Daily Archives: June 29, 2010

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 [...]