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Shaping the future of care together
Executive summary
As promised in Building Britain’s Future, this Green Paper sets out the Government’s proposals for ways to reform the care and support system for adults in England.
We need to respond to the challenges that it will face in the future, to build a new National Care Service for everybody.
During 2008, the Government ran a six-month engagement process with the public, people who use services, and people who work in care and support. We heard from hundreds of people about their views on the challenges that we face for the future and the problems within the current system. This Green Paper is our response to what people told us and the issues we face.
Across the country, rising aspirations demand a better system of care and support both for those who look forward to a long and active old age – but who may need some support to stay well during their later years – and for those who need support earlier in their lives due to disability. This Green Paper offers several options for debate around how we as a country can respond to this challenge by building a new National Care Service for everyone.
This executive summary is the opening chapter of Shaping the Future of Care Together. The full text of the Green Paper will appear in this section of the website over the next few days.
im here to save my wifes DLA cos my wife has multiepul health problemes and no sence of danger on top.Taken myself away from the careing would not be dood. As my wife can not cope with strangers comming in and out of the house. I have sent a message to my MP.
what is meant by "over 65 DLA recipients will continue to receive the same level of support and care". This is waffle. If the minister means that after 65 disabled people will be able to apply for help that we already know they will not get from councils who provide very little now how will they cope with the massive increase in demand. Why can nobody in parliament give a straight answer along the lines of yes your money is going because you belong to the age group least likely to resist. Nobody wants strangers in their home, they are entitled to privacy and could anyone in government do the maths.The cost of whatever changes are in store for over 65s would be in excess of the care component if indeed anybody got what they needed which we know is unlikely. Our last social worker is on long term sick leave due to the pressures of having to visit people needing services he cannot arrange due to lack of funding. Havent got a promised replacement social worker 2 years waiting. For gods sake can somebody give us a straight answer so we know what the future holds
With reference to the idea that Social Services should receive the awards of both DLA and AA presently paid to the over 65's I believe this would create an administrative nightmare and would quickly become unworkable.
The payments of DLA Care and of AA received by the over 65's are generally used to pay for services that people cannot manage themselves and by paying the money direct to the individuals they can purchase the services very flexibly. EG a person may pay a cleaner one week and a gardener the next week, possibly some taxi fares and then maybe someone to fix a curtain rail or paint the kitchen or walk the dog. The list can go on forever. How on earth could a beaurocratic social services ever hope to provide such a range of services which can change from week to week or even day to day using the same small sum of money (£18-65 to £70-35 a week). They would spend that and more just on admin before a single service had even begun and likely take weeks or months to arrange it! In summary this is a proposal of sheer lunacy.
What about DLA for the over 65's? The government has said they will not now be considering DLA for working age people to be incorporated into the National Care Service, but WHAT ABOUT THE OVER 65's? There are 3/4 of a million claiming that will have their benefits taken away. We have GOT to fight this, this will affect ALL of us eventually.
LEAVE OUR BENEFITS ALONE!!
It is a disgrace that DLA and AA will probably be axed for people over 65 especially as it is almost certainly a result of the banking crisis.Why should disabled people be punished for the actions of irresponsible bankers??
I am now aware that DLA for the under 65's will not be brought into the new National Care system. But what about DLA for the over 65's and what about AA? Figures show that about one and a half million people depend on AA and need it for survival . What about the three quartes of a million people aged 65 and over who recieve DLA and need it to survive and make life just the teeniest bit more bearable. This is a damn disgrace and yet again its the vulnerable and needy who are being robbed and will be left to live a pitiful existence. These people don't ask to be disabled or old and infirm. What an absolute kick in the guts this is. We must all keep on fighting and shouting out.
i am 67 years old and i DO NOT WANT MY D.L.A. to be given to my local authority to spend on my behalf. i am blind and only i know what my needs are, and only can spend my d.l.a. to MY BEST INTERESTS.
i think that againthe government has shown us that they care little for the disabled and are still trying to cover their own expenses row with one that so far has only served to annoy and make me depressed even more than usual
I have Fibromialgia, and arthritis, i receive DLA, i cannot cope with the thought that my DLA allowance may be taken from me and used by social services. My husband looks after me and there is nothing Social Services can do that he cant. So, Social Services would have my money for nothing. How would i continue to afford petrol? I cannot use my bus pass as i cannot get to the bus stop. I would be housebound and my quality of life would be greatly reduced. I do not wish to have the indignity of a disabled vehicle driving me to places i dont want to go. I want to be normal and have normal choices, i am only 63. This proposal is totally unfair to the disabled. We have to go through so much to get this benefit. It isnt handed out, we have to wait, we have to appeal, we have to go to tribunals. If we are lucky enough to get DLA indefinately, we breath a sigh of relief because we assume we have one less worry.
I wrote to my MP, he didnt have the decency to reply.
stop the wars and do your duty to the people of this country .Stop making the most vulnerable pay for your mistakes
I strongly object to your proposals.
I think its unfair of any govenment to take money from those who had the money, at the start and give it to a council that can hardly put a tea partly together
Given the PMs comments about those with the highest needs, please allow such people to choose their own paid carers, including from members of their own family.
David Anderson
An absolutely disgraceful attempt by the government to rid themselves of responsibility for all the disabled and vulnerable. As if the ignoring of the ECJ ruling in October 2007, in respect to allowing disabled British citizens to receive their allowances while living in another EU country, was not bad enough, then this potential action would be disastrous for those who are still fighting for their legal rights to benefits after 40 years of paying NI and taxes and are still being denied. Hang your heads in shame, Labour!
Many disabled, over 65 year olds are disabled due to the "War Effort" (Possibly not as a direct reason, but as a indirect of the years they lived during the "War Years")They should be remembered for their hard work
Although Andy Burnham has said that the DLA for the under 65's is not being considered for transfer to a National Care Service, this clearly does not include the over 65's. Any re-appropriation of the DLA back into Government coffers is clearly a swindle as it will just be swallowed up by this new department and totally lost to the current recipients. And with the ridiculously low interest rates pensioners are currently receiving on their savings, this allowance is a vital contribution to the cost of living.
My husband had his first stroke in 1990, followed by many other small strokes and has been unable to work since. He has many other problems too many to mention, but suffice it to say, his problem is familial. We managed as best we could on only his sick-pay and paid our own mortgage etc and really, really struggled. Five years ago, doctor and friends urged me to get DLA and I applied. When it was due for renewal, it was extremely difficult for me to accomplish the paperwork on behalf of my husband, who needs constant attention and gets fractious and confused if left in another room on his own. An MRI scan proves multiple areas of ischaemia throughout his brain consistent with small vessel disease. His condition is terminal and we all see his deterioration on a daily basis. Since he’s received DLA we’ve been able to purchase for him a mobile scooter and an attendant wheel chair plus the upkeep of replacement batteries at £99 per time which he would definitely not have been unable to buy without DLA, or the use of accommodating taxis etc. Can you imagine the logistics I have getting him to the GP’s, Hospital, Nurses, Dentists, etc, etc, and what I have to do when I go shopping because I don’t drive and live outside of town. He has no short term memory at all and cannot be left. I am his Carer, I receive no payment for this because I was on my husband’s stamp and therefore only have an ‘Underlying Entitlement’ to Carer’s allowance. I hated applying for the DLA, we know there are bad people squeezing the system, but my husband receiving this DLA was quite honestly, after being so financially desperate for such a long time…… like ‘Re-joining the human race’ because when you are as poor as we have been since 1990, you close down from friends and avoid everyone because it’s so embarrassing not to have a penny spare for anything, hiding your problems from them and indeed, each other, pretending you don’t like going out or indeed have a holiday (what!). Having this DLA, which has been given indefinitely, is enabling us to climb out of debt and hold our heads up and be a bit more ‘normal’ again. After all those years he didn’t claim and should have, are we to take it that this government is really thinking of withdrawing this very much needed money from a dying person, can you imagine what that would do? I would like to say I feel for ALL people in similar circumstances receiving DLA or AA, the stress we are all going through over this is HUGE, and pointed at people who least need it…….the sick. Let us hope the government would NEVER consider something so barbaric and cruel.
I think it is a disgrace that DLA and AA for the over 65's is not safe why are the older generation being discriminated against by the government. Do they think that being disabled over the age of 65 is less of a burden than anyone younger. Both my parents are disabled and rely heavily on DLA to give them a quality off life to help them get around and to help with the cost of equipment they need. Does this mean the government is to confine all the over 65's on DLA and AA to their homes effectively having them to live like prisioners. It seems they think that once you are 65 and no longer able to pay tax they should just abandon them as they are no use
I have severe Fibromyalgia and all the usual other problems that come with this illness but I have had another nail added to my cross and that being faecal incontinence. I used to be terribly ashamed but I have had to learn to deal with it. I had the Job Centre requesting me to attend for an interview and albeit that there are people with Fibromyalgia who can work without it affecting them to a higher degree of pain, I unfortunately do not fall into this category. I had to ask them if they were prepared to find me an employer who was willing to accept that I had faecal incontinence, two degrees and three languages..........needless to say the conversation ended rather abruptly. I do not have a carer as I have, for the moment, the capacity to care for myself but with additional mobility problems (OA in right hip,knee ankle) I now need somebody to accompany me when I go out as my leg gives under me and I fall. I do not claim the carers allowance as it is a family member who assists me and they help me on a voluntary basis. But, (that little word that started a war), what will I do in the future. You cannot rely on the present services. Secondly, my dla helps me to have a decent form of accomodation as opposed to being out on the street. The local council and housing associations have nothing to offer but a waiting list and it will be years before I am offered anything. I have a safe, warm and damp free apartment as opposed to the slug infested, damp ridden council flat. We are debilitated with illness/physical handicaps etc but at least let us still have some control in our lives. We the GENUINELY disabled are far better at take care of ourselves as WE know our limits and capacities
Please leave the DLA and AA as they are. Why fix something that isn't broken?
I am in a relationship with a person who has disabilities such as Asperger's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. He greatly relies on DLA etc. to pay essential bills and allow him the opportunity to socialise with friends, pursue his interests and maintain a level of independence.
We live in different cities as I moved away to attend University. Part of the money he receives goes towards travelling to see me and going out together. If this money is reduced the frequency that we can see each other will be near zero, which will devastate our relationship (and his life) and make it impossible to maintain. His relationship with friends will also be affected as he will not be able to afford simple yet essential experiences that other people don't have to worry about funding. The Council flat he lives in will be taken from him as he will not be able to pay the rent forcing him to move into an even smaller place further from the city centre leaving him isolated. If the DLA is reduced or stopped I greatly fear for his physical and mental health, which is already under pressure.
The prospect of the money been added to Social Services' budget is a negative one and faith in the sector is non-existent. My boyfriend's experience with Direct Payment's is one fraught with red-tape, insensitivity, contradiction and so-called experts' lack of knowledge. The current system sees money going straight to a person's bank account where direct debit is used to pay bills and the rest is simply to live on, which directly benefits the claimant and imbues a sense of independence. Under this proposed scheme the money is to go into a general pot for the Social Services which they can spend as they see fit. There is absolutely no guarantee that this money will be used to benefit claimants and Social Services’ have not made it clear and definite how they intend to provide a service that is equally beneficial or more so to the current practice. Every penny that he receives has been fought for as I’m sure is the case for the vast majority of claimants and this looks to become an even more desperate and humiliating situation without accurate allocation and budgeting.
Health secretary Andy Burnham has said during a conference at Harrogate on October 22nd, “I can state categorically that we have now ruled out any suggestion that DLA for under-65s will be brought into the new National Care Service.” This sentiment was supported by Yvette Cooper, the DWP secretary of state who told a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME on 21st October that DLA for people of ‘working age’ is not under review.
It was made clear by Burnham that there will be no transitional protection of existing awards for current claimants. Instead, ‘an equivalent level of support' will be provided by your local authority.
He also said he wants us to shut up and let them get away with taking vital funding from the poor and vulnerable with this statement: “One avenue I do want to close down, however, is the debate and controversy over Disability Living Allowance.”
DO NOT LET HIM SILENCE US!
We live in a democracy and we wish to be heard. Be mindful that the 3,000 comments here made BEFORE his announcement will likely be DISCOUNTED. We must reiterate our points if we have posted before.
The purpose of this Green Paper is to make claiming for disability support
~equal
~easier
It is inherently flawed if those above a certain age are treated differently than those below that age. That is not equal. All the existing systems must be kept if some are allowed to claim it, which is contrary to the wish to streamline the many systems to make it easier. This likely means that in the future DLA will once again be threatened for all ages.
Retirement age is some forty years away for me, but I am terrified at the prospect of growing old with these proposals. As I am unable to work because of my disabilities, I am going to receive the most basic state pension. This pension will put me either on the poverty line or below it. (With the current recession and cash created by the Bank of England, savings have become worthless.) This amount is barely enough for the healthy and able to live on. It is entirely inadequate for the disabled. These proposals imply that when I reach 65, my disabilities will miraculously disappear! In reality, they will get worse.
I have no faith in Local Authorities providing an “equivalent level of support”. Both of my grandparents that applied for disability support died before they received it. I have been waiting over three years (and counting!) for a downstairs toilet. There is a never ending stream of red tape and waiting lists because Local Authorities do not have sufficient funding, staff or resources to cope with the disability services they currently provide. Adding to the workload of Local Authorities will not make it easier to apply for disability support, contrary to the goals of the Green Paper.
I do not see the benefit in removing the national standard of care that DLA and AA provide. Care homes are at the mercy of Local Authorities and there are continual horror stories in the news about them. If anything, the provision that Local Authorities provide should be handed over to national government. That way, there is no regional bias, making it fairer.
MPs claim expenses on top of an already obscene salary. It is injustice to scrap the allowances of the poor, disabled and vulnerable, further pushing them into poverty, fear, isolation and worse morbidity. I stand against any proposals to scrap DLA and AA for any age. Illness and disability does not discriminate based on age. It is shocking that the Health Secretary announced slashing support and income for the over-65s during a speech about… “Outlawing ageism in the NHS.”
The Award Notices I received in 1979 and 1994 when I was granted DLA said it was 'for my life'. This included both the mobility component AND the care component. This is because I have a permanent disability. Each year, when the rate changes, I receive a letter stating what the new rate for each component is, and it also says each component is payable 'indefinitely'.
Andy Burnham has only said that people receiving DLA who are UNDER 65 will be protected.
You cannot have it both ways. The law is the law.
Burnham must now confirm that people in receipt of DLA 'for life' will also be protected when they reach 65 and for as long as they live.
I require the FULL amount of my DLA to pay the amount demanded by my local authority as my contribution towards the Direct Payment used to pay carers for my assessed needs.
I want to add my concern regarding the recent announcement by Andy Burnham regarding DLA. I wish to make it clear that I am aware that DLA for under 65s is not under consideration and I am very concerned about the threat to axing AA and DLA for people aged 65 and over. My concerns have been echoed by Yvette Cooper, the DWP secretary of state who told a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME on 21st October that DLA for people of ‘working age’ is not under review. What about the 400,000 claimants of DLA currently aged between 60 aqnd 65 many of whom will have reached the age of 65 by the time labour’s proposed National Care Service is introduced? I am 60 years old and have been in receipt of high rate care and mobility components for many years. I rely on this award to pay for my individual care needs and help with getting around. Can this government please give me reasurance that my DLA will not be axed when I reach 65. Yours sincerely Mrs Patricia Hagger
Fair as it is that there are many people who try and rob the system there are plenty of others who are genuine and go thro extensive medicals and form filling to prove they are illegible, so why are you taking it away and leaving peopel with no money.
You should be targeting the many blaggers who cannot be bothered to get a job and the young people who have never worked a day in their life and indeed intend not to, they have never paid any stamp and should not be entitled to a penny.
whta happened to YTS? When you went out and got a proper job to earn enough stamp or you worked a FULL week for a minimul pay while getting training on the job?
Sort yourselves out. Its bad enough you take advantage of the many underpaid carers in this country who care for the people who get DLA, let alone making pensioners WORSE OFF than people who are in prision!!
The usual shambles, penny pinching and disadvantaging the week and needy. While MP's have fiddled expenses and even now give themselves huge rises, increase expense allowances and ready themselves for huge "redundancy" payments next year. Why has this not been dealt with during all the years of Labour incompetence. We will get our say in next years General Election - Good Bye Brown & Co.
Despite Mr Burnham's categoric statement re: DLA for the under 65s I remain deeply concerned not only regarding AA but also as to DLA for the over 65s.
Not to mention the fact that this could be the thin end of the wedge in an effort to ease the introduction with a view to the eventual inclusion of the under 65s.
I am aware that DLA for under 65s is apparently not under threat however, I am concerned about stopping / changing the AA and DLA for over 65s. I am also concerned about how difficult it is for meniere's disease sufferers to actually be awarded DLA!!
I am a carer to my mum who is 72 years old. She's profoundly deaf and her communication is sign language, my mum is also partially blind. My mum has been receiving middle rate care and low rate mobility and get this indefinitely. The DLA has been a godsend to my mum and has help her keep her independence. Why should my mum be penalised by this government who have made some dreadful mistakes with the economy. Don't take this out on my mum and other people who rely on this benefit to stablise their lives. Maybe you should be looking at the rules on what you can claim for and what you can't. My mums disabilities are physical and permanent and through no fault of her own. I believe that penalising my mum and her disabilities is the wrong way forward!
typical of this government to take the D.L.A. from the old and vulnerable under the pretext of some system where the money will be absorbed in more public employes. it is just another dirty trick by an unprincebled government that has wasted tax payers money for years while living in the lap of luxury them selves. frank.l. green
I for one are totally against to the change to allow social care to take over the running of my DLA as at local government in particular make a mess of fundind and will be used to pay off their debts
I feel that what ever age the disabled person is their entitlement to receive AA or DLA should go on being paid unhindered by any proposed changes to the way care is funded, these benefits are used by many claiments to pay for the added costs of disability such as: heating, higher water charges due to being on a meter, extra under clothes being brought due to incontinence problems, these are just a few of the extra charges that come with being disabled, what about extra transport costs to get to medical appointments etc.
Disability benefits should be left alone as they are used to provide people with the means to pay towards the extras that their condition(s) merits.
When will the government listen to the voice of those claiments over 65, instead of sending many people into poverty and distress by taking away a life line of funding to pay for their care needs on what in their opinion is necessary and appropriate they should look to where they are wasting money as a government, and not depriving thoses people in need of what little they have.
stopping the D.L.A A.A. i think this is the most despicable act that any government has perpertrated on the old and sick. years of wasting taxpayers money while feathering your own nests now to recoup some cash you pick on the most vunerable people. do not try to tell us that we will be helped by councils giving us a crust when it suits them. you should be ashamed to call your self either labour or a human being but it will not affect your sleep or standard of living that we pay for. frank green
Whilst we are now told that abolition of DLA for the under 65s is no longer being considered , there is no justification for the proposal to axe DLA for those claimants who turn 65, and also Attendance Allowance. Many elderly people with disabilities will find it impractical if not impossible to adapt to the proposed new scheme and are at risk of losing out on a source of income which they desperately need and have a right to.
ITS OK FOR THE HARD UP MP`s TO SHOUT ABOUT THE LATEST EXPENSES NEWS, THEY DONT LIKE IT WHEN THEY ARE TOLD OF THE CHANGE, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, " ONE LAW FOR THEM AND ANOTHER FOR US " MY HEART BLEEDS FOR THEM, TWO HOMES MY FOOT, SOME OF THE OLD AND SICK CANT KEEP ONE GOING, IF YOU WANT MY VOTE Mr BROWN PUT A STOP TO THIS NOW AND SAVE THE D.L.A / A.A............
It is vital that ALL DLA and AA recipients are allowed to keep their allowances. These allowances help to pay for additional heating and washing costs that are increasing all of the time. It is an abhorrence to even consider giving Social Care the money to allocate to people if and when they see fit. Disabled people have less opportunities to earn additional income to help pay for soaring prices and cost of living inreases and already comprise many of those living in poverty. They are easy targets for politicians. Clean up your own houses first before taking money from the most vulnerable people in the country!!!
As always, government officials give "assurances" with stealthy undercurrents. I cannot believe that Disability organisations can't see this. When I contacted Motability (whom I am sure millions depend on for getting around) I was told not to worry, Mr Burnham's speech was proof that EVERYONE claiming DLA was safe, including the over 65's!!! Don't these people listen carefully to the wording of his speech? The over 65's are the ones under threat. I am one of them and if the DLA is "adjusted" I will not be able to afford my car with Motability and thus will not be able to get around, as I cannot walk far or take a bus due to painful situation. Surely these people in government have family, relatives or friends who are disabled? They must know of the suffering we go through? But then again....no, they don't because they have huge salaries and pay outs to pay for their care!
Another point to add to my initial comment.....Judging by the current attitude of Local Authorities to their services, and lack of concern for the recipients of these services, I doubt very much that we would get the same standard of support from them if the government hands over DLA to them. Don't we always hear that local councils "cannot afford this.....and cannot afford that".....so woe be to us if they take over payments and handling of DLA etc;.
I am aware that DLA for under 65 is relatively safe for now. However by removing the DLA and AA for over 65s is a complete retrograde step. This scheme is making the assumption that just because we are disabled and in receipt of a disability benefit that we need care services. Many of us dont!
Removing these benefits en masse will also mean the loss of any passported benefit such as the severe disability premiums which may well mean they end up having to pay rent and council tax or a portion therof.
I am appalled that a Labour Goverment is staking this step which will ultimately see many thousands of disabled people pushed onto the breadline. No maytter what rhetoric the powers that be are spinning. Thanks
To take this money away from the over 65s is a disgrace. This will take away our independance and ability to plan our own lives. The social care system could not cope with the extra work especially at key times. People would be put to bed earlier and earlier to cope with the demand.
I am appalled at the suggestion that DLA and AA for the over 65s should be taken out of the control of the recipients and handed over to local authorities. The way the benefit is used varies from person to person. I do not need or want the local authority to tell me that they will provide a better care of support. I am well able to control my DLA in the way that suits me best. To take that independence away and be utterly dependent on a local authority to take control of my life is enough to make me consider taking my own life! Do not rob the over 65s of the dignity of managing their disability in the way they KNOW is best under the pretext of saving money. If it is OK for the under 65s to take control of their lives then it should be the same for the over 65s. This is blatant discrimination against older disabled people.
I understand that no change is being considered for DLA Claimants who are under 65. What will be the situation in the Welsh Region?
My elderley mother receives attendance allowance and pays for things like a gardener, hairdresser and decorator. without these things, she wouldn't be able to remain in her home and to lose attendance allowance would take away that independance. its about giving people choices and allowing them to make their own decisions, not having the council do it for them!
This is just another underhand method of the Governmentd enying someone personal choice by taking the money out of their hands and and giving local authorities the power to then determine who is deserving. Since their decisions are influenced highly by budgets and they already charge for care. Who wins? I'll give you one Guess?
I am totally against this proposal.
Please, please do not take away Attendance Allowance from my father who is 96, blind and unable to walk. It is the only benefit he receives and it enables us to keep him in his own home as we can buy in the care which he needs --and wants - not the care which our Adult Social Care local service thinks he needs. I am certain that if I had to cope with any more agencies or changes, I would give in and allow my father to be taken into care and this is not what either of us really wants. We all want choice in our lives - why should a man his age be denied it?
As a Benefits Adviser I am appalled by the proposed/potential changes from awarding DLA/AA to individuals to change to finance going straight to Social Services with Local Authorities deciding who should receive levels of care. This removes choice and independance from the individual.
Although all of the information is not known to date, I am concerned that the present extra benefits that clients are able to claim on 'the back' of claiming DLA/AA and the building up of packages of benefits will be lost.
Clients would also lose the benefit of being able to take advantage of the Motability Scheme if they lost their awards of/or could no longer claim High Rate Mobility/DLA.
Those who would otherwise not be able to purchase/run a car would have their lives completely changed for the worse and once again lose their independence and much, much more.
This simply cannot be a benefit to those of us who would have to change their whole way of living independently with freedom to choose!
This benefit should not stop for over 65's, my clients need this benefit as it will allow better independance and more flexibility to thier needs. Many peoples symptoms don't stop after 65 so this is very important that that the DLA should not stop after 65
My wife and I have been prudent all our lives and have saved our money so that we could have a comfortable retirement;we are both 75 and all the money was in my wife's name;she has severe alzhiemers and has to go into a care home because after 6 years looking after her i cannot manage; because the money we saved together is in her name we have to pay for all the care she needs. How can the Scottish Government take care of their elderly without them having to pay for 24 hour care?
I believe scraping dla benefit will cause hardship for many people including myself. Except for dla I receive no other benefits and struggle daily to cope. I have worked more then 22 years fulltime before got ill - worked often 80 hours week and paid often 40% tax - the savings i put away over this time for my future are already going fast in my attempts to fund my lifestyle that is far from luxury. This again is a sign of labour government penalising the vulnerable who through no fault of their own struggle with daily activities and attempts to work. My mental health and physical health disability limits my attempts to do paid work but i try when i am well enough- essentially take away my dla and i will not be able to afford extra support i have to put in place to even consider try work.
i think its disgusting that they say that under 65's are safe on dla but over not it should be the same for 1 and all and i think AA should be included in the safe catagory