Yet Another Ill-Thought Out Spending Cut Ditched

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chutzpahThu 01/12/11 12:50

Controversial plans to axe some benefit payments to disabled people living in care homes are being dropped.

The government had planned to axe the "mobility" part of Disability Living Allowance - worth £51-a-week and currently paid to up to 80,000 people.

Disability charity Scope had condemned the move as "callous" and said it would leave people prisoners in their homes.

Work and Pensions Minister Maria Miller confirmed in a written statement to MPs that the plan will not now go ahead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15977291

Nice to see at least one part of this Government's attack on the disabled has been dropped. However, there's still plenty more to come - the article ends with Scope pointing out:

"However we are concerned that this relief could be short-lived. There are several other changes within the Welfare Reform Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords, that could push thousands of disabled families, already struggling to make ends meet, over the edge."

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Mr Hawkes said: "Critical flaws in the assessment and an extended qualifying period mean there is no guarantee that the payment will go to the people that need it the most."

dazbarThu 01/12/11 12:53

A Tory U-Turn? Never

philc777Thu 01/12/11 13:12

It has been rushed policy and amendm,ents and U turns since that lot got in...

The idea of taking time to get something right is clearly alien to them...

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