Supporting statement for a cumulative impact assessment to be undertaken looking at the cuts to disabled people’s benefits, services and rights
Members of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) and the Hardest Hit coalition back calls on the Government to publish information on the total impact of cuts to the benefits and support disabled people rely on. see here
The recent restriction of benefit rises to 1% a year for the next three years is the tip of the iceberg for disabled people who have already seen massive cuts to their benefits and support services, including – by 2015 – £18 billion from the benefits budget and £8 billion from social care.
With disabled people already twice as likely to live in poverty as non-disabled people, these changes represent a serious threat to the independence and quality of life of millions. A recent report found that disabled people, who make up 8% of the population, are being hit by a massive 29% of all cuts being implemented.
Disabled people and their families feel they are being ‘squeezed’ from all sides and are worried about losing some or all of the support they get and how they will live without it.
In 2012, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) reported that its inquiry into disabled people’s right to independent living:
“received evidence that impact assessments of current reforms were not adequately carried out, and did not take into account the likely cumulative impact of reforms on disabled people. We therefore argue that the Government should publish a unified assessment of the likely cumulative impact of the proposals on independent living.”
Yet the Government still refuses to seriously look into how the many different cuts will together affect disabled people.
Tags: benefits, disability, disability living allowance, employment support allowance, hardest hit, personal independence payment, social care, universal credit, welfare reform
these people need these benifits mental heath is being efected too as they cant cipe with these changes and are not fit to work yet and need compassion and support . carers are strugling as it is and need rest bite care some can work and more training and jobs to go to
these people need support and undestanding there are thise with mental health iproblems and can not go to work just yet they do not need pressure but help, And those with other health problems need the right sort of help some can be trained to do work and the right jobs to go to ad firms to take them on.
The government are sadists ,they just want rid of us same as hitler wanted rid of mentally people. That pig Duncan smith in particular , hes a murdering bastard and a sick evil rat who gloats over the death roll hes created.