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The severe disability group and the future of disability benefits
From the Health and Disability Green Paper and mentioned in Sunak’s budget yesterday at 5.15. The smarming billionaire presents it as simplifying the process for people with severe life-long disabilities or health
conditions. I am more convinced by the DRUK concerns at https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2021/september/health-and-disability-green-paper-%E2%80%93-cause-concern
that this is a possible prelude to merging UC and PIP, abolishing the SG/LCWRA element and replacing it with something that far fewer people will be entitled to.
Anyone have any thoughts? .
I completely agree that people should be worried as this has been on the cards for a while now. How to try and stop it is a different matter.
It may actually be too difficult to happen now that Scotland has responsibility for disability benefits (please can we have this to).