DLA or WTC may go !!

50Twuncle

I don't want to be a scaremonger but the government may be considering making DLA/PIP a means tested benefit - not only dependant on income but also savings ...
And if DLA/PIP is lost - many could also lose Carers Allowance (because CA depends on receiving DLA/PIP. A total drop in income of at least £80 to £160 per week !!

This is going to hit many disabled people hard - because many have managed to scrape together a few £10's thousands during previous working careers to cover any eventualities later in life...

Why don't the government look instead at making (non disabled persons) WTC harder to get ?
I mean - not only means tested on income but also savings (ie if you have savings of over £17k - No WTC will be paid ?)

This of course will never happen - because the disabled are easier to deal with ......

tomtontom

If you have a few tens of thousands in the bank this is hardly going to leave you on the poverty line!

sammyjammy

What government would that be then and where is your link? You do know we are weeks from a General Election?

merlin68

I agree sorry, why should millionaires get dla and ca. This was all in the press a few weeks ago as the tories want another 12b of welfare cuts.

nannytone_2

maybe the answer could be to means test, but from a higher applicable amount which reflects the additional costs of disability?

at th moment all means tested benefits are stopped at 16k.
many disabled people do work and earn this amount, but are only able to work as their DLA awards meets/almost meets the cost of their additional needs.
maybe the means testing shouldn't start until income/savings are above 20k?

50Twuncle

tomtontom wrote: »

If you have a few tens of thousands in the bank this is hardly going to leave you on the poverty line!

So why do they not reduce or even stop paying a basic state pension to pensioners who retire with £millions / large works pensions ?
Because we have all contributed to the "pot" and many of us may not even make it to state pension age - so are just taking our withdrawl a bit early !!

TELLIT01

If not scaremongering, what is the point of posting 'information' about what a Government who may or may not be in power on 8th May, may or may not do in the future?

Indie_Kid

50Twuncle wrote: »

So why do they not reduce or even stop paying a basic state pension to pensioners who retire with £millions / large works pensions ?

Um, because the state pension is a contribution based benefit? DLA / CA isn't?

tomtontom

50Twuncle wrote: »

So why do they not reduce or even stop paying a basic state pension to pensioners who retire with £millions / large works pensions ?
Because we have all contributed to the "pot" and many of us may not even make it to state pension age - so are just taking our withdrawl a bit early !!

This is not about the state pension - this is about CA and DLA. Trying to deflect blame to another group makes you akin to an MP!

50Twuncle

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Um, because the state pension is a contribution based benefit? DLA / CA isn't?

But the money all comes from the same sources - taxes
Maybe they need a radical overhaul of the whole system..

tomtontom

TELLIT01 wrote: »

If not scaremongering, what is the point of posting 'information' about what a Government who may or may not be in power on 8th May, may or may not do in the future?

And his second thread on the subject - anyone would think he wanted to cause an argument