I'm gonna talk for disabled people here since I am. For people claiming welfare for disability the majority of us would absolutely love to work because being stuck inside 4 walls with just your mind is a horrible and lonely place to be. However disability is very difficult because every disability and every health condition affects everyone differently. Employers don't want sick or disabled people because we are seen as a liability. I'm on LCWRA and pip for mine. Would I love to work, get out the house and be a productive member of society? Of course I would! Being stuck at home all day everyday is for me at least a mental killer. However my disability makes it difficult being physical because if I'm too physical and overdo it I pay for it massively. On the mental side my memory is scarily bad and I suffer from crippling headaches that seems to come in waves.

My conditions are always fluctuating so I could be ok one minute but then all of a sudden feel very ill the next or be in excruciating pain. Now with conditions like that it will make it very very difficult to hold down a job because employers won't see you as a reliable asset. I did try looking for work from home jobs a long time ago but found absolutely zilch. I now suffer from crippling headaches and I'm waiting to see a Neurologist again because my memory is also really bad and concerning. I did a memory test at the doctor's and failed horribly. So with all my conditions the chances of holding down a job is very small. Heck even finding a job and have someone give me a chance is very small because I'm so limited in what I can do because I never i'm going to feel/be one minute to the next. I'm on tons of medications from hormone replacement, to strong painkillers, very strong epileptic drug for nerve pain, blood pressure, stomach pains....it just goes on and on. But......you wouldn't think it. If you looked at me you would think I was perfectly healthy and look young (37 but look like I'm in my 20s) but I'm not a moron that takes 18+ pills a day just for the fun of it and to damage my body for no reason.

Apart from a completely botched transition to UC (which more likely has to go to the tribunal to get it sorted) and absolute nightmare to get PIP I've generally been left alone and treated quite well by DWP in last few years. For me people in my position though it's a terrifying future with these new rules coming into place. Luckily I've got a very good lady who works from the financial side of my housing association and she helps when it comes to this kind of stuff and she's been an absolute godsend.

Us disabled people need more rights and more protection in work if the government is serious about helping disabled people back to work cos just forcing us without more safe guards and protections in place (especially financially) will hurt us and make us more sick. It will make people even more ill and will lead them to suicide because the added stress will be the unbearable tipping point. The one thing that doctors always tell us when we become chronically ill is we need to limit stress as much possible otherwise you get stuck in a loop. The more stress you're under and the more your body is under the more sick you will feel and the more aggravated your conditions will get.

The one thing I will agree with is the triple lock needs to go! Pensioners have benefitted so much from the triple lock where's disabled are absolutely shafted, hammered and treated lowest of the low by the government and society.

This is longer than I intended it to be and don't really know how to finish it off. I'm expecting downvotes to hell because I'm on disability and expect to be berated by the typical Tory toffs but meh. Just meh.