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21st century welfare
— response of the Royal National Institute of Blind People to the Department for Work and Pensions consultation paper | | Author(s) | Geoff Fimister |
| Corporate Author | Royal National Institute of Blind People - RNIB; Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Royal National Institute of Blind People, London, 14 September 2010 |
| Pages | 16 pp (Consultation response) |
| Source | Geoff Fimister, Campaigns Officer (Independent Living), RNIB. Tel 020 7391 2124. E-mail: gfimister@rnib.org.uk |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Social security [generally] ; Social policy ; Visual impairment ; Blindness ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | The RNIB very much welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the debate started by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation paper, '21st century welfare' (Cm 7913), which proposes a major re-shaping of means-tested benefits and tax credits. The RNIB comments on the main substance of the paper and on the twelve questions asked, concluding that it hopes that the Government will "build on the positive aspects of these proposals and meanwhile resist the temptation to find further savings at the expense of the wellbeing of disabled people and others vulnerable to low incomes". Disabled people, not least those with sight loss, tend to have lower incomes than does the general population. They are therefore disproportionately likely to qualify for means-tested assistance with essential living costs, including housing, as well as the extra costs of disability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101001002 E |
| Classmark | JH: TYA: TM2: BR: BS: 6PM |
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