Welfare reform is being debated now! amendments in the House of Lords yesterday on three key areas and for a while it looked like things were in our favour but ESA for Disabled children vote was reversed by Lord Freud late last night!!
The spartacus report was compiled by disabled people and we now need your help to stop the ConDems from overturning all the amendements made in the House of Lords!
Twitter your support at spartacusreport#
Email your MP and let them know you dont agree with the welfare reform bill! its your benefits their cutting!
Looking for someone on lower rate care base in london ish who would talk to the press about how loosing it will affect them please email me, [email removed by Moderator]
I am a carer, ms sufferer and osteoporosis sufferer. I never changed from low rate care although my needs are a lot higher. Complicated as being carer means low rate care - but we actually care for each other, my son having learning difficulties.
What will happen to us, we cannot live on fresh air and I need DLA to survive - mobility & care - which should be a lot higher.
I dont live in London, wished I did cos I would help with your quest.
I hope empathy with the plight of the disabled wins through although Ive a feeling nobody cares much. Not only that, there is a knock on effect of loss of benefits be it ESA or DLA - no dentistry, no free prescriptions, loss of housing benefit, council tax benefit and most of all CARE & MOBILITY.
Oh what wonderful days where we are left feeling so vulnerable. Surely medically its inhumane to put us through all this? Where are all the voices besides the Lords. Arent our politicians human?
Benefits & works suggest as many msers should sign this petition in order to try save DLA. If not PIP will be brought in and many msers will lose part or all of their benefit if government get their way. All depends on the interpretion of disability - raising the bar for those already receiving DLA.
Charities have not been listened to about the result of withdrawing DLA and MP’s have been given a slightly flowered view of those in favour of PIP replacing DLA - whereas the truth is 98% of charities and disabled themselves have never had their views taken into account.
Thanks for your replies, Sue Marsh Disability actavist was on newsnight last night with Grayling and theres been positive media representation in the press including the guardian telegraph and suprisingly the Daily Mail too, I think its next tuesday that more debates will take place about DLA and PIP but the underlying problem is that the Gov broke their own rules with the consultation in the first place!