Budget 2011: Disabled People Listed As ‘Biggest Losers’
I couldn’t watch the Budget 2011 announcement live, as I was out while it was on. When I got back to my desk, the first thing I did was search for a summary of how the new Budget will affect disabled people. After Budget 2010 last June, the announced changes to DLA were all anyone affected by disability issues could talk or think about for quite some time. So can you blame me for expecting that there would be several big announcements today that would directly affect disabled people?
To my disappointment, however, I could hardly find a mention of disabled people or our issues in the Budget announcement. The only reaction I could find that even mentioned us was this short post at Where’s The Benefit. That’s hardly surprising, though, since they are a disability blog, dealing specifically with anything affecting disability benefits.
As for the mainstream press, the only mention I could find of us anywhere in it was this little revelation from the Guardian about who the ‘biggest losers’ will be in this Budget:
People without jobs, who remain in line to bear the brunt of the £18bn raid on the annual benefit bill that remains in the pipeline. Disabled people and renters of costly housing will be among the biggest losers, with some claimants in line for losses of £80 a week or more.
I have a favour to ask of George Osborne MP- please tell me something I don’t already know, sir!
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