Tag Archives: DLA

The Low Review of personal mobility needs is extended to seek views of young people

September 10, 2011   Carers, disability

Review of DLA mobility component seeks views of young people, parents and colleges to investigate ‘double counting’
5th September 2011

The Low Review of personal mobility needs is extended to seek views of young people, their parent’s and residential schools and colleges

The independent review looking at the personal mobility needs of people living in residential care, led by Lord Low, has today published a call for evidence from disabled young people aged 16 and over, their families, and residential schools and colleges.

The Low Review has been created in response to proposals within the Welfare Reform Bill to stop paying the mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment, replacing DLA, to disabled people living in publicly funded residential care homes or colleges.

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Warning over disability living allowance shake-up

August 31, 2011   Carers, ukcuts

All 3.2 million people receiving DLA at the moment, both those in work and out, will be reassessed.

31 August 2011 Last updated at 11:10

Ministers must “learn the lessons” of past welfare changes or risk their proposed shake-up of disability support leaving many in poverty, it is claimed.

Plans to replace the disability living allowance (DLA) could lead to 85% of claimants cutting back on basics like food and transport, a charity warned.

The Papworth Trust said there was also anxiety over the reassessment process.

The government says DLA is complex and inconsistent and changes are “overdue”, but stresses cash payments will remain.

The coalition is planning to replace the allowance, introduced in 1992 to help disabled people cope with the extra costs they face in their daily lives, with a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment.
Mobility concern

All 3.2 million people receiving DLA at the moment, both those in work and out, will be reassessed.

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Disability cuts will have 'devastating consequences', says Scope charity chief

July 12, 2011   Carers, disability

“The government has not been listening,”

 

The chief executive of disability charity Scope tells Amelia Gentleman that the government’s not listening

 

Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, says the government has not been listening to their concerns over cuts.

Richard Hawkes is no longer able to conceal his anger with the government as it goes ahead with a package of public service reforms and cuts that he feels will have “devastating consequences” on the lives of disabled people.

When he became chief executive of Scope 18 months ago, he was determined to ensure that one of the country’s largest disability charities did not merely criticise policies; instead, he wanted to engage constructively with the government in order to promote positive solutions.

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