Plenty of money for wars, nothing for broken NHS system, the education sector and the poor.

Any government that preys on the sick and homeless isn't a government for the people.

Forcing people to commit suicide should be a criminal offence!

WE ARE BECOMING MENTALLY UNSTABLE BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTRY

He's married to the daughter of a billionaire, but he's chipping away at the already pitifully low benefits paid to sick people. What a guy

In order for sick and disabled people to work there needs to be employers willing to hire and pay them. They never talk about that side of the equation.

Sunak is twisted. A billionaire taking money off our poorest. Disgusting

More mental health issues More suicides More struggling families More crime More pressure on services More waiting times More for the poor NHS !

Plenty of money for wars but no money for the most vulnerable in society???

People are becoming sick with the stress of life in this country.

I am 63 and suffer from Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, have Arthritis in my hands knees and hips and have Morton’s Neuroma disease. How in Gods name am I expected to work? The threat of stopping your payments is scaremongering! This man has to be stopped!!! I’d like to see his money being stopped!!!

£650 billions for the banks in 2008, £450 billions for business during covid but not even £10 billions for the NHS while battling against the same covid. Can’t people see what’s wrong here?

The Poor and the Sick are easy targets with no power or voice.

Didn't this guy marry a billionaire. The disdain for lower income people is astonishing.

Money for Ukraine, Money for Isreal, no money for your own people. Can someone explain?

Get him and his cronies OUT - he wasn’t voted in the first place!!

Sunak and the Tories need to be voted out ASAP

What's wrong with this man? He is unelected and abusing his position

I'm a mental health nurse. This is all true. We can't do our job. The government don't give us what we need. His new plan is beyond offensive because it clarifies his lack of knowledge, awareness and compassion towards the situation. It's been dire for years. Even before COVID and Brexit. It just gets worse and worse.

One of my friends, ex-colleagues and a professional, had a massive nervous breakdown, was diagnosed with bipolar, amazing guy, great at his job. He managed to get a job without disclosing his health issue and was immediately dismissed years later when they found out. He now cannot get a job for love nor money. Thanks Rishi, you absolute plank!

Every time we think this is the worst PM in our lifetime, along comes the next one to prove us wrong.

Sunak is vile. Punching down to the most vulnerable whilst robbing us all blind and grifting like crazy.

He took money for Israel and no money for poor sick people😢,Shame! Shame.

Drug and alcohol addiction is so over looked in mental health

The fact he called it a "life style". I didn't CHOOSE to have Autism, I didn't CHOOSE to struggle sometimes with simple tasks like brush my teeth, have a shower, wash the dishes. I didn't CHOOSE to have crippling social and generalised Anxiety, which has made me scared to go outside or to meet up with friends and go places. I didn't CHOOSE to have PTSD from past events of an alcoholic mother and being abandoned left right and centre.

Disgust. Deep,Deep Disgust is what I feel for this man.

"Gosh!!! Why are therir so many sick people??" 1) Lack of mental health provision, 2) Covid19 and Long Covid, 3) The largest waiting lists in history, 4) People too poor to afford real food, 5) Overworked. 6) Can't get a doctor's appointment.

I’ve had anxiety and depression since aged 20. I’m now 58 and have been a carer for my wife since 1995. We claim benefits and have a standard of living that is scraping the barrel accordingly. Last holiday was 2009, we literally ‘get by’ but that is all. Accessing mental health services is a lottery and involves a very long wait for a ‘one size fits all’ policy that has become increasingly difficult to engage with. Yes Mr Sunak, a ‘bit of anxiety’ is something I’ve had to live with for my whole adult life. A life that feels like it was strangled at birth. I mean who would ‘choose’ a life like this?

Little Sunak a curse on the British people.

Rishi will be out of office before he has the chance to implement it.

No benefits cutting from Ukraine zelensky, Israel and MPs.

Poverty and lack of mental health provision is biggest problem. Suicide rates are also high. Sunak and other people like him have grown extremely richer in last 5 years. How about taxing them so can train more psychologists and psychiatrists?

I was born with a disability and I work full time. I have done all my life, and I have a university degree. This is getting nauseating, this is what cowardice looks like, always targeting the most vulnerable in society.

Sunak’s (latest) 5 point plan; 1. Marry a billionaire’s daughter & tell people to work harder for less money 2. Accuse people of committing benefit fraud while writing off BILLIONS in taxpayer money to fraudsters 3. Fly around in your helicopter to press conferences to announce policies based entirely on cruelty for those less fortunate 4. Replace actual doctors with bureaucrats who have been on a 3 day training course 5. Laugh like a demented madman when someone calls you out on your failures But it’s all about looking after the taxpayer eh?

My brother had a catatonic mental breakdown, severe depression to the point he didn't eat, sleep or wash, he was confused, and unresponsive, & if it wasn't for me, my brother would be dead by now, he wasn't even well enough to claim benefits, it was his family, me, his sister, who helped my brother, my brother suffered severe PTSD, he was fearful for his life, his anxiety was so bad that my brother, without me, would be dead because he would not even be able to claim benefits. So for Rishi Sunak to say that people with mental illness are claiming benefits is ridiculous because my brother was so confused & so unwell, he could not claim any money from the DWP, he wasn't even able to see his GP to be referred to the mental health team, I had to help him with that also, and even then it took over a year for the mental health team to get involved. Rishi Sunak sits in his golden throne, in 'la-la' land, totally out of touch with reality and what is really going on, and does not even bother speaking to people, like me, in the real world. I am furious at this man who sits in 'judgement' targeting the most vulnerable in society who needs protection, not unfair, judgemental and untrue accusations, that are a breach of human rights and defamation on someone's character, even unpaid carers, and the things he says are totally untrue. I feel sad, angry, frustrated, upset, insulted, and so helpless, and worried about how we are going to survive, more worrying causes severe stress and PTSD. Thank you very much Rishi Sunak for causing us so much distress we will need therapy!

Sick world we live in with people like sunak leading us.

is what rishi just did by calling disabilities a ''lifestyle choice'' a hate crime?

Q: "What's wrong with this man?" A: "He doesn't have working class friends."

The rich guy telling the poor guy “you’re just faking. Life is not that difficult.” I know people struggling with mental health not claiming benefits but struggling so badly that suicidal worries plague the family and the access to help is so confusing and little.

If not for the safety of having a benefit, I would indeed most likely be dead not in work and that’s the sad truth.

This is so evil, what are schizophrenic, bipolar, OCD and chronic depressed people going to do.

I work with young adults in a hostel, we see them getting sanctioned and unable to get pip due to their mental health letting them down to the point that they cannot jump through the hoops needed to in order to claim it already. The people in the hostel are not living their best lives, the ones that aren’t working need to eat whilst they work on their mental health and build a better life for themselves, I am dreading how much worse this is going to get for them, it’s not going to motivate them into work.

Does he forget that he made his money from his Pharma company. Meaning these people he wants to destroy are the people who keep him able to afford the private spar in his weekend home

The British people have suffered enough - leave them alone. Stop sending our money abroad and spend it on our sick, disabled, unemployed, elderly and homeless.

If this was about looking after taxpayers' money, he'd be closing the tax loopholes that benefit people like him and his family. But of course it isn't. It's yet another chapter in Tories' antagonism against the most disadvantaged in society. Austerity on steroids. He and his party devastated this country's socioeconomic fabric in the last 14 years. They don't have a single positive to show for their time in government.

I dont know anyone that gets £950 a month

The man is divorced from reality! He occupies the same planet of the working class but lives in a very different world!

If they want people to stay in work with long term conditions then deal with the discrimination of employers towards people with conditions.

He's running out of time, and clearly out of ideas. Reheating the "scroungers vs strivers" distraction and trying to force feed it to the country seems like his only option. Pathetic!

there is no support or help to get back into work. People want to work but need support to do it.They have scrapped all support workers or services that assist the sick and disabled to rehabilitate and reintegrate

So glad to hear Dr Sarah Hughes stress just how difficult it actually is to get PIP in the first place, AND that the almost mandatory appeals almost always get overturned because an actual doctor is involved. It's got to be one of the most dehumanising systems for disabled people in the western world.

I have never claimed benefits in my entire life. The thing is though this is an absolutely disgusting policy from an absolutely disgusting government fronted by an extremely disgusting excuse for a human being.

So many people sick, sick of the tories.

This guy should be jail very sick man honestly people we need to protect our old people and the disabled get rid of the Tory’s but we got money for other countries and war how about spending it on our own people

My daughter falls into this category. She has been homeless for three years, has a brain tumour and so many bad things in her life that she has severe depression. We were just getting things on track and looking at flats (all over priced). Now back at square 1. The fear of losing her benefits has cancelled all hope.

Its disgraceful. Does the man not realise by issuing all these threats and things, he is making people who are ill worse. Im disabled & have been medically retired due to my worsening health. By Sunak talking like this it sends my pain through the roof because of all the worry.

Send him packing, get him out of office now!! 800million in his back pocket this guy has no idea what it’s like living on the breadline.

I used to work in a hospital. I suffer not only from a physical disability but from the mental trauma at seeing how they treated my mother resulting in her death from hospital negligence and medical negligence. I was on a waiting list to be seen by a team who would help with my mental state. I waited over 8 months and never got the help even though I was staff. They are utterly digusting and I left on the grounds of ill health. I don't regret ever leaving as I saw what was happening in there. I still suffer from the trauma and I will never recover from it.

If this goes threw I have a feeling crimes like shoplifting and other theft will rise dramatically

The Tories cruelty knows no bounds.

Does anyone remember ATOS and how they persecuted seriously ill ppl? .....and it's STILL GOING ON!

As somebody with Autism and PTSD the majority of British workplaces talk the talk, but the reality is they are not interested in taking on people with mental health problems, disabilities or those with gaps in their employment. Those who do manage to get a job are quite often pushed out as managers are clueless how to support them in their role.

If this country was more similar to Italy he'd have been wearing concrete boots a lot sooner than expected.

That's easy to answer = BECAUSE THERE IS **ALWAYS** MONEY FOR WAR BUT NEVER ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE POOR.

I've got no issues paying for people on Benefits but I've got big issues throwing millions and millions at looking after illegal immigrants coming here with no right to being here

Sunak is richer than the king of England and has never wanted for anything in his life. Why would he even understand or even care about poor or ill people?

They need to investigate and stop benefits, for those in the House of Lords, and Parliament first. The real ' benefit' scroungers.

My son, who is autistic, has been reassessed and reassessed for PIP, he finds it enormously challenging and frightening, i talk for him as his recognised appointee, this has been going on since was diagnosed virtually at 6 years old i have had 3 requests this years already, the last assessor , who had no health qualification which understood autism, i resorted to asking her if Jesus had returned to earth and performed a miracle. He no longer had autism..now he is terrified that he will lose his pip and his enhanced UC. You get him into work Sunak, and you can take the responsibility if he commits suicide. I am sick of them all

The fact that Sunak is leader of the tory party says it all.The tories should be outlawed and imprisoned for the theft from the poorest in our society.

I remember the Tory slogan "We Are All In It Together". What lies the Tories told. The reality was the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. With food banks in every community cuts to public services and the safety net forcing UK men, women and children to use food banks to survive.

I went off sick in 2010 for knee replacement when I was self employed. Im a veteran and the stress of trying to cope with the benefits system caused me mental health issues that I was not aware I had. I was eventually diagnosed with PTSD,s and complex mental health issues. To this day I have never recieved any treatments because I was told none are avaiable. I secretly recorded most of the assessments I was forced to attend and if I knew how to get them put up on line I would. Every assessment I had to attend told me I was fit for work and everyone of them was overturned at magistrates court where a judge and a doctor assessed my case with evidence provided that these assessors ignorred. On several occasions the judge allowed my covert recordings. I had one asessment where despit having an appointment I had to wait hours. When I went i to the room to be assessed the HCP was very aggresive. She actually terminated the assessment stating I was verbally abusive, not answering questions. The audio and video recording I took shows clearly this was not the case. She just wanted to go home on time !

The amount of people working and still having to claim some sort of benefit because work does not reflect the cost of living is scary.

Have we forgotten Cameron's austerity back to work scheme that killed 120. 000 sick and disabled before Ian Duncan Smith crawled off in Shame and the scheme later scrapped now its wheeled out again

Mental Health...From the trauma of having this mind rotting government for 14 years.

Everything for ALL THE ILEGALS though!!

Can't afford to look after the sick but can afford £12billion for UKraine, plus arms for other countries Wars... hmm..

This man is making the whole country sick 😊 just Resign . Useless for the ordinary folk in the UK 🇬🇧 Country & Citizens. Enough is Enough .

I am one of those people who suffer with mental health issues and i cant even get through to my GP surgery. Last time i suffered with depression this bad, i was offered medication as no treatment was available. With the lack of funding for our precious NHS, there will always be people who are off work long term until they can see a professional to get well, mentally and physically. The work culture is also one where your bosses make you feel like you cant take time off if you are ill.

if your benefits are stopped Please file an appeal against the government

We have to remember this is someone that asked a homeless man in a soup kitchen if he works in business??? The man is like a robot with zero capacity for emotional empathy or critical introspection!!!

Most of the UK’s benefits bill is spent on pensions and housing benefit. Most of that housing benefit money goes directly to private landlords. We never hear anything about trying to claw back money from greedy landlords do we. I wonder why that is? Could it be because most Tory MPs are landlords?

Expect crime to go up if this happens

He’s doing this as needs the money to look after illegal immigrants as they are more important 🤬😡🤬😡

NEVER forget the people who gave these goons an 80 SEAT MAJORITY.

The UK has the 6th largest economy in the world. Where is all the money going? It's certainly not going into our public services or helping the vulnerable in our society.

Meanwhile, a number of people are currently looking for work after their roles were made redundant due to cut-backs by employers.

He also needs to stop giving money to the immigrants coming into the country as well then. That would save money. The job centres can't even help people get into work. It's a catch 22 situation.

Hang on....so he wants to save a bit of money? Yet how many millions are being spent on these illegal immigrants hotels?

We've seen this before in 1997. When the game is up, the mask slips. Arrogance, cruelty, pathological hubris and selfishness are the Tory way. Always has been, always will be.

You hit it right on the head where did rishi sunak get his medical degree. He has pushed the NHS to it's breaking point in my opinion he is just trying to line his own pockets before being voted out.

I have suffered with schizophrenia for 25yrs .the stress of office politics at work would make me ill .

He wants to look at the politicians wages. Cut their wages. They never take a drop.

The sooner this Criminal Government has been kicked out, many of them should be arrested and jailed. Corrupt to the core.

Because Sunak is cruel and lacks compassion.

Surely everyone who is effected by this horrible man should write to their MP and to the PM demanding that the PM resign.

Some disabilities cant be cured , such as Autism.

My aunt has autism, she requires hearing aids, she has problems with her legs and lungs stemming from birth issues. Shes 68, she can't function by herself. She lives with her mother (my grandma). She's addicted to her computer, she can't understand basic things, she's difficult to get along with, she's physically unfit and she's only getting worse. Care workers can't seem to help her and have about had enough of trying. The doctors can't help her, in fact she can't even manage to get a doctors appointment without my grandma's help because they just keep blowing her off. Every job she's had she has been treated terribly at and she had a terrible performance. By no means can she function as an adult on her own. No chance of it. Living with her is a nightmare for my grandma and being around her enough anyone could see that. Literally everything about her is difficult. Last month her PIP was taken off of her with no notice or indication that she had done something to deserve it. Her care worker wasn't sure why either. She's now got to survive on her UC and it's not enough for my grandma to look after her well and all of my uncles are pitching in to help financially. It's just not acceptable Sunak. Not acceptable at all. You can't treat people like this. Everyone deserves to live.

A lot of people don't claim benefits because it's already a nightmare filling out the form...

The majority of people with mental health can't even manage to apply within time limits unless you have a support network

I think the public must be properly informed as to just how many non British born people are on benefits and in housing. There is a reason we can't afford anything, that money is just vanishing, the debt keeps on going up and we get not a lot of bang for our buck .... labour is just more of the same .... we need total reform.