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Stop the Abolition of DLA

874 replies

Glitterknickaz · 16/01/2011 13:19

The government are proposing to get rid of DLA in favour of PIP. full consultation here

Riven started a fantastic thread in Chat with the very pertinent point that this applies to everyone, that every one of us could be just one step from disability themselves.

There is NOTHING in the media about this. These proposals could mean poverty for the disabled and their families in this country. It could leave some in residential care completely isolated from their families and support networks through the removal of the mobility component.

My family has already been hit three times through the NHS, education and aiming high, via the cuts, if they now remove the money from our pockets we are going to be in a heat or eat situation.

Please MNHQ do something, as many are oblivious to these proposals and what they will mean, including those who themselves already claim DLA.

OP posts:
Peachy · 26/01/2011 18:39

Just FYI just ahd an email back from my MP (Paul Flynn) saying he ahs already signed the motion he thinks but he will check and sign if not

poppyknot · 26/01/2011 19:37

Hot off the press - Article from Essex newspaper about a family's campaign. Strangely the response from their MP Douglas Carwell, a Tory, seems quite positive although DC and MM have it seems trotted out the same 'That is our policy' answer.

here

judyblueeyes3 · 26/01/2011 19:45

poppyknot -

i am absolutely exhausted - sorry. you could have a look at the links i already posted and i will be back tomorrow to chat about W Hour idea if you want - I think it would prob be best to just send them maybe 3 or 4 links to groups who have already compiled info about it all, i can let you have them, but not now, will chat tomorrow, bye, goes to collapse....

poppyknot · 26/01/2011 19:47

And this one where Maria Miller asks for Kent's opinions of the reform of the 'deeply flawed' DLA. I am sure you don't have to be a Woman of Kent or a Kentish Woman to respond though!

here

This is why we are proposing major reforms to better reflect the needs of disabled people. By focusing resources on those who need them, we will continue to provide essential support for disabled people while delivering a 20 per cent reduction in future DLA expenditure ? not by taking money away from disabled people, but by reducing expenditure to the level it was in 2009-10. How can you redice expenditure by 20% by not taking money away from someone?

poppyknot · 26/01/2011 19:50

Sorry to hear your are so exhausted judy. Look after yourself. I will do some more work in this.

ThisIsANiceCage · 26/01/2011 19:52

I'm in Kent. Will take a look.

judyblueeyes3 · 26/01/2011 19:55

poppyknot -
the 3 groups i'm thinking of at the mo are

the broken of britain
(and their blog page - one month before heartbreak)

carerwatch

disability alliance

maybe you can google them and take a look?

ok, really going to collapse now!!

poppyknot · 26/01/2011 19:56

Thanks cage. I wonder why Kent gets a personal communique from Ms Miller whne there has been a resouinding silence abojut the reforms generally......

thefirstMrsDeVere · 26/01/2011 20:04

I am sorry to seem lazy or a bit thick, truth is I have been avoiding this issue because it terrifies me.

What are they going to do to DLA. OH gets high rate mobility and mid rate care. DS gets low both..

I could just about cope without DS's but if we lose OH's we will go under. If he loses his car he will not be able to work. If he cant work I will have to find another 14hrs so we can get WTC. If I have to work 24 hrs OH will simply not cope with the extra domestic stuff.

I am really scared.

Peachy · 26/01/2011 21:27

MrsDevere the truth is nobody knows for sure yet. The suggestions involve ATOS assessments (people who do the ESA opnes), having 2 levels instead of 3- deducting the cost of adaptations one already has.

But before you panic it IS not set in stone yet.

get on the DWP Consultation page before the 14th: I know it's hard, scared the pants off me tbh as we'd also go under. But do it anyway- strangley it was quite empowering. And contact your MP.

It's good to see people getting behind this; sorry been a bit quiet, doing stuff in the background but troublesome ds1 ATM (his TA is away) and trying to set up own business and do MA work and.... well quite. But have done all the emailing / writing / etc nonetheless.

thefirstMrsDeVere · 26/01/2011 21:33

I will. Its really unlike me to stick my head in the sand. I usually face things head on. But this has freaked me out. Without wishing to sound a wuss, we have been through so much in the last few years. I know that lack of money can be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

But i will stop whinging and get a proper look. IDS is the MP for part of my borough (the posher part). Is he a player in this then?

Thanks for your help.

Original poster
Glitterknickaz · 26/01/2011 21:58

interesting

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Peachy · 26/01/2011 22:27

IDS leads the dept plannning it all; however he is noted amongst charities and activist groups for being pretty rude and never acknowledging letters; if he does meet people he then never acts on promises to follow it up (alledgedly, cannot remember which charity said that though)

Peachy · 26/01/2011 22:32

Isdn;t Glitta?

Nine percent FGS. Poor little ds3 doesn;t have a hope in hell.

Rhydian · 27/01/2011 09:10

PCC complaint over Daily Mail manipulation and lies on incapacity benefit - bit.ly/gnYsoj - and call for investigation of chris grayling, employment minister, on misleading over incapacity benefit - bit.ly/i3tF3v

poppyknot and judyblueeyes3

feel free to write to [email protected] about WH

poppyknot · 27/01/2011 10:25

Thanks Rhydian. I've got some work to do but will be in touch later.

judyblueeyes3 · 27/01/2011 11:03

An Untold Story for Holocaust Memorial Day

Please have a read of this - not pleasant, but quite worrying because of the subtle parallels with the direction things seem to be taking for those who are disabled or have long-term illness.

burdzeyeview.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/an-untold-story-for-holocaust-memorial-day/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Greycoat · 27/01/2011 18:18

Hossylass, EDM 1000 is to stop withdrawal of mobility allowance from the disabled in residential care. 56 MPs have signed it so far, ask your MPs to sign it please

Greycoat · 27/01/2011 20:37

Rhydian

Greycoat has signed your petition

Thanks

Hossylass · 28/01/2011 01:32

Greycoat - I'm on to it! thanks for that.

As luck has it I am hoping to move soon, so I can be as rude as I damn well like to my current MP. That is if he doesn't play ball... he might, but then again I might get better - yeah, but not in this life.

I have today complained to the PCC about the Daily Mail, thanks Rhydian.

There are too many things to do on a computer only on dial-up connection!

Mouseface · 28/01/2011 11:04

Hello

Sorry I've not been around so much.

MrsDevere - I feel exactly the same. Sad

Have skimmed the thread....... Still not heard from my MP. Will re-send email and petition to him today.

coppertop · 28/01/2011 15:50

Still no reply from my MP. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Hmm

Rhydian · 28/01/2011 16:57

Lol, well there are 17 signatures now and I have received confirmation of more to come so...

Hossylass · 28/01/2011 22:47

I have commented on the Kent site.

{snigger} I hope they show it...

Greycoat · 29/01/2011 11:11

Dear Hossylass and all Re MPs, my experience has been that I write to, in our case, 2 different MPs on behalf of my disabled son and his wife making my points and asking them to make representations on behalf of their constituents (my family members). I get an acknowledgement of receipt of letter. If you don't get a proper reply it is usually because they write to the Ministers on your behalf who take ages to respond eg Maria Miller Minister for the Disabled ( really Minister against the Disabled) or Lord Freud, Minister in charge of Welfare Reform (really in charge of Welfare cuts). The MPs eventually send me a copy of the reply they get from in my case Maria Miller which turns out to be a virtually identical letter received by all other MPs who have made the same complaint. I then have to write back to the MPs saying this is not good enough or not correct, give my objections as points and ask them to make further representations on behalf of my family. That is why I joined the National Campaign and ended up sending the letter above to every MP in the House of Commons by email. I have had lots of really helpful replies from them because most of them have constituents with similar problems. I know lots have written to Maria Miller with the same points that I make in my letter. The only hope is to deluge her with letters and emails until she is prepared to listen. Her email address is [email protected] Lord Freud's is [email protected] Hope this helps, don't give up. (You can look up the email address of any MP if you google members of parliament.)