Benefits Changes & Disabled Persons Railcard

BENEFIT CHANGES - The government is ending the Benefits freeze in 2020

For disabled people the Tories have promised to reduce the number of assessments needed.

The manifesto states: "As part of our efforts to empower and support disabled people, we will reduce the number of reassessments a disabled person must go through when a significant change in condition is unlikely – because you should not have to provide repeated proof of your disability in order to receive support."

More good news is the party also says it will publish a National Strategy for Disabled People before the end of 2020, which will outline ways of improving the benefits system for disabled claimants.

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More than 600,000 people who claim disability benefit are poorer under the new system says figures from the Disability Benefits Consortium. Almost 50 per cent of those who moved to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) from the old system, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), are getting less money according to new figures. 350,000 former DLA claimants are now getting no payments at all since PIP launched in 2013. A further 306,000 have had payments substantially reduced. Three-quarters of appeals are found in favour of those appealing.

The ABC are members of the Disability Benefits Consortium. The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) is a national coalition of over 100 different charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair benefits system.

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