Reforming Disability Living Allowance
In June 2010 the Government announced in the Emergency Budget that as part of their overhaul of the benefits system the Government are planning massive reforms to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and introduce an ‘objective medical assessment’ for all claimants from 2013.
From April 2013 they will begin to replace DLA with Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for working age disabled people. These reforms form Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Bill 2011 currently going through Parliament contains proposals to introduce PIP.
Personal Independence Payments like DLA will have two components - a daily living component and a mobility component. However, each component will only have two rates a standard rate and an enhanced rate. Under DLA the care component has an additional lower rate
The Broken of Britain website provides a one-stop campaign resource to fight the proposed DLA Reforms
