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Diary entries cover a variety of topics, some of which you may find triggering. These topics include self-harm, suicide and domestic violence.
18 Mar 2025
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Gracie E

I stay away from the news and social media but today I've seen so many reports of benefits cuts which will make pip applications a million times harder to do. The government think cutting disability benefit to balance their books is better than looking at the mass migration of illegal immigration and the billions of pounds they are spending on accommodating illegal migrants?

And on that I am absolutely for legal immigration and helping those in need that come through the correct channels.

They spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on food and drink expenses and extra homes and pay themselves hundreds of thousand pounds in wages while cutting the help from those disabled people who need it the most? The world's gone mad.

Honestly I feel like currently there is no hope. I was so anxious and scared about my pip tribunal but after seeing the things going on in the cuts I feel like giving up completely.

I feel like Hidden disabilities will be the first to be cut because it all relies on the option of others about your capabilities. Opposed to you being able to open your head and show them the daily struggles and difficulties you face to simply survive.

This government have failed us over and over again. Making empty promises of a better way of living only to plunge us further and further into poverty. I have no hope at this point regarding the future of us under this government

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Changing Realities (2023), Gracie E. https://changingrealities.org/e/tjSjN (18 Mar 2025)
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