Welfare reforms 'to hit disabled'
Around 500,000 disabled people are "expected to lose out" when the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is scrapped, a new report claimed today.
DWP 'wrong to scrap Disability Living Allowance'
The Department for Work and Pensions had "failed to consider" knock on effects of scrapping the DLA, the report claimed, citing examples such as increased burdens on council funded care if 500,000 people were to lose benefits.
It argued the £2 billion in savings expected by the Government from ending DLA is "overestimated" by potentially £1.6 billion.
Increased costs such as implementation; lost tax revenue; and increased dependence on council services, were predicted by the report to largely cancel out hoped for savings.
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