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Government plans to abolish DLA
« Thread Started on Jul 24, 2009, 3:28pm »

Please could everyone write or email their MPs and ask them to publically oppose abolishing DLA.

Perhaps another petition?
On Wednesday 8th July 2009, it was reported in the Guardian newspaper that the Government will be announcing plans to scrap DLA and AA.

The newspaper claims that a green paper was due out in June which proposes to convert DLA and AA into means tested ‘social care grants’ which would be spent by Social Services. However, the incoming DWP minister Yvette Cooper wanted some breathing space before launching the controversial new proposal.

Under the plans, DLA and AA would be scrapped, with the money save being handed over to local authorities to administer as discretionary grants to provide care for the sick and disabled. The grants would be means-tested and it will be left to the local authority to decide what they could be spent on. This would be likely to be for services such as a personally assistant to help with getting out of bed, washing and dressing.

The Government has claimed that any changes to DLA and AA will not affect current claimants. However, such claims will be treated with enormous skepticism by claimants who have witnessed the spin and misrepresentation which surrounded the introduction of Employment and Support Allowance (“ESA”). For example, the DWP said that ESA would be paid at the same rate as Incapacity Benefit, but in reality it is paid at a lower rate. They have also claimed that around 10% of claimants would be placed in the higher paying support group, but the real number seems likely to be less than half of that.

A copy of the article can be found here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/j....ll-delays/print

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Re: Government plans to abolish DLA
« Reply #1 on Sept 25, 2009, 8:20pm »

There is a petition on the 10 Downing Street web site where the Adult ADHD petition is

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« Reply #2 on Sept 25, 2009, 8:55pm »

Sept 25, 2009, 8:20pm, sheena wrote:

There is a petition on the 10 Downing Street web site where the Adult ADHD petition is

I know about the Number 10 DLA petition.

FYI - The DLA petition was created shortly after my post, hence at that time there was no petition set up.

It can be found at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AttendanceA/

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Re: Government plans to abolish DLA
« Reply #3 on Nov 26, 2009, 11:50am »

Just a quick update on this old post.

In September 2009 I gave further submission in a House of Commons Health Select Committee on the use of disability benefits being use to fund the Governments proposed National Care Service (as mentioned in the Queens Speech 2009).

The Government has accepted my submission and it has been published on the official Parliament website at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa....21/1021we10.htm

It is still in the very early days but most of the charities and organisations agree that the use of disability benefits are unacceptable.

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