Extra £4bn welfare cut

loveGSDs

leveller2911 wrote: »

From personal experience I don't agree.My unlce had MS(which he sadly lost the battle against after many years).When clearing out his flat we found close on £2,000-00 in cash stuffed in between the pages of various books.When he was alive he asked various family members to look after his money in their bank accounts so that he did'nt go over the £3k threshold for savings(obviously they declined, but he Squirrelled it away somewhere.

He was also in receipt of Motorbility allowance but instead of a decent cheap car he had a new VW Golf every few years.Iv'e never quite grasped why he should have a brand spanking new car every few years, whats wrong with a decent 2nd hand car?,whats wrong with keeping a car for 10 year or more, why a VW Golf too, high end manufacturers.

Further more my sister has a disabled daughter, they have a nice new Citroen C4 Picasso on motorbility, all tax paid etc , I don't be grudge them it but 3 months after they received it they went out and bought a 2nd one for themselves........

Sorry but your a bit mis-guided there are much better ways to support people with disabilities rather than throwing money at them,proper targeting is the key...

Having said that on the other hand I also know a young lad who even though he is out growing his current wheel chair he can't get another one for love nor money.....

i agree - the girl in the advert for motability is driving a BMW!!!! :eek:

Mr_Mumble

Masomnia wrote: »

Balls: "The public finances are around £12bn healthier than forecast at the time of the budget. The coalition government wants to use the extra money to pay down the deficit faster.''

Am I getting cleverer or is everyone else getting more stupid?

Is this really someone that has designs to run the country? Someone that a good number of people actually think would make a good leader?

There isn't any extra money. Just less borrowing. He really is an idiot.

Many political opponents who've brought up Labour's continual conflation of debt and deficit believe this is a planned strategy to confuse voters, e.g.:
Alistair Darling and His Genius Debt Dodge

Simon11

What a pointless bit of news from our goverment......

They want to cut welfare by £4billion, but don't wish to explain how they will achieve this......

Utterlly rubbish or they are hidding cuts which they know which will give them a bad press.......

markharding557

leveller2911 wrote

Sorry but your a bit mis-guided there are much better ways to support people with disabilities rather than throwing money at them,proper targeting is the key...

Having said that on the other hand I also know a young lad who even though he is out growing his current wheel chair he can't get another one for love nor money.....

Totally agree with the above there is something seriously wrong when a disabled person can't get a wheelchair while flash cars are given out no questions asked:mad:
What is wrong with second hand cars?

SingleSue

Just to point out, not all DLA claimants will receive the mobility component and the mobility component at the higher rate, is what is needed to receive a mobility car if you so wish to use it for that.

It is not a free car, you don't receive a mobility component AND a car but one or the other (as in you have to 'sign over' your mobility amount to pay for the car). For those receiving low rate mobility or any of the care components (3 levels for care), you will not be able to use it for a mobility car.

flashnazia

I must say I was quite pleased to hear the news but I do fear they will cut the wrong benefits. Jobseekers allowance is not the problem as the highest number of workless households are parents. The benefits for children are the problem but how to cut this without increasing child poverty? It's a difficult one.

doire_2

It seems benefits ae in for a battering. Will the government hit the rich as hard?

Hopefully the woman who lives down the street is given a wake up call. Her mother gets a car through the DLA. Yet its her thats drives it all day and everyday. Its even parked in her drive at night. Not only that but her son has just passed his test and him and his mates are in the thing most nights.

While i worked hard and saved hard to buy my own car.

Now tell me how that is fair?

ILW

lemonjelly wrote: »

Hmmmm.
A vast amount of government expenditure goes in a miniscule time span to prop up an essential wheel of capitalism, which had been engaging in the capitalist dream of chasing big bucks by selling financial products that it still appears no-one really understands.

There is the additional debate about the government spending being excessive, which is only going to end up in political mud slinging. However the fact that pretty much the entire world ground to a halt & is experiencing exceptional problems appears to be not down to the spending of the UK government. Given this, the major issues around recession are, in essence down to private enterprise in cause, and the big bill is down to the private sector.

I tought many of these bail outs were now beginning to show a profit for the government.

ILW

flashnazia wrote: »

I must say I was quite pleased to hear the news but I do fear they will cut the wrong benefits. Jobseekers allowance is not the problem as the highest number of workless households are parents. The benefits for children are the problem but how to cut this without increasing child poverty? It's a difficult one.

All the time that child poverty is defined as a percentage below average income, it can never be eradicated.

bendix

ceridwen wrote: »

Well....I hate chav phrases - but there certainly is one that comes to mind literally every time Bendix "shares his wisdom;)" with us - the one "What IS your problem?"...as every single post I ever noted from him is "having a go".

Do correct me if I'm wrong and he has ever given anyone helpful advice or expressed sympathy for one....:rotfl:

Ahhhh, my favourite bleeding heart stalker throwing their (ahem) wisdom around again. Nice one. I've said it to you before, if you don't like what I post, either ignore it or don't read it. It ain't rocket science.

This is a forum. I have as much right to express my views as anyone else. That you don't like them matters to me not one iota.