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To be disapointed by the lack of support for Harvey?

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mynameisbob · 29/01/2015 21:39

I am no fan of Katie Price, but I am really disappointed that most of the feedback I have seen regarding the LEA support Harvey has for his disability has been all about the fact that his mother is a high earner? We have a welfare state in this country for a reason- to help those in society that need it most- eg disabled children!!!. Do we want a welfare state or not? I am fearful that this country is turning into a very selfish and judgemental society that the Government is turning to it's advantage, and the welfare state will slowly be eroded away. I am am not saying that KP has any right to claim benefits, but this is about her child's education.

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Stickerrocks · 29/01/2015 22:25

Fully support her on this one. My nephew's school day is unnecessarily long because the SN minibus has to drive a long route to cover a huge geographic area. I don't begrudge a penny of the tax I pay going towards a nurse to be on that mini bus with him if they can potentially save his life in an emergency.

LePetitMarseillais · 29/01/2015 22:27

Yanbu

It's Harvey's transport.

The money we waste sorry giving all children the right to go to the best school for them should be a given and not something I could ever begrudge.

hazeyjane · 29/01/2015 22:28

I too heard a phone in where lots of people were throwing their hands up in horror at his transport being funded.

I don't think it makes any difference to the rights and wrongs of it , whether his local school was closed or not - the fact is that he would have his transport and the specific sort of transport written in to his statement, and funded, which is as it should be.

mamabear220 · 29/01/2015 22:31

I don't think anyone's saying Harvey shouldn't have support or what he's entitled to. They're saying Katie Price is worth so many million and should pay for her son's transport.

What I don't like is that people automatically assume when you say you don't agree with her claiming that you are also saying Harvey shouldn't be entitled when these are entirely different things! Harvey's DLA is his (Not his mother's) money and he's more than entitled to it, but he would get the highest mobility and care rate which for care which is 81.30 a week (325.2 a month) and mobility which is 56.75 a week (227.2 a month), all of this adds to 552.4 a month. That is his money, but it does not cover his transport. His taxi costs 1,000 a DAY, his DLA does not pay for that it is funded.

When other parents of disabled children (my sister and her DD included!) have moved closer to certain schools to make it easier and more affordable, when other parents who can afford such trips pay themselves, when other disabled adults and children alike who can't afford it have to fight to get funded private transport, when the NHS can't afford life saving medicine for cancer patients then yes she should bloody pay. Nothing to do with not supporting Harvey, more to do with the "just because you CAN take doesn't morally mean you SHOULD", benefits are for the needy, not the greedy and she is far from needy. She was given one million just to enter CBB for god's sake!

This will be taken as disabled bashing to some but as I've stated Harvey is more than entitled to his DLA.

BeautifulPain · 29/01/2015 22:32

[http://www.katieprice.co.uk/harvey-and-transport/] a statement explaining this was put on KP website.

Harvey has to go to school 1.5 hours away because he used to be in a local school but it was closed down, KP sand other parents started a petition to try to keep the school open but it didn't work, this is the reason Harvey has to travel so far to school.

I support KP and Harvey and think it's disgusting just because his mother is wealthy she should pay, KH probably has no idea about disabled children.

BeautifulPain · 29/01/2015 22:33

Sorry I can't do links if anyone else can do it, please do Smile

sweetkitty · 29/01/2015 22:34

Agree it's a disgrace that a child with such complex needs has to spend 3 hours a day in a taxi to get to school.

Am sure Katie would love to have a 10 minute school run like the rest of us.

Ohmygrood · 29/01/2015 22:36

mamabear it isn't a benefit. It is transport to take Harvey to school.

Do your children have a state funded school place?

nightswift · 29/01/2015 22:36

I too don't think the transport being funded is the issue ( but I agree her income shouldn't be a factor) but am truely appalled that her child needs to spend so much of his day in a taxi because his needs can't be met locally - that is the real story and a very sad one at that.

Samcro · 29/01/2015 22:37

can you imagine sending your child with sn that far away?
I am sure KP would rather he could go to a local mainstream school;

ohnoalfie · 29/01/2015 22:39

bean exactly, people obviously do think like that, but they don't know what they're on about either. There are laws in this country covering SEN, which La's must adhere to. You only have to read the sn boards on mnet to know they don't always follow the law and in some cases completely flout it. If you haven't experienced this you have no idea. So all these people with their hateful ideas, I hope you never have a child, or a grandchild or a niece or nephew with additional needs. K Hopkins needs to shut the fuck up. As usual.

MrsTawdry · 29/01/2015 22:39

I support Harvey and Katie. There should be enough schools...then Harvey wouldn't need to undergo a 50 mile journey daily...as it is the state should foot that bill!

rinabean · 29/01/2015 22:40

mamabear220 so you think they shouldn't be allowed nhs care, state schools, to use the roads?? ffs it's not like she's down the food bank or something

MrsTawdry · 29/01/2015 22:40

Beautiful you just put first and then copy the link on....then put another in the opposite direction.

BeautifulPain · 29/01/2015 22:42

Thank you tawdry Smile

Will give it a go....

www.katieprice.co.uk/harvey-and-transport/

PtolemysNeedle · 29/01/2015 22:42

I'm another that fully supports KP and her son on this.

Whether or not she should morally claim doesn't come into it for me, it misses the point, but even so she's not doing anything morally wrong. There's nothing morally wrong with paying into your country's treasury and then making use of the services it then provides it's citizens.

It's about us all being part of the same society, whether you're the child of. Joe Bloggs tradesman or the child of a millionaire minor celebrity.

mamabear220 · 29/01/2015 22:42

Ohmygrood, I didn't say his transport was a benefit. I was his transport was funed and that was it.

After many years of trying DH and I have just gave birth to our wonderful DS, so of course he is not old enough for school. And no, before I am asked we do not claim child tax or child benefit. DH and I are comfortable enough to not need any help.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 29/01/2015 22:42

mamabear.... when the LA decided that they were going to close the school which provided Harvey and his classmates an education, they would have factored in how much they would save by sending the children out of borough and paying for their transport to get there.

The money for his taxi doesn't come out of any super emotive cancer medicine pot, it comes out of the SEN pot at the LA. DLA isn't for educational expenses, it's for the enormous added expenses having a disability brings to a person's life.

Nokidsnoproblem · 29/01/2015 22:43

Katie and Harvey are the victims here. I am sure KP does not want her son to do a 3-hour round trip, but she has to allow it in order to give her son the best possible education.

KP's LEA should be ashamed of themselves for this. This is their expense, not KP's.

ghostyslovesheep · 29/01/2015 22:43

if you start expecting parents to pay for transport because the have X amount in the bank then trust me - they will soon make all parents pay for it ...

the transport is part of his education - without it he can't attend school - he is entitled to a free education and access to appropriate schools - it's for his benefit

mamabear220 · 29/01/2015 22:44

*I said his transport was funded.

I'm not illiterate, I swear! Blush My phone is playing up!

ghostyslovesheep · 29/01/2015 22:45

And no, before I am asked we do not claim child tax or child benefit. DH and I are comfortable enough to not need any help .... because you aren't entitled to any - HE is Hmm

PtolemysNeedle · 29/01/2015 22:45

Just looked at that link - much as I support Katie in this, there is something a tad distasteful about the fact that the statement she has put on her website has a picture of herself naked right next to it.

ohnoalfie · 29/01/2015 22:46

puffin exactly.

mamabear220 · 29/01/2015 22:47

Ghosty, I'm not saying Harvey doesn't deserve his education or anything of the sort, of course he does. What I'm saying is if the person works and earns enough to pay and still live then they should.