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nogginthenog

Morglin wrote: »

Having read the Green Paper, and having spent a lot of years involved with DLA etc., I can only say that there is NOTHING in the GP that suggests that DLA will be stopped, not for the future, and certainly not for existing claimants.

This GP is more about elderly care than anything else.

Besides which, this government will (I would think) be out of government by next year - and who can say what a future (Tory?) governmment will do - David Cameron has made it clear he supports the system of DLA.

Lin

Well said ...Goverment putting out a green papers...is the equivalent of management deliberatly starting a rumour in the workplace.
It is just guaging reaction/testing the water.
Nobody knows whats going to happen next week, never mind in the next Budget.
On saying that though..It does no harm being prepared, and firing a few shots across goverments bows to let them know we have not gone away.

Sueinbirmingham

"there is NOTHING in the GP that suggests that DLA will be stopped"

The green paper refers to "disability benefits" and gives AA as an example. If they're not referring to DLA, which benefits are they referring to? I've racked my brain, but can't think of any other benefits that would be relevant to care as opposed, say, to employment.

"This GP is more about elderly care than anything else."

If someone gets DLA before the age of 65, they can continue to get it after the age of 65. DLA isn't just a young person's benefit.

I'll rest happier about DLA when the government actually says explicitly that the green paper's proposals don't relate to DLA, which it has so far declined to do, despite plenty of lobbying and an awful lot of letters to MPs.

Meanwhile, even if they don't do away with DLA, I don't think that means that we should give up. Disabled people on AA need their money as much as disabled people on DLA.

Care money given to local councils isn't ring-fenced, it's just added to the general budget. I live in Birmingham, which seems to have all sorts of priorities, but disabled and elderly people don't seem to be very near the top of their list. Further, out of the four categories of care for social services purposes, Birmingham only provides care to people in the two highest categories. If they continue with that policy after AA and maybe DLA are added to the pot, an awful lot of people that now get AA/DLA will lose out.

purplecatlover

and we must remember that esa was only a green paper proposal once and the claims were that people already receiving IB would continue to do so, which ok they are atm but they are called for interviews and treated to the same ethos as esa claimants are.

seven-day-weekend

alwaysonthego wrote: »

Can we drop this now as obviously NASA is at a low point and it is taking this thread off subject.

Agreed.
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