Category Archives: disability
Told her son was not disabled enough to qualify for the help
Norwich mum’s battle for disabled son after benefits slashed
Tom Bristow Monday, January 23, 2012
6:30 AM
Julia Challonder and her son Byron are losing the use of their Blue Badge and are concerned about the effects of the new welfare reform bill. Photo by Simon Finlay
A Sprowston mum-of-four is fighting to get her family’s disability benefit back after being told her son was not disabled enough to qualify for the help.
Julia Challonder, who volunteers at Norwich’s Citizens Advice Bureau, was told before Christmas that her family was being stripped of its blue badge and £30 a week in help, as her son was being put on a lower rate of disability support.
Mrs Challonder, of Colindeep Lane, looks after her 13-year-old son Byron who has autism and severe learning difficulties. Her 14-year-old son Connor, also has learning problems. The letter came as the Government’s Welfare Reform Bill is set to overhaul the amount of money given to disabled people and the families who care for them.
IDS says “Nobody will be made homeless”
Welfare reform: Lords bid for benefits cap concessions
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith: “Nobody will be made homeless”
Peers will press for changes to government plans for a cap on benefits families can receive when the measure is debated in the House of Lords later.
IDS criticises bishops over welfare reform
Iain Duncan Smith is spearheading the government’s welfare changes
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has accused bishops who oppose plans for welfare changes of failing to show concern for ordinary people.
He said they should think of those who pay taxes while some unemployed people live in large houses at public expense.
Bishops are expected to oppose the plans in the House of Lords on Monday.
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