Anna B Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Considering I have just spent 5 hours trying to renew my Blue Badge, and still not been able to do it, I'm really not surprised. It used to be a relatively easy thing to do, now it's fraught with extra digital roadblocks, especially for an older person not familiar with downloading /uploading images etc. plus 2 hours spent trying to get through to DWP on the phone. It's not like I've become any more mobile as I've gotten older, exactly the opposite. If this is an example of what it's like getting any help from the Conservative government, I'm not surprised 19 Billion in benefits goes unclaimed. In any other sort of government department that level of failure would demand an enquiry, but with this government it's probably deliberate. They offer help with one hand amid a great fanfare, then put so many bureaucratic obstacles in the way as to make it impossible to achieve. Typical Tory Tactics. Unfortunately it's generally the elderly who need the most help, who find it most difficult to get generally because of bureaucracy, digitisation, ill health itself, and eventually give up altogether. (- And since when was the Old Age Pension a benefit anyway!) The government are so concerned that not one penny should go to the undeserving, that they make sure even the most deserving have the utmost difficulty getting it too. And I thought computers and digitisation were supposed to make everything easier. Edited July 11, 2023 by Anna B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Not all elderly people are Luddites, your sweeping generalisation of them is rather insulting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Grey Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 12 minutes ago, Anna B said: Considering I have just spent 5 hours trying to renew my Blue Badge, and still not been able to do it, I'm really not surprised. It used to be a relatively easy thing to do, now it's fraught with extra digital roadblocks, especially for an older person not familiar with downloading /uploading images etc. plus 2 hours spent trying to get through to DWP on the phone. It's not like I've become any more mobile as I've gotten older, exactly the opposite. If this is an example of what it's like getting any help from the Conservative government, I'm not surprised 19 Billion in benefits goes unclaimed. In any other sort of government department that level of failure would demand an enquiry, but with this government it's probably deliberate. They offer help with one hand amid a great fanfare, then put so many bureaucratic obstacles in the way as to make it impossible to achieve. Typical Tory Tactics. Unfortunately it's generally the elderly who need the most help, who find it most difficult to get generally because of bureaucracy, digitisation, ill health itself, and eventually give up altogether. (- And since when was the Old Age Pension a benefit anyway!) The government are so concerned that not one penny should go to the undeserving, that they make sure even the most deserving have the utmost difficulty getting it too. And I thought computers and digitisation were supposed to make everything easier. People seem to forget that the government spent 500 billion on COVID. Most if which was paid to people to sit on their backsides all day The 15 billion on foreign aid The 10 billion to house illegal migrantss These Tories are more socialist than Arthur Scargill 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 15 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: Not all elderly people are Luddites, your sweeping generalisation of them is rather insulting. Hmmm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Oh look, a strawman appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 If the government know that there are £19 Billion of unclaimed benefits they surely know who is not claiming what they are entitled to claim or they wouldn’t know that they are unclaimed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: Oh look, a strawman appears. A lot of people are scared of change, more so probably as they get older, some believe 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' - if you start a thread which would be interesting how many would dare to admit they don't like change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: Oh look, a strawman appears. Hmmm... I suppose people might like to hear your opinion as to why one sweeping generalisation is insulting... ... but your own isn't! Take as much time as you like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, crookesey said: If the government know that there are £19 Billion of unclaimed benefits they surely know who is not claiming what they are entitled to claim or they wouldn’t know that they are unclaimed. There has been no link posted, who is actually claiming that 19 billion is unclaimed? Oh and it looks like I have rattled someone again. You aren't becoming a Level 1 member unless you put me on ignore. Edited July 11, 2023 by HeHasRisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: There has been no link posted, who is actually claiming that 19 billion is unclaimed? Oh and it looks like I have rattled someone again. You aren't becoming a Level 1 member unless you put me on ignore. Hmmm... Now why would I put you on ignore... ... when I'm having so much fun tying you in knots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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