The welfare cuts announced today mean people don’t know how they’ll survive. Some fear they’ll have no choice but to take their own lives. This government must take responsibility for the impact of the Spring Budget on the mental health crisis. 1/5 #SpringStatement - ThreadSky

mindcharity.bsky.social • 7 days ago

🧵The welfare cuts announced today mean people don’t know how they’ll survive. Some fear they’ll have no choice but to take their own lives.

This government must take responsibility for the impact of the Spring Budget on the mental health crisis. 1/5

#SpringStatement

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mindcharity.bsky.social•7 days ago

Last week, the UK government announced huge cuts to welfare benefits. Charities across the health sector pushed back - hard. We explained this would make people’s mental health worse and simply move costs elsewhere in the system. 2/5

mindcharity.bsky.social•7 days ago

They didn’t listen, and today they’ve announced even more cuts. This is despicable. The government is choosing to take away the last line of support from some of the most vulnerable people in our society. 3/5

mindcharity.bsky.social•7 days ago

People are telling us they don’t know how they’ll survive, and might have no option but to take their own lives.

If ministers push ahead with these cuts despite clear warnings, they must take responsibility for the harm that will be caused. 4/5

mindcharity.bsky.social•7 days ago

We’ll keep fighting these changes and speaking up for you against the cuts. 5/5

wisewench.bsky.social•6 days ago

Really disappointed you are spreading panic. Severely disabled people will continue to receive PIP. People with milder disabilities will continue to get universal credit, while they look for work and can earn up to £675 a month before any benefit reduction.

nippermaddog.bsky.social•3 days ago

You haven't understood the proposed legislation at all

suzysomebody.bsky.social•6 days ago

Have you tried living on £393 a month? No, I didn't think so. You might find yourself contemplating suicide if you had. Centrist psychopaths.

danlargebutklein.bsky.social•6 days ago

You're a despicable bootlicking idiot if you think these cuts aren't going to push people further into poverty and add to their mental health struggles.

wisewench.bsky.social•6 days ago

What about the harm caused by telling an adult they have no capacity for work and giving them no support to find any? This is what the current broken system is doing to too many people.

jayb1rdie.bsky.social•6 days ago

So sorry to anybody effected by this, try to remember humanity always wins out in the end. Stay strong 💪 il certainly be doing my part to try and counter this where able.

You are all important and the world needs you, empathy compassion humor and love will ALWAYS be more valuable that anything.

wisewench.bsky.social•6 days ago

Please specify which part of the green paper concerns you. And for balance, please spread information about positives - like an end to continual reassessment for people whose condition is lifelong.

wisewench.bsky.social•6 days ago

Spreading fear through disinformation is not your finest moment. There are protections for current claimants on UC. And there will be a premium added for people unable to work because of their disability.

nippermaddog.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, UC health element will be cut 50% and only given to people awarded PIP with an even tighter criteria which excludes many conditions, do keep up.

suzysomebody.bsky.social•6 days ago

Being a detached, ruthless, unempathetic centrist boot licker is not your finest moment.

astralfrancisco.bsky.social•6 days ago

I am utterly terrified for the future. My mental health is
already bad. This only makes it worse and will make it harder to survive in the long-term.

dhothersall.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm a big supporter of yours and agree with much of your assessment of the recent announcement, but this post is grossly irresponsible and represents a complete failure to adhere to widely agreed standards when talking about issues around suicide. Please consider deleting and rewriting this thread.

danlargebutklein.bsky.social•6 days ago

It is despicably stupid of you to tone police Mind, when discussing the likely and well known impacts of making severely disabled and mentally ill people poorer and withdrawing support from them in an already hostile economic and social climate.

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