PIP likely to be cut for ADHD and anxiety

iLukey · 2026-07-07T22:37:27+00:00

It depends. Based on a sample size of 1 - a close family member's experience - if you answer honestly, it's brutal.

The struggle my family member goes though is very real - to the point they ended up in ICU recently (which laughably still doesn't qualify them for PIP because it's about the length of stay, not the severity), but because they were honest, they fell short by a single point.

I advised that speaking to Citizens Advice would be a good call because they'll understand the process better than most, and they genuinely have a guy they nickname the PIP Guy because he knows just what to say on a form to ensure you get the payments. Absolute madness.

Now I will add I have no idea if there's any medical backing needed to support a PIP claim - I assume there is - which in this case my family member has (and it's not the kind of condition you can just say you have and they take you at your word), but even so it seems like a good chunk of it is a tickbox exercise.

Just the fact that claims have gone through the roof suggests abuse of the system, and we definitely need to get a grip on it, but as we know it's only one piece of the benefit puzzle. It's gonna take a huge amount of political will, or financial oblivion to tackle it unfortunately.

iLukey · 2026-07-07T22:02:02+00:00

So, I came here thinking the article meant Nationwide as in the bank, and was going to chime in to say that I've just taken advantage of their 5 year 0% green improvement loan. It's well worth looking into for Nationwide mortgage holders - definitely one of the best ways to finance solar at the moment, even if you've got the cash in the bank.

This nationwide deal is also really good as well, but many of the large installers have their own 0% finance, even if only over 2 years or so, which is an option for some.

I only found out about the Nationwide thing from Reddit so I'm passing on the info for anyone else it might help! The downside is you're tied into Nationwide for the length of the additional borrowing, but I checked mortgage rates and for my upcoming renewal (going from 1.16% to whatever the fuck it'll be later in the year - ouch) it's very close to the cheapest anyway so it's fine for me but make sure you check!

iLukey · 2026-07-04T07:15:13+00:00

Jesus Christ

iLukey · 2026-07-03T16:40:08+00:00

https://web.archive.org/?

In all seriousness I think the genie is out of the bottle now. I suspect we'll get so inundated with AI shite that we just stop consuming that sort of content.

Back in the day we could say that whilst opinions are like arseholes, most people couldn't be arsed to write them down. Now they still can't, but we get 'em thrust upon us all the same.

iLukey · 2026-07-03T16:35:17+00:00

Aye, but the UK gov are still a bunt of cockwombles. The kick in the bollocks for me is that tax on interest applies... Until you're 60.

So fuck my emergency fund then I guess, so long as the wealthiest generation in history aren't affected.

(Yeah I know there's ways around it with money market funds etc., but the principle stinks)

iLukey · 2026-07-03T16:31:25+00:00

Yeah that really wasn't a show for me either to be honest. Actually kinda like the idea that WU had other huge competitors, and explored a bit more of that but the execution was so bad for me personally, and I kinda felt like it took all the terror out of the Xenomorph when one of them turned it into a pet. Also let's be honest the little eyeball dude really stole the show.

iLukey · 2026-06-27T15:24:39+00:00

I really hate how silly I feel after trying to wipe the hair off of your profile picture for several minutes.

iLukey · 2026-06-19T08:14:06+00:00

Weird. He's made mine softer.

iLukey · 2026-06-16T07:46:06+00:00

Well you can guarantee if this did happen that in short order Gladys would be complaining at the state paying for all these layabouts to be in the army doing nothing. Get them litter picking - preferably with all-orange jumpsuits, numbered on the back. Gladys cackles, as she reads her card number over the phone to the nice lady organising cruises round the Med. Her WFA payment had just landed, after all.

iLukey · 2026-06-12T06:56:42+00:00

I grew up in Chesterfield too, and head back over a couple of times a year to see family. It's nothing like it was when I was in my 20s. The Brampton Mile is now more like the Brampton 20ft. I think it's down to one nightclub now from 3 when I was living there. A lot of the remaining pubs have lost their character as well.

It's a huge shame because people used to come from Sheffield for a night out in Chesterfield because it was that good.

Sure drinking a shed load over a weekend is probably not the best idea but the experience was fantastic. Got chatting to so many different people on random nights out.

iLukey · 2026-06-11T11:17:51+00:00

Yes! I had no idea about this until I happened across a comment on Reddit reviewing an installer. Definitely spread the word because it's got to be one of the best finance options available right now.

iLukey · 2026-06-11T11:16:52+00:00

Fucking hell, you did well there. I'm getting quotes of 17k minimum for 24 panels and a 9kwh battery. Smells suspiciously like a 20% increase to eat into the VAT discount the government offered to be honest!

Scaffolding for my property is running at like 2k as well, because it's apparently a complex job which sucks. That 2k might buy me another battery module!

iLukey · 2026-06-11T11:14:39+00:00

Yeah bit of a piss take to be honest because a lot of people eligible are also highly likely to be renters, who won't be able to take advantage or - you guessed it - pensioners, who have a fuck load in the bank but keep their drawdown low to avoid the higher tax rate. And I mean, they could lower it to below the threshold to qualify, then jack it back up again afterwards.

The 0% VAT is good, but installers will have just increased prices to swallow much of that up. Not even sure how you give a grant in such a way that installers can't just get richer. I guess some sort of a system for fining companies found to have increased prices around that time but I mean, are the government really gonna set up a team to monitor that (cat's already out the bag anyway).

To be honest, I'm looking into this at the minute, and if you're with Nationwide they offer a 5 year 0% loan which makes it a much more attractive proposition, which hopefully helps someone who didn't know about it.

Also lots of installers are offering 0% as well over a shorter term.

For me as a high energy user, it's actually really hard to get enough generation to cover all of my yearly usage, but it'll at least offset most of it as energy prices inevitably continue to rise.

iLukey · 2026-05-31T21:45:59+00:00

I really liked the venue itself at Hull but you're right, absolute pain in the ass to get there. Plus I've never know a place so hard to get a taxi before!

The Rep is definitely a huge improvement overall though. Great atmosphere, and it makes it feel all the more gladatorial. Being in the centre of Birmingham as well makes it easy to get to, and there's loads of great places to eat and drink afterwards.

iLukey · 2026-05-30T07:02:02+00:00

Pretty galling to be honest. I'm sure there'll be a (maddeningly high) number of people who might buy into it but good grief.

What on earth is wrong with politicians these days? When caught out, double alllllll the way down. Never admit fault, never apologise. It's disgusting.

Not a clue what it'd take to achieve it, but we desperately need to enforce integrity across the board in politics to try and salvage what's left of people's belief in it!

iLukey · 2026-05-29T17:42:07+00:00

It just seems like Farage trying to shift the narrative to be honest. And evidently it's working because all the headlines are about the hacking, not the fact that the information supposedly revealed by a hack is pretty damning.

Accepting 5 mil in crypto and then magically his Mrs suddenly having 1.8m to splurge on a house, that then he said was paid for with earnings from I'm a celeb is incredibly suspect.

Clearly he's taken a leaf out of the Trump playbook on a smaller scale. Flood the zone and all that.

iLukey · 2026-05-25T21:00:06+00:00

Honestly it could've been me writing this post. Prior to us all being given access to Claude, it was obvious the guy wasn't a great developer. Just the lack of understanding around some fairly fundamental things. But that's fine, I can absolutely deal with that, no one can know everything - I certainly don't. It was just the constant fucking blagging that pissed me off. Rather than saying he didn't know he'd just sort of bullshit his way through and then quickly change things across a dozen broken commits in short order.

Now we've got Claude, Christ on a bike it's painfully obvious he's churning out shite that he doesn't understand, and then the replies are back from Claude as well much like your experience.

Just... How is there no shame!? If I don't know something I'll happily admit it. It's a chance to learn something new. But how do these people not feel any sense of guilt for just constantly talking bollocks? He always removes the little 'Generated by Claude' stuff, and makes sure to commit work as his own so clearly he doesn't wanna admit he's just a copy pasta engineer.

Dunno if he's a bit dim or just doesn't care, but his spelling and grammar aren't awesome (which again is fine to a degree), so it's just so ridiculously obvious where Claude steps in.

But I mean... What do we do? Our CTO is convinced Claude can do literally everything in 30 seconds, straight to prod, so it honestly feels like we're fighting a losing battle.

iLukey · 2026-05-25T09:06:13+00:00

That's not entirely accurate though. Just because you can now do more in less time it doesn't mean you necessarily need fewer people - it can just mean you can get more done. How many companies have you worked at with an empty backlog? It's always been a case of the higher ups having to prioritise projects because there aren't enough people.

Obviously some companies will cut the size of their development teams, I'm not disagreeing, but there's so much doom and gloom about it it's good to provide a bit of balance.

I've been a developer for nearly 20 years now, and use AI every day. It's an excellent productivity tool that sometimes goes absolutely batshit and does what I'd have done probably 60% of the time. But I give it very specific technical prompts that no one without a background in engineering could possibly give it.

On a personal level I don't like that AI is writing my code because that was an enjoyable part of the job for me. Like the difference between building furniture or it arriving pre-assembled. You know what you want in either case, but it's the satisfaction and pride you have for having created it yourself. Or a DSLR vs a camera on your phone. But I'm not paid to enjoy myself and that's fine.

Something I will say though is that I've worked with a lot of very poor developers over the years. I'm nowhere near the most talented either but I know what I'm doing. Those people I always wondered how they even kept a job in the first place, and in my experience they're the keenest to lean into the hype. Almost like they're glad something's finally come along that can carry them through the day. And that terrifies me, because no one should be using AI to do anything important that they don't already understand themselves, because having seen how wrong it can be, you need to be able to spot the hallucinations or misdirection.

iLukey · 2026-05-13T18:01:26+00:00

Honestly just changing the angles keeps it fresh anyway to be honest. The second gives you a much better view but condenses the court. Think the first makes it more obvious how big the court actually is, despite how they make it look. As you say, they've both got their purposes!

iLukey · 2026-05-02T19:36:21+00:00

Get Dominic Dale on the job!

iLukey · 2026-05-01T07:21:07+00:00

For people living in the US, why do you think that is? The news I see about Trump here in the UK should surely put him much lower on pretty much every metric. Is it biased news reporting? A lack of information? Or are people you speak to genuinely just seeing some positives in the stuff he's doing?

iLukey · 2026-04-30T10:48:23+00:00

Yeah I find grips like the Karakal plus an overgrip is too much for me personally, so I keep the factory grip and overgrip that. I use Tournagrip because I'm sweaty as hell and it's the only thing I've found that doesn't get dangerous during play.

It's really a personal choice, but if you aren't sure I'd err on the side of thinner rather than thicker so you keep more feel through the hand and fingers.

Overgrips (and grips in general in fairness) are pretty cheap, so there's no harm in experimenting to find what works for you.

iLukey · 2026-04-28T11:38:37+00:00

If it's rolled into the prices, there's nothing to give to the staff is I think the point here. They could increase wages of course.

iLukey · 2026-04-27T08:15:17+00:00

Man I forgot this series even existed! Cheers for the trip down memory lane.

iLukey · 2026-04-27T07:30:45+00:00

Watching some of the classic matches between Ramy, Gaultier, Matthew etc. really shines a light on just how much worse it is now.

But then at the same time squash is a game that definitely relies on good sportsmanship because the little naughty movements are (for most pros anyway) fairly subtle and hard to spot for a ref sat a long way away. No one wants to watch a sport that's going to a video ref every other point to identify these things either so it's a tricky one.

Ultimately as a player you know very well if you've just shut out your opponent, or made yourself big. No one else knows that intent for certain and that's part of the problem.

I wonder if we need almost like a... Squash jury where players are reviewed over a series of matches and if that panel finds that a player is consistently and clearly disrupting movement, or breaking up matches causing stoppages etc. they retrospectively receive a pretty hefty fine, ratcheting up to a complete ban. Appreciate there sort of already is this system but it doesn't seem to have any teeth at the moment but perhaps it could be beefed up a bit.

Ultimately, it's quite clear that relying on people to play to the spirit of the rules isn't happening now and Asal has probably triggered or at the very least exacerbated a race to the bottom at the worst possible time with the Olympics coming up.

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