Spending Review: benefits cut in welfare axe

DX2 wrote: »

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT]Welfare measures[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Contributory Employment and Support Allowance: time limit for those in the [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Work Related Activity Group to one year[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Housing Benefit: increase age limit for shared room rate from 25 to 35 [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Total household benefit payments capped on the basis of average take-home pay [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]for working households[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Disability Living Allowance: remove mobility component for claimants in [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]residential care[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Savings Credit: freeze maximum award for four years from 2011-12[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Support for Mortgage Interest: extend temporary changes to waiting period and [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]capital limit until January 2012[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Cold Weather Payments: increase rate permanently to £25 from November 2010 [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Council Tax Benefit:10% reduction in expenditure and localisation [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Working Tax Credit: freeze in the basic and 30 hour elements for three years from [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]2011-12[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Working Tax Credit: reduce payable costs through childcare element from 80% to [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]70% restoring 2006 rate[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Child Tax Credit: increase the child element by £30 in 2011 and £50 in 2012 [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Working Tax Credit: increase working hours requirement for couples with children [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]to 24 hours[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT]http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191696.pdf

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My sister in law receives WTC for 16 hours (single mum) will this affect her or is it just couples who have to work 24 hours per week to claim and when is this change occuring - immediately or next tax year? She has just said if it affects her she will just go onton income support since child under 5 PS my brother gives her hefty child maintenance which she doesn't need to declare as income whether on IS or WTC so gains quite a bit over families who stay together!

DX2 wrote: »

[FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]Disability Living Allowance: remove mobility component for claimants in [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic][FONT=Humnst777#20Lt#20BT,Italic]residential care[/FONT][/FONT]

What happens to those who use the motability scheme?

I got Disability Living Allowance mobility component and care component and will it affect me ?

DX2 wrote: »

Are you in a care home?

I live on my own with my son.

Does it say when the removal of DLA mobility from people in care homes is from - it's going to really hit the people I work with as they have learning disabilities and can't travel independently and the home does not provide transport.