And now Carers are under attack

[Taf]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says 5,000 carers currently eligible for a £58.45 a week allowance will no longer be when personal independence payments replace the disability living allowance this April.

The DWP says about 76,000 disabled people with carers will be reassessed for PIP.

It believes 25,000 of these people will no longer be entitled to DLA as a result, and their carer will also lose their allowance

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21432659

Furthermore, the universal credit will ensure that those carers on low incomes receive the support they need by allowing them to keep more of their own money as they move into work.

Many Carers cannot work as they have to care full time (minimum 35 hours per week) for their disabled charges!

I wonder what they would do if every carer stop caring and took care only of themselves?

Perhaps a dump your charge at the gates of number 10 by every carer would make them sit up and take notice.

I'm wondering how many more suicides this news will cause to happen.

[denphone]

The way it is going l can forsee a point sometime in the future when no one will be eligible for disabled and carers benefits as there will be even more savage welfare cuts that have yet to come l am afraid.

[Gary L]

I expect the whole country will be going to this protest at Daves house soon.

Originally Posted by Gary L

I expect the whole country will be going to this protest at Daves house soon.

for a start the whole country does not agree that this is wrong

Secondly I do not think it is bad enough yet there may well be protest but anyone waiting to go to ATOS can not get involved can they. ATOS would love it. You protested about benefit cuts you are fit for work

The weakest will be left to rot

[Taf]

Maybe they want all Carers to be replaced by professional carers plucked from the unemployed by overcharging Care Companies that "care" more for profit than anything else?

[Osem]

It appears some carers may lose out and others gain so I'm not sure it's fair to imply carers are under attack as a whole. The devil, of course, is in the detail but I doubt very much that HMG would knowingly want to risk large numbers of carers deciding they can no longer do so and that the state will have to take over their role. That's no comfort to anyone who loses out, of course, but no matter where HMG draws the line on such things as tax, welfare entitlement, benefits etc. etc. there will always be some who'll lose out and be justifiably very upset. There'll probably be others who gain and might be very pleased with the changes. Anyway, I think I'll be reserving my judgement on this until I know a bit more about it.

Originally Posted by Taf

Maybe they want all Carers to be replaced by professional carers plucked from the unemployed by overcharging Care Companies that "care" more for profit than anything else?

if thise that need care were to get the care and the carers get their lives back then that is all well and good but we all know that is not what is on offer

[Gary L]

They're coming up with new ideas every day.
these ideas affect the same people over and over.
they discover that one thing affects them one day, then another thing every other day.

this government is at war with benefit claimants and the disabled.
it's getting to the stage where everyone no matter who and what, will be classed as fit for work. (being able to see is good enough now)
everyone is to have their income reduced. no more help. left to rot.

Dave is destroying this country. society has been broken. there's a divide that will never be fixed.

This man is out of control.

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You are certainly right that a lot of the focus is on benefit claimants he likes it that way stops people asking difficult questions on the more important issues

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Osem

It appears some carers may lose out and others gain so I'm not sure it's fair to imply carers are under attack as a whole

Isn't that like saying not all smokers will be affected by the smoking ban at work because not all smokers work, if somebody said "Now smokers are under attack"?

[mertle]

Maggy J spot if they dont see the effects of there destruction or maybe we turn westminster into tempory shelter throw the idiot mp's out.

Originally Posted by Gary L

just shows the piggy getting fat of the land there. My what 145.000 wasted paycheck does for the waistline. What did they say those who fat are workshy scroungers takes one to know one does it cameron he is becoming fat slob.

Evil man I am sure can see 666 on forehead and horns.

What risks to the public this will cause if these people mental health problems.

We had case here where a man got out healthcare. Due to care in comunity next day stabbed pregnant woman to go back in.

Do any government learn anything. Personally I think we moving towards the dark ages of healthcare for disabled/mentally ill. Where put in care or mental institutions forgot. Many them to end up getting tortured, lobotomized, shock treatment etc.

To him if they out of the way they dont exist.

[Gary L]

He's gone from a dumb rich boy, to a fat evil bully.

we are as a society being destroyed. it will never be the same. we won't be able to turn it back once we get there.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

You are certainly right that a lot of the focus is on benefit claimants he likes it that way stops people asking difficult questions on the more important issues

The DWP bill is the UK's biggest so it's bound to be the focus of attention isn't it? Wherever cuts fall one group or other will say they're being attacked. Remember the Granny Tax? Is the only answer no cuts, no matter what? So HMG carries on spending more on the NHS and more on welfare etc., where do the long term savings come from? Would everyone be happy to pay more tax or are we going to ask the better off and companies to pay more tax when there's evidence that increasing higher rate taxes tends to lead to lower overall revenues in one way or another by hitting investment and encouraging avoidance.

Scrapping foreign aid would be very popular amongst voters so if HMG just wanted to be cynical and buy some much needed votes at home why don't they do that?

It'd be great if there were easy and pain free answers to all our woes but I seem to recall that being pretty much what the last lot said and where did that lead us?

its all still distraction though