Original link: thetimes.com/…/a-quarter-of-britons-now-disabled-…
The government also faces discontent from more than 150,000 people who will lose their carer’s allowance as a result of the person they look after no longer qualifying for personal independence payments under the reforms. Official impact assessments show this will save £500 million.
Steve Darling, the Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman, called it “the biggest cuts to carer’s allowance for decades”, causing some families to lose a total of £12,000 a year.
The Labour MP Rachael Maskell urged ministers to “withdraw this policy”. Carers UK, a charity, said that claimants were “shocked, worried and scared”, warning that “families will effectively lose two main strands of financial income at once”.
That’s just cruel - carers save the country a fortune.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 day ago
But just over 7% of brits claiming any disabled benefits.
Please remember these numbers are in no way backing for the crap the government is doing. Most disabled work.
Even most on disabled on benifits work. PIP is not about income. It is about covering the difference in cost for disabiled to live anything close to equally in society. Including getting to and fr work.