Save DLA

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Stop and review the cuts to benefits and services which are falling disproportionately on disabled people, their carers and families

It is on Newsnight tonight apparently, I have just seen this message posted in In the News by rhuhama

"By the way for anyone that doesn't know Sue Marsh who was a co author of the Sparatacus Report is being interviewed on Newsnight tonight alongside Chris Grayling. For anyone who has not yet read the report which many believe was influential in the defeat of the Government in the House of Lords yesterday then go and have a look at the blog Diary of a Benefit Scrounger."

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1380515-AIBU-about-the-government-lying-about-DLA?pg=1

Please also contribute to this thread - just to keep the awareness in the general mumsnet readership there. (Some interesting links for us too!)

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Claims can now be withdrawn and cancelled without you knowing and with no evidence

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From Benefits and Work Responsible reform press release

this government have no morals

At the moment Corn, most of the country will agree with you. They have been nothing but an utter disgrace since they started in power.

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but picking on the disabled and ill is a new low and no one will stand for that.

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The Guardian want to hear how your DLA helps you.

diaryofabenefitscrounger.blogspot.com/2012/01/guardian-looking-for-dla-case-studies.html

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Who is the dwp secretary now? I thought it was iain Duncan smith.

Here you go OOdles...

"The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Devereux as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions in succession to Sir Leigh Lewis who will be retiring at the end of December. The appointment has been approved by the Prime Minister and by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.

Mr Devereux will take up his post at the start of January 2011."

link

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Haven't read all the posts on this thread but are they on about scrapping the DLA for existing people that have it or new claims??

Existing and new for middle and lower rate payments.

Although I have also read that, middle rate will be the new lower rate and the current lower rate will be abolished - so there is a little confusion from me at the moment.

EITHER WAY it's still going to affect a lot of people in either claims being scrapped or lowered.

Oh ok and are they definitely going to scrap it or are they just talking about it?