Issues for people with disabilities in Universal Credit

50Twuncle

This makes interesting reading....

speedfreek1000

It might help if you explained what it actually was :beer:

Allow me

It the CABs' take on how UC is going impact different groups. http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/iss...-_briefing.pdf

This briefing covers:
􀂃 A brief introduction into how UC is structured.
􀂃 How extra support for disabled people is going to be incorporated into UC.
􀂃 Five tables indicating in the following groups who we believe will gain and who will lose from UC compared to support in the current means tested system:
􀂃 adults in the support group
􀂃 adults in the work related activity group working less than 16 hours
􀂃 adults with significant impairment but found fit for work under WCA
􀂃 families with children receiving higher rate care or severely visually impaired children
􀂃 families of children in receipt of DLA (except those receiving higher rate of care component and severely visually impaired children).

It's a very interesting read

uponahill

Sorry but that is one subject I refuse to get to know! I'm not interested - I'll be 65 in 2014 so its one for the bin unfortunately.

Am I so glad that I'm not 30 years younger - it is only now that I realise how good the 60's to the 90's were to us.

I lived in a better country, had more freedom and houses/jobs were plentiful.

Everyone that I know owned two homes, secure employment - changing jobs every 3/4 years to improve prospects and salary.

We had the best that this country has ever been able to offer.

Roll on 2014 and I draw my State Pension currently at £183.87 a week and two fingers up to the rest of them!

rogerblack

uponahill wrote: »

Sorry but that is one subject I refuse to get to know! I'm not interested - I'll be 65 in 2014 so its one for the bin unfortunately.

Well please don't bloody comment then, dragging in irrelevances into a thread that may be useful before you stick your oar in.

uponahill

rogerblack wrote: »

Well please don't bloody comment then, dragging in irrelevances into a thread that may be useful before you stick your oar in.

oh that's nice that is!!

gingergee

someone needs to translate into English!!! lol x Im not daft but cant get my head around it!! lol. May be the pills................?

aliasojo

uponahill wrote: »

Sorry but that is one subject I refuse to get to know! I'm not interested - I'll be 65 in 2014 so its one for the bin unfortunately.

Am I so glad that I'm not 30 years younger - it is only now that I realise how good the 60's to the 90's were to us.

I lived in a better country, had more freedom and houses/jobs were plentiful.

Everyone that I know owned two homes, secure employment - changing jobs every 3/4 years to improve prospects and salary.

We had the best that this country has ever been able to offer.

Roll on 2014 and I draw my State Pension currently at £183.87 a week and two fingers up to the rest of them!

And on the other hand...I'm sick with worry about what the future holds for my adult disabled son.

I'm glad you are not affected by the worsening economy, but did no one ever tell you it's not nice to brag? Especially amongst people who will be affected?

Tigsteroonie

Thanks for the link, OP. It's the first clear indication I've found of how UC will affect us (disabled son receiving MR care DLA) - we'll be £1400pa worse off. Not good as the shortfall won't be made up elsewhere.

dinkytoy

speedfreek1000 wrote: »

It might help if you explained what it actually was :beer:

Allow me

It the CABs' take on how UC is going impact different groups. http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/iss...-_briefing.pdf



It's a very interesting read

Im getting page not found speedfreek

Richie-from-the-Boro

dinkytoy wrote: »

Im getting page not found speedfreek

- they've moved it dinky .. .. go here instead

dinkytoy

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- they've moved it dinky .. .. go here instead

Many thanks Richie. Will the change to UC affect my mum who is reaching retirment age and is bad with her nerves. She currently gets IB, DLA and has her houseing costs paid.