I have more and I am terrified, I will lose £ 700 a month after the change of DWP rules

Dawn Parker, who is confined in the house in Leeds, has talked about the announcement of the Labor Party Government.

A woman with multiple sclerosis is terrified of losing her disability benefits of £ 700 per month following the department of work and pensions ( DWP ). Dawn Parker, who is headed in the house in Leeds, has talked about the Labor Party Government announcement.

Dawn, 58, said: “A couple of years ago, Rachel took me for both hands and said:” When we have power, you will not realize how well you will be. “I am terrified, despite yesterday’s guarantees, that people like me will be rejected for PIP in the future.

“When I initially requested PIP, someone had to come to my house to evaluate me. The guy said that I described. I think the tests should be thorough enough to protect the payments for those of us who really need it.”

Liz Kendall, the Secretary of Labor and Pensions, presented her long -awaited changes in the benefit system on Tuesday, announcing a set of measures aimed at making more people work and saving £ 5 billion by reducing disability payments.

Debbie Abrahams, Labor President of the Work Committee and Pensions of the Commons, warned “balance the books on the backs of sick and disabled people.”

Tanni Gray-Thompson, a Paralympic champion and a crossed companion, said that disabled people had been contacted saying that passers-by had shouted in the street that told them that “they were going to obtain their benefits.”

“There is a really horrible rhetoric right now,” he said. “It is not a good time for disabled people. And the concern is that this does not do the right thing for people to work. It is if they could push people who currently only survive greater poverty or more needs.”

Sophie Morgan, television presenter and defender of disability, who is paraplegic, said she did not see justification for the cuts and said that “the scapegoat of people with disabilities is not only toxic, but could be really fatal.

“If history has taught us something, these cuts will have the opposite effect of what the government seems to think that it will push people without work, it will cause more poverty,” he said.

“I do not think there is a single person disabled in the United Kingdom who is not affected by this. But I think everyone should be worried, if the government can treat people with the highest needs of our community in this way, what else could do? It is a very worrying question.”

She added: “There is this terrible wrong concept that disabled people simply take, but actually taking away, you prevents us from giving; we want to be able to participate in life just like any other person, and that includes going to work.”