Budget 2018

Towser

Opening his Budget 2018 the Chancellor promised ‘a budget for the strivers, the grafters and the carers’. There are some measures that will ease the pressure on some families and these are to be welcomed. But, the Chancellor has failed to make the spending commitments to improving financial support for unpaid carers or the investment in the care services that are absolutely crucial for them and their families.

Though less than half what is to fill current gap, the immediate increase in social care spending for the next two will bring some temporary respite for local authorities who are unable to meet growing need and are reducing spending on support for carers. Without a medium term funding commitment or the agreement on the long term future of our social care system, this money cannot provide the reassurance and back-up that families so badly need.

Further measures announced to Universal Credit will make a difference to those with low earnings and further transitional protections for those currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium look like welcome changes.

It is imperative that the Government’s Green Paper and Spending Review put in place the funding that families need to care; sustainably funded care services, increase in carers’ benefits and new work place rights to enable more people to combine caring with paid work.

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In 2015 Osborne removed £3 billion from the UC budget, spreadsheet Phil has returned just half of that.

poppy12345

Maybe this would be better over in discussion time.

FusionFury

venison wrote: »

In 2015 Osborne removed £3 billion from the UC budget, spreadsheet Phil has returned just half of that.

Better than cutting it more, but still.. more needs to be done.

FusionFury

Will my severe disability premium be backdated for when I moved onto UC? as I'm losing out on that...

matrix11001

FusionFury wrote: »

Will my severe disability premium be backdated for when I moved onto UC? as I'm losing out on that...

I don't think it is. I think they start it on the same day from when they have finished the assessment and assigned your first payment date. I didn't get backdated even though it was months from the start of my application to when I received my award. So I wouldn't count on it.

matrix11001

FusionFury wrote: »

Better than cutting it more, but still.. more needs to be done.

He would cut it more if he could get away with it, now their just trying to repair public image of their nasty party as a snap election may be on the horizon so they want it to look like they're listening when they're still up to their old tricks of tax cuts for the rich and penalise low income people and families especially the disabled, of whom they've finally admitted they have killed 112,000 sick and disabled people which they want to cover up

poppy12345

FusionFury wrote: »

Will my severe disability premium be backdated for when I moved onto UC? as I'm losing out on that...

No premiums are paid on UC. No further announcements have been made since June and there's no plans been put into place as yet.