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Originally Posted by nomadking
The base amount is not disability/sickness related. IS and ESA are not about extra costs of disability, that is DLA/PIP. The extra amounts with IS and ESA are more to do with being a form of compensation, for not being able to increase your income by finding work.
Not sure who these "lot of sick and disabled people" are meant to be, other than those categories that have always only been eligible for the basic benefits, eg not yet assessed.
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The base amount of a persons benefit is an integral part of their sickness/disability related benefit. Overall, it meant that their benefit did not increase (below inflation) by the percentage claimed and Cameron lied when he said that the disabled would be protected.
The Tories removed the extra for sick/disabled people in the 'Work Focussed Activity Group'. This was intended to replace the disability premium, which itself replaced the amounts paid for 'Additional Requirements' within Supplementary Benefit. Now they get nothing apart from the basic amount that those on JSA get that has itself been frozen for years.
I really don't know how these people manage, especially since most now have to pay something towards their rent & Council Tax.
You are incorrect Re: PIP. This is intended to help pay for personal care and help getting out and about, it is the extra elements within I/S & ESA that are intended to help pay for the extra costs of sickness/disability eg extra heating, special diet, bathing/showering etc. This has nothing to do with any form of compensation, perhaps you're confusing this with Reduced Earnings Allowance or Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit?