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How little do they value ‘carers’?
Abolition of social care duties ‘would be illegal’
Abolishing councils’ legal duties to provide social care would breach human rights law, a lawyer has warned after the government floated the idea.
Without respite carers would get no social life
How health cuts affect the sick, the disabled, war veterans, carers, the elderly and people with mental health problems
by David Lea, Daily Mirror 11/03/2011
DEREK Hamer, 47, and his wife Susan, 45, are full-time carers for their disabled 16-year-old son Matthew.
Matthew has severe delayed global development and spends his time at home in Preston, Lancs.
Encourage people, autistic people as well as others, to bring a carer
The government will ensure that the Personal Independence Payment, being introduced to replace Disability Living Allowance, will protect the most vulnerable, peers have been told.
During question time on 10 March 2011, Work and Pensions Minister Lord Freud said one of the things the government wanted to get “absolutely right” when designing the new scheme was “how we look after the most vulnerable”.
His comments came during an exchange with Conservative peer Baroness Browning, who asked the minister what impact the changes would have on people with autism.
