Monthly Archives: June 2010

EMERGENCY BUDGET: Government set to restrict DLA eligibility

The government is set to launch a major reform of disability living allowance (DLA) – with tighter eligibility, a new medical test and reassessments for all claimants of working age.
The chancellor, George Osborne, announced in his emergency budget on Tuesday that the new medical test would be applied to “new and existing” DLA claimants from [...]

EMERGENCY BUDGET: DLA reforms will ‘hit disabled people hard’

Disabled campaigners have reacted with anger and concern to the government’s plans to reform disability living allowance (DLA), and introduce a new medical test for claimants.
From 2013, all existing working-age claimants will be reassessed using the new test, which will also apply to all new DLA claimants, while the government also looks set to tighten [...]