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Author:  INCOMPLETELY [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Carers E-petition- please sign
another way that the government are in their underhand way abusing people that are in need of support and not taken advantage off.

please sign


We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to withdraw the
proposal to transfer carers on carers allowance and income
support to job seekers allowance and to recognise carers'
valuable social input by keeping Carer benefits separate from
the rest of the benefit system, and recognise Carers for what they really are.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/caringiswork/

In the Welfare Green Paper No One Written Off: Reforming
Welfare to Reward Responsibility the Government proposes to
transfer working age carers on Carers Allowance and Income
Support to Job seekers Allowance. Carers are amongst the most
responsible members of society. Without their contribution our
NHS and social care systems would collapse. Transferring carers
to job seekers allowance , a benefit that suggests carers are
not working, are not contributing to society and are available
for work is an insult and a contradiction of the government’s
claim to ‘recognise’ carers’ ‘immense contribution’ to society
(estimated to be worth £87 billion a year). Carers' valuable
social input should be recognised by keeping Carer benefits
separate from the rest of the benefit system.


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thank you
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:20 pm ]
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my dad has been mums carer for +15 years and has now had a stroke, probably brought on by the effort being too much for a 86 year old WW2 veteran, now having paid thier tax and stamp for all thier lives and needing care thier pensions (state AND private) have been taken off them, what a good thing they didnt buy thier council house under the right to buy for council tenants, but have paid thier own rent/rates since 1960, otherwise they would have had to sell it for a few years care

this country doesnt know how to treat the elderly, its nothing short of a disgrace.

thank the lord for the british legion, for its advice and help
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