Well done Ian Duncan Smith.

[MarsBar]

You've saved the country,a surely a knighthood beckons.

500,000 Disabled People Could Lose Out Under Universal Credit
INQUIRY FINDINGS PUBLISHED

HALF A MILLION DISABLED PEOPLE COULD LOSE OUT UNDER UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Up to half a million disabled people and their families - including children and disabled adults living on their own - will be worse off under Universal Credit if current plans go ahead, finds an inquiry led by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and supported by The Children’s Society, Citizens Advice and Disability Rights UK.
Tanni launched the inquiry by taking evidence in person from disabled people and parents of disabled children, and some 3,500 disabled people and parents of disabled children took part in our survey. Disabled people and their families warned that cuts to the child disability additions and to the Severe Disability Premium are likely to result in them struggling to pay for basic essentials such as food and heating.

Many disabled people who are already finding it difficult to make ends meet face further hardship under the new benefit system, leading to potentially disastrous consequences.

This includes up to 230,000 severely disabled people who do not have another adult to assist them getting between £28 and £58 less in support every week. The inquiry report, ‘Holes in the safety net: The impact of Universal Credit on disabled people and their families’ also reveals that:
100,000 disabled children stand to lose up to £28 a week.

116,000 disabled people who work will be at risk of losing up to £40 per week from help towards additional costs of being disabled.

One in ten families with disabled children affected by the changes feared losing their homes. 83% of disabled adults living alone or with a young carer said they would cut back on food and 80% said they would cut back on the amount they spend on heating. The findings also point to a greatly increased burden on young carers as a result of the changes to the Severe Disability Premium.

Portsmouth CAB’s Chief Executive, Lynne Davies was interviewed by Julian Clegg on BBC Radio Solent to comment on the report and to respond to government’s suggestion that the report is just scaremongering.

Although the option to listen to this interview is no longer available online to view a summary of the report just click
http://tinyurl.com/citizens-advice-UC-Report

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Well at least the House of Lords is still there,phew,hey you up the back,stop snoring please.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...arebar_twitter

[Pierre]

Quite right, doing a fine job.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Quite right, doing a fine job.

Depends on which side of the line you are

[papa smurf]

i think the original post needs to say disabled people a few more times or the idea that" disabled people" might be affected could be missed .

what exactly counts as a disability ?

[nomadking]

The base benefits eg ESA, are the ones that are meant to provide the cost of food and heating etc. Where does this nonsense about having to cut back on food and heating come from?

If you are going to quote from other sources, please provide a link to the source.

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/po...iversal-credit

This protects you and this forum under 'Fair Use".

[MarsBar]

Originally Posted by nomadking

The base benefits eg ESA, are the ones that are meant to provide the cost of food and heating etc. Where does this nonsense about having to cut back on food and heating come from?

Nonsence,dear God,please tell me you are joking.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

If you are going to quote from other sources, please provide a link to the source.

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/po...iversal-credit

This protects you and this forum under 'Fair Use".

Thank you.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by nomadking

The base benefits eg ESA, are the ones that are meant to provide the cost of food and heating etc. Where does this nonsense about having to cut back on food and heating come from?

Well you have to have the booze, fags, iPhone contracts, cable/satellite TV et al. Leaves little to buy essentials like food or pay the rent.

Originally Posted by MarsBar

Nonsence,dear God,please tell me you are joking.

.

Your post is full of 'could' and 'might' ,it's also written by people with an interest in stopping any cut backs on disability benefits regardless of how worthy they might be .I suggest that after the changes have been in effect for a while you return and then inform us of all the disabled people starving to death and living on the streets

[MarsBar]

Originally Posted by martyh

Your post is full of 'could' and 'might' ,it's also written by people with an interest in stopping any cut backs on disability benefits regardless of how worthy they might be .I suggest that after the changes have been in effect for a while you return and then inform us of all the disabled people starving to death and living on the streets

There is none so blind as those who can't see.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by martyh

I suggest that after the changes have been in effect for a while you return and then inform us of all the disabled people starving to death and living on the streets

Is suicide allowed?