Benefit changes from April.

merlin68

So if you have a partner who worked you would get nothing.

Lanzarote1938

merlin68 wrote: »

So if you have a partner who worked you would get nothing.

If you have the required contributions then you would get time limited ESA( unless in support group I believe)/JSA. If you don't have the contributions or your time limited entitlement has ended and you have a partner who could support you then yes you get nothing. Why would you expect other taxpayers to support anyone who has a partner who can support them? Surely the whole ethos of 'partnership' is to support each other in good times and the not so good. Certainly that is how I interpret my marriage vows.

schrodie

Great news if you're a pensioner but tough if you're disabled.

Londonsu

schrodie wrote: »

Great news if you're a pensioner but tough if you're disabled.

Again I cant see anything in the report that's says pensioners income based benefits will be increased

Lanzarote1938

Londonsu wrote: »

Again I cant see anything in the report that's says pensioners income based benefits will be increased

I don't think AA is increasing either. So disabled pensioners won't be any better off than those disabled people below pension age.

Londonsu

Lanzarote1938 wrote: »

I don't think AA is increasing either. So disabled pensioners won't be any better off than those disabled people below pension age.

AA could be scrapped and the local council will allocate funds so unless its ring fenced some pensioners will lose out


My dad paid into this country for 70 years (tax and NI) he is immobile because he needs a hip replacement which due to the fact that he has a heart condition and sores which need to be sorted out has been postponed for the foreseeable future, so he has a care package that he PAYS for, that's his AA plus a % of the pension that he paid NICS for 51 years to qualify for.


So will someone tell me how my disabled dad is being treated better than a disabled person of working age please.

nannytone_2

Londonsu wrote: »

AA could be scrapped and the local council will allocate funds so unless its ring fenced some pensioners will lose out


My dad paid into this country for 70 years (tax and NI) he is immobile because he needs a hip replacement which due to the fact that he has a heart condition and sores which need to be sorted out has been postponed for the foreseeable future, so he has a care package that he PAYS for, that's his AA plus a % of the pension that he paid NICS for 51 years to qualify for.


So will someone tell me how my disabled dad is being treated better than a disabled person of working age please.

all local authorities ask for contributions towards the cost of care.... it isn't just pensioners that are charged. i pay most of my disability benefit towards the cost of my PA"S wages.
after all, that is what AA/DLA/PIP are intended for.
pensioners receive a higher amount of benefit and its that which makes them better off, couples with the fact that they aren't affected by the changes in housing benefit and council tax support.

i accept that he paid tax for 70 years but no one pays NI after retirement age

Lanzarote1938

nannytone wrote: »

pensioners receive a higher amount of benefit and its that which makes them better off,

Really? All of them?

They don't you know. Women are especially penalised if they do not have all the required contributions. I know a pensioner who receives just £70 a week SRP. So less than JSA and certainly quite a lot less than someone claiming ESA

nannytone_2

Lanzarote1938 wrote: »

Really? All of them?

They don't you know. Women are especially penalised if they do not have all the required contributions. I know a pensioner who receives just £70 a week SRP. So less than JSA and certainly quite a lot less than someone claiming ESA

and that same pensioner would receive a top up of pension credit is her state pension was her only income giving her a total of approx £140 a week.
support group ESA is £109

schrodie

Londonsu wrote: »

Again I cant see anything in the report that's says pensioners income based benefits will be increased

But their pension income will be increased by 2.5% when inflation is <1%.

Disabled peoples' income won't be increased at all.