Lib Dems promise Carer’s Bonus of up to £250 for Britain’s “unsung heroes
Carers will receive a bonus worth up to £250-a-year under a Liberal Democrat government, it has been announced.
23 Jul 2014
Carers will receive a bonus worth up to £250-a-year under a Liberal Democrat government, it has been announced.
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Did you know that only 1 in 20 homes in the UK are disabled-friendly?
It's pretty much accepted that the French IT firm Atos, which was tasked by the Department of Work and Pensions with assessing the ability of disability benefits claimants to work under the new Employment and Support Allowance scheme, has not done a good job. Atos, it appears, agree with that: they said of their contract "In its current form it is not working for claimants, for DWP or for Atos Healthcare. For several months now we have been endeavouring to agree an early exit from the contract, which is due to expire in August 2015. Despite these ongoing discussions, we will not walk away from a frontline service."
DR UK calls for end to automatic PIP assessment for over 65s Disability Rights UK, along with Age UK and Parkinson's UK, has written to the Minister for Disabled People Mike Penning calling for the DWP to abandon its plans to automatically reassess for PIP those DLA claimants who were under 65 as of 8 April 2013 but are now over 65 or will be by the time they are reassessed.
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